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It is fun as a quirky hobby, but really, depending on it for information and entertainment was really bad. Radio and TV are what created mass culture, removed local dialects and accents.
It is a one-to-many channel where people in charge of the station have disproportionate power.
It is nice to have as a simple alternate way of communicating, but boy, how am I never giving up internet access to get back to those.
As with most things, when big corporations take over it becomes bad. Definitely agree with you that using it as your only way of getting info is bad, but it's not much different from relying on one influencer or podcaster for all your info other than it being more likely to be more well researched. I will say at least with my local one it's a pretty diverse method of entertainment. They've got all kinds of weird and quirky shows on.
It is not only corporations. Single governmental voices are bad too, and many non-profits have their own political biases.
The difference with influencers and podcasters is that you have the choice between thousands of them. Radio would be like having the choice only between the top 5 of youtube, and you would have to tune in at a precise time to get it.
What's the radio?
I'd like to know also, what a beautiful little object
Over all a nice little radio. Only thing I'm not a fan of is that it's only got a micro USB port for its power source. I don't like micro USB cuz it tends to break. Other than that, it's got decent sound quality and you can connect to it via Bluetooth and play music from it. It's tiny and compact.
Crosley radio model CR3036D – CL
@cris, @shittydwarf
Yep, that is the model.
Dad once did radio DJ for a few years professionally, had to have a broadcast license and everything
I've thought about getting on the airwaves myself for the fun of it but have no fuckin clue where to start lol
Hamstudy.org is good to cram the license questions, and you can get a basic 2m/70cm band handheld transciever for less than $100 (well, you could pre Random Tarrif Gameshow Time)
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Lights out
Pirate radio, turn that shit up
To be pedantic, I believe it is a guerilla radio that is referenced in the original song.....
Pedantic radio, turn that shit up
...but yes I was aware.
Pedantic radio, turn that shit up
I have to be particular
I have to be specific
What better place than here?
What better time than now?
Speaking of which, if anyone is interested, I'm (re-)starting a community radio station for Lemmy users, by Lemmy users. Launching this year:
[email protected] || https://radiolemmy.com/
I'll need DJs and curators to help me make programming blocks. If you have music you'd like to share or a podcast then you are needed! Check the community often; within the next few days I'll make a post on how you can help contribute.
Edit: Given the community we're in, I feel like it's my duty to mention that unless you so happen to live in my neck of the woods, this will be an internet-only station for the vast majority of listeners. The OTA component will come later next year, and will be extremely low power to avoid expensive licensing fees (the digital broadcast license is expensive enough as-is).
Not as exciting—I know—but I'm still hoping that some of you will still check it out when I launch in Q3 this year.
Woah, that sounds awesome. I'd definitely be interested in helping out with that.
The website for the station is up! Here's how you can contribute:
https://radiolemmy.com/how-to-contribute-to-radio-lemmy.html
Hmm, the website seems to be down.
It shouldn't be. Try clearing your DNS cache. The website went up just a couple of days ago so maybe your DNS server hasn't updated its records yet.
Edit: There's also a post about it in the community for the station: [email protected]
Thanks for your interest! This is actually my second attempt at a radio station for Lemmy.
The first go around did okay but the schedule was fairly empty most days. I did have a couple of dedicated DJs who would put on some amazing live shows, but for most of the day the station was just playing random music and the listener count would plummet as such.
This time I have a game plan. Taking my time to make sure I don't launch until I have a full schedule filled out.
If you know anybody who wants to build a programming block or do a live show, please send them my way! There will be plenty of timeslots available, from 30 minutes in length up to 6 hours. You can make a prerecorded show, or do it live. Music or talk. Whatever you prefer.
Bring back pirate radio 🏴☠️ (UK people will remember)
it's alive and well. schedules are often posted on hfunderground.com
I'm involved with a radio station in my area and it's soooooo cool to sit in on shows. All of the stuff you hear is done by live humans. They go in and manually put CDs and curate the playlists and control the levels of everything. Sometimes they talk in between with some context for the song or random musings they have. Sometimes whoever is hosting will dedicate a particular song to somebody they know. It's so endearing and human. Occasionally they'll have a prerecorded show but most of them are live.
Reddit 'Wholesome': Local inspirational 6th grader raises enough money in bake sale to pay off autistic classmate's lunch bills.
Lemmy Wholesome: Actually wholesome.
Oh boy, I sure do love advertisements
Really depends on the station. Some of them (especially the bigger ones) will have ads quite frequently, but others will have a few every now and then and there are some that don't have any at all.
Question: Do radio broadcasters have any indication/numbers on how many are listening in while on FM/AM?
Not from broadcasting, but they can pay a ratings company like Nielsen to research certain samples of the population.
In Germany we quite a few really cool alternative radio stations. They all have their local frequencies, shows and so on, but also share a German-wide morning show. It’s mostly recoded by the bigger projects, like in Berlin, but otherwise it would just take too much resources from small volunteer run stations.
Do you have any info on how to listen to these stations? Like frequencies or a website where schedules are posted?
Assuming you speak German: https://www.freie-radios.de/
Or here a audio platform where a lot of their content is posted afterwards, where you can discover stations and shows: https://www.freie-radios.net/ (albeit those are confusingly similar URLs)
Thank you :)
I’ve got a nice little local radio station I like because they play a wide variety of stuff. Not just the same ol top 10 on repeat. Plus very few ads (unless it’s Membership Drive season)
we lost our local radio station last year as the owner aged out. I'm worried about who will acquire that slice of the spectrum.
there is a college station still in a neighboring town at least.
I love it when events have their own radio station - burning man and Neotropolis do this
Hell yeah community radio!