For a number of years I’ve listened to a small Internet radio station put out by a guy up in Canada. It’s one of the best reggae “shows” you’ll ever find. Tracing the roots of Jamaican music 24 hours a day. I figured that to help start the week off right I’d pass the link on to anyone interested in some seriously positive sounds.
Scratch Radio has been broadcasting since March, 2000.
The format ranges from late-1950s mento & Jamaican-boogie into 1960s ska, through the rocksteady years and on to reggae and dub. There is no rap or hip-hop in the playlist – just some fine toasting from the likes of Prince Jazzbo, U-Roy and Big Youth (to name a few).
Due to limited bandwidth, this station can only support a limited number of simultaneous listeners (currently 62).
The local Bay Area micro- and Internet radio station Pirate Cat Radio (PCR) has inevitably gotten snagged by the FCC. The U.S. airwaves which are public and owned by the citizens of this country have been high-jacked by massive corporations who can afford astronomical licensing fees. These corporations continually hide behind the “just get a license” defense when sicking the FCC on SMALL stations like PCR. While I believe that there is reason to regulate the airwaves I do not believe that folks like PCR are the problem…nor should they be fined any amount for filling a much needed niche on the radio dial. Head over to www.piratecatradio.com and get your self a cool shirt while helping the station stay afloat.
I’ve been researching different ways of distributing audio content and came across an interesting article. In this piece the author is responding to “old school” radio people who are predicting the end times for radio as new technologies (in this piece cell phone radio) come about. Yes, cell phone radio! I’ve been playing with it for the past few days and there are some good services out there. The best in my opinion are those that don’t require the user to download any software and don’t use the data network (incurring data charges on the users end) but simply function like a phone call (which only consumes a users minutes). But the technology is a bit young and from my experience also a bit ‘buggy’…but a cool idea!
This morning I’m heading to Phoenix, Arizona to cover a hip-hop show being put on by the Campaign for a United America Hip-Hop Project. The show is in protest to the most recent and outrageous actions of local Sheriff Joe Arpaio who chained together 100’s of incarcerated immigrants and marched them through public streets into a “tent city” in the middle of the desert. Arpaio invited media and the public to witness this public humiliation. I’ll be producing several pieces from this event; some of which will be audio-blogged at www.imagine2050.org in the next couple of days.
If you’re a fan of the popular radio program “This American Life” but don’t have the monies to purchase their shows or what not, I found an archive of their past programs in the Real Audio format. Sure, the quality of Real Audio isn’t the best but hey, what do you want for free. Of course, you should always support artists when you are able (because we all know they don’t get much support from other places). http://rapidshare.com/users/K24KYR
…another “of course”: you can also simply go to www.thislife.org and stream episodes and even download for a mere .95 per ep. But the choice is there…
You like YouTube? You like radio? You tired of rehashed, tired-assed radio? Check out Vocalo.org. It’s kind of mixture of user generated content and progressive music and ideas. It’s radio with audience participation and contribution with youth emphasis! An awesome idea that people should not have a problem getting behind and enjoying. There are some super wonderful hosts over their so check’em out! www.vocalo.org
For a number of years I’ve listened to a small Internet radio station put out by a guy up in Canada. It’s one of the best reggae “shows” you’ll ever find. Tracing the roots of Jamaican music 24 hours a day. I figured that to help start the week off right I’d pass the link on to anyone interested in some seriously positive sounds.
The local Bay Area micro- and Internet radio station Pirate Cat Radio (PCR) has inevitably gotten snagged by the FCC. The U.S. airwaves which are public and owned by the citizens of this country have been high-jacked by massive corporations who can afford astronomical licensing fees. These corporations continually hide behind the “just get a license” defense when sicking the FCC on SMALL stations like PCR. While I believe that there is reason to regulate the airwaves I do not believe that folks like PCR are the problem…nor should they be fined any amount for filling a much needed niche on the radio dial. Head over to 
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