Reports

• Wanted: Comments about the DC conference for HB article
• Updates on the events by Chuck0
• Updates on the events from Montrose Radio, Houston
• Washington Post story on the demonstration
• Real Audio on the Freedom Forum debate and text stories on micro-radio
• NPR "All Things Considered" : Real Audio or Transcript
• Communications Daily report on demo
• USA Today report on mobilization
• States News Service report
• Mikey's Zine Multimedia Report on the demo - it rocks!

Contains fistfuls of fotos, sound bites and QuickTime clips from the
October 5, 1998 demonstration by dissident radio activists and supporters
in Washington, DC. At least a hundred demonstrators staged a puppet parade
and street theatre at the front door of the FCC and NAB, along with
"illegal" FM broadcasts by luminaries such as Chicago's DJ Toxic Cloud,
the Condom Lady of West Philadelphia, Pete Tri Dish, and others.

Requires QuickTime for viewing of video clips. Coming soon if all goes
well, a minute-and-a-half "epic" digest of the day in video highlights in
RealVideo format.

• MSNBC article: Hacking the Airwaves (give this writer a transmitter!)
• New York Free Media Alliance
• Voice of America report on the DC Demo (!!!)

The events were extensively videotaped. People who have tapes available or are looking for tapes on the demonstration and workshops, feel free to send us your announcements and we'll post them here.
 

From the Folks in Richmond...  Video Footage - MicroRadio March & Seminars  Please excuse the informality of this mass mailing.  I want to address all concerns you may have about obtaining copies of what Chris Maxwell and I have filmed over the weekend. We have reviewed most of our tapes and are going ahead with an edit here this week.We have very nice footage of the march, our sound recordings are a little sketchy but we can make do.  You have the option of:  1) Requesting raw footage of any of the events, with all the glitches, pauses, and bad sound therein, or  2) Waiting until we complete edited master tapes from the footage for dubbing purposes.  We can also fix bad sound with EQ and compression in certain instances.  We have verified useable footage of the following:  Seminars:  Everything you need to start a community station besides a transmitter: facilitated by Joan and Eli of Free Radio Memphis  The current legal situation facilitated by Alan Korn of the Committee for Democratic Communications, Scott Bullock from the Institute for Justice Transmitters 101: facilitated by Pete Tri Dish Transmitters 202: facilitated by ??? [we will have more as we review them] LaCasa:  (PLEASE correct my spelling - Don't forget diacritical(sp?) characters)  [Need MC's name!]   Margaret Hoven   Jackie Velez   Timothy Jones   Promo for Stand For Our Neighbors  Karen - Succoth (??)  La Maraein (??)  Juliette Randolph  Youngstown Smokers  Promo- INS Demo & Community Street Fair   Jessica Alvarez - Promo - INS Demo  Maria Cardinal   Kike Alvirez  Juana Obal  Pete Tri Dish and Blanketman _ Promo - FCC/NAB Demo - Signs  Mache Tres (??)  Natalie Avery & Jay Robbins [At this point I had to leave the camera - anyone standing had their heads chopped off]   Roberto Sanchez   Amanda Huron - Promo - FCC/NAB Demo  [yr head's chopped off - anonymous!]   Sheriff Bryant (YIKES!! We had a good shot of him seated but we chopped  his head off otherwise.  AND THEN the tape ran out.  We got about  4-5 useable minutes of audio and about 1-1.5 minutes of video --sorry)    [Back to full shots]   Shout-outs from MB's and aspiring MB's  Conclusion - Kraftwerk 'Radioactivity' Freedom Forum - Sound is not the best The March Max and Slack are planning to prepare 60 and 30 minute programs, and will edit others as the month progresses.  Only those who need raw footage for editing should request it. There is also an interview with Dennis Wharton of the NAB.  A donation of $2.50 per tape, and $2.00 for postage, would be appreciated. I need to work out special arrangements for the UK and Europe for those interested parties. Your dubs will be on Hi-Grade TDK VHS video tapes. If you want to order now, specify if you want a 2-hour, 4-hour, or 6-hour tape.  Obnostic  P. O. Box 25464  Richmond, Virginia  23261-5464   USA  The Radio Free Richmond Site will be up by the weekend.  Go there to hear sound clips from  the March, and read the complete transcript of interviews with Pete Tri Dish and Blanketman.  Best Regards!  Steve Slack  Obnostic Sound & Vision   Radio Free Richmond Project  Obnostic@erols.com   http://obnostic.hypermart.net  http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/5867/