Community Radio Broadcasting

Presented at Notacon 2 (2005), April 8, 2005, 5 p.m. (60 minutes).

Want to be a radio broadcaster without selling your soul to Clear Channel? While pirate radio broadcasting seems to be getting all the attention, there's an entire world of legitimate and legal radio broadcasting that is noncommercial and community-based. From college-owned radio stations to the rise of community Low Power stations, many opportunities exist to get involved in radio broadcasting. We're here to introduce you to this world and to let you know how you can get involved.

Presenters:

• Jim Eastman aka Vitruvius - WRUW 91.1 FM in Cleveland, OH
  Jim has spent the past year as General Manager of WRUW-FM 91.1 and has previously held positions of Operations Director and Senior Technician; he also co-hosts two radio programs, one of which is music-oriented and the other of which is public affairs programming. Additionally he holds a Technician Class Amateur Radio License and is working towards a General Radiotelephone Operator's License. He will be graduating in May with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Links:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050331054328/http://notacon.org/speakers.html#eastman
• https://infocon.org/cons/notacon/notacon 2 - 2005/Video/Community Radio Broadcasting.mp4

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