Podcast #52 – Small Town LPFM

Low Power FM radio stations can be a great addition to the media landscape in the big city, but on this episode we focus on rural LPFM. Eric Klein takes listeners on a tour of KFSL, the low power FM station that is the sole broadcaster in Fossil,Oregon (population 454). The station is staffed by a mere 3 volunteers, but it plays an important role in their community, especially in wildfire season. In College Radio Watch, Jennifer Waits toured WGTB at Georgetown University, the college station with a very interesting history in Washington D.C. both on, and off the air. As a bonus at the end of this fifty-second episode, Paul and Eric discuss their reasons for doing the hard work of producing a weekly podcast for Radio Survivor. You can support the work that goes into Radio Survivor in two ways: • Make a monthly contribution through our Patreon campaign. • Make a one-time or recurring donation with any major credit card via PayPal. Show Notes: * Field Trip to WGTB at Georgetown University * Georgetown University Radio Station WGTB Storied Past and Impending Renaissance * WGTB * Radical Silence: The Story of WGTB-FM (video documentary) * C-Span Radio * Podcast #34 – How the Telecom Act of ’96 Triggered Popular Resistance