I submitted the following question a while ago; thanks for responding! We too are busy! We are still looking for articles that reference low power and/or community radio, or low power fm radio, (LPFM). I want to find articles about community radio stations in the hurrican affected areas, and, indeed radio service during this time of crisis in general.
You can visit www.prometheusradio.org/katrina.shtml for a list of LPFMs in the FEMA disaster area--a engineer who works with us is currently down in Bay St Louis working on an LPFM station there, WQRZ-LP. Also WOUS-LP, we have heard, provided shelter for storm victims. And then there is KAMP, organized by Houston Indymedia volutneers, evacuationradioservices.org. I have found very few, but have only googled, radio and communication are so important, as we have seen, in times of disaster and crisis!
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We here at the Prometheus Radio Project are honored to have met radical librarians at various conferences and events. We need a list of local, regional and national articles about low power FM (LPFM) radio service to bolster the comments we are filing at the FCC in support of LPFM service. We want to show the impact that LPFM has had on communities by citing the large number of articles that this low power radio service has inspired since the service started in 2000. We have a number of articles collected on our website, www.prometheusradio.org, but we're sure that there are tons more out there. This is something we are sure the ingenious radical reference folks can do with one hand tied behind their back and another poking around Lexis-Nexis, but we are having a hard time with it...
Among PRP's activities, we foster self-determination and media justice in communities nationally and internationally by building and advocating for low power FM (LPFM) stations, a new radio service started in 2000 by the FCC. There is currently a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at the FCC which would significantly expand and facilitate aspects of LPFM service. The public is always invited to comment on these rulemakings, and filing comments on behalf of our LPFM constituents is a critical part of Prometheus' work. Comments are weighed by the FCC and often incorporated into rule changes that expand LPFM service. For more background on prometheus: www.prometheusradio.org.
Useful keywords: low power FM, LPFM, low power radio.
Ideally, these articles would show how LPFM provides communities with a critical service!
Hi,
We've found some articles but they're not necessarily about hurricane-affected LPFMs in the Louisiana area. I will be posting your question online. Other librarians may add comments and articles later, so you may want to bookmark the page.
Also, I couldn't find where on your website the articles you mention you have links to are found, so I couldn't compare the Lexis-Nexis search we did with your results.
It looks like there are some good articles. Please submit another question if you need a specific research request.
Another librarian worked with me on this question. Here is her message:
Here are some results from Lexis-Nexis Academic (I pasted together a few separate searches, from general headlines, newswires, North American, and World sources).
MARIN COUNTY; Weaker signals create stronger community ties; Two
low-wattage radio stations boast loyal listenerships, The San Francisco
Chronicle, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005, WEDNESDAY,, FINAL EDITION, BAY AREA;, Pg. B1,
1125 words, Carl Nolte
FOR COMMUNITY STATIONS, GROUP SIGNALS A BEGINNING, The Boston Globe, August
18, 2005, Thursday, THIRD EDITION, Pg. E5, 506 words, By Clea Simon, Globe
Correspondent
Congress ponders changing stations; Low-power radio seeking to expand,
Times-Picayune (New Orleans), May 16, 2005 Monday, NATIONAL; Pg. 1, 1038 words,
By Bruce Alpert, Washington bureau
AIRWAVES: THE RACE FOR LOW-WATTAGE STATIONS; Churches big winners in grab
for micro radio, The San Francisco Chronicle, FEBRUARY 28, 2005, MONDAY,, FINAL
EDITION, NEWS;, Pg. A1, 1600 words, Joe Garofoli
Black foundation claims its niche on area radio, Sacramento Bee, November 19,
2004, Friday, Pg. D5, 354 words, Thuy-Doan Le Bee Staff Writer
Low-power radio station broadcasts to evacuees [DP], National Public Radio
(NPR), SHOW: Morning Edition 11:00 AM EST NPR, September 14, 2005 Wednesday, 375
words
KPFA Evening News, Video Monitoring Services of America, September 13, 2005,
Tuesday, 18:00-19:00 PT, KPFA-FM, Radio, Local Radio, 63 words, 8,
rkpfa1800.0913.8
CBS 5 News This Morning, Video Monitoring Services of America, August 1,
2005, Monday, 05:00-06:00 PT, KPHO-TV, Television, Local TV, 31 words, 31,
kpho05000801
Successes and failures of Low Power FM radio movement, National Public Radio
(NPR), SHOW: Morning Edition 11:00 AM EST NPR, February 8, 2005 Tuesday, 812
words
Morning Edition, Video Monitoring Services of America, February 8, 2005,
Tuesday, 06:00-07:00 ET, NPR, Radio, National Radio, 190 words, 20, rnpr06000208
MICREL ANNOUNCES SMALLEST EVER LOW POWER RADIO MODULE, Asia Pulse, October 6,
2005 Thursday, Northern Territory Regional, 486 words, SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 5
Micrel Announces Smallest Ever Low Power Radio Module, PR Newswire Europe,
October 5, 2005 Wednesday, 468 words
Radio Station Set Up at Hurricane Shelter, Voice of America News, September
16, 2005, VOA ENGLISH SERVICE, 653 words
Supporters fight for low-power FM radio, UPI, June 16, 2005 Thursday, 9:24
PM EST, 790 words, RENEE WILLIAMS, WASHINGTON, June 16
Congress holds a news conference on protecting low power FM radios from media
consolidation., The Washington Daybook, June 9, 2005, 11:30 a.m., 2218 Rayburn
House Office Building
Low-Power FM station struggles to find niche in Juneau, The Associated Press
State & Local Wire, November 3, 2004, Wednesday, BC cycle, State and Regional,
814 words, By TONY CARROLL, Juneau Empire, JUNEAU
Rebels of radio form united front, Waikato Times (Hamilton, New Zealand),
June 25, 2005, Saturday, NEWS; NATIONAL;, Pg. 11, 776 words, GILL Mary Anne
Connecting broadcasters, Waikato Times (Hamilton, New Zealand), May 31, 2005,
Tuesday, NEWS; NATIONAL;, Pg. 3;, BRIEF, 74 words