Thursday, March 30, 2006
Save the Date!! Grassroots Radio Conference in Madison, July 28-30, 2006
As per the headline, WORT will be hosting the Grassroots Radio Conference here in Madison on the weekend of July 28-30, 2006.
The GRC is an *excellent* conference, and I'm very excited that so many Madison radiophiles will have the chance to attend this year! In addition to skills workshops and discussion of media issues, it's also a great chance to talk with people from other stations around the country kinda like WORT. Lots of workshops and discussion for both music and news programmers, plus the fundraisers and outreach folks.
Info about registration, workshops, etc. will be posted to the web in April and May. Check the WORT website and the Grassroots Radio site in the coming weeks and months. Also, we'll be looking for housing volunteers to put up conference attendees for a couple nights.
We'll also be looking for local folks to volunteer with various conference-related tasks. You'll get a discount registration to the conference for your help. More info later.
Many more details to follow.
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The Grassroots Radio Coalition was born in 1996, as a reaction against increasing commercialization of public radio and lack of support for volunteer-based stations. A loose coalition of community media activists, the GRC has a listserv and holds a conference every year, but has no dues, no hierarchy and no bylaws, only a mission statement:
"More than audio outlets, volunteer-based community radio stations are cultural institutions in their communities, reflecting the unique concerns and passions of the people who live there. With a system of governance based on openness and collaboration, and diverse programming produced by volunteers and funded by listeners, these stations are cornerstones of participatory democracy, offering ordinary citizens the chance to exercise First Amendment rights in a mass medium and audiences the opportunity to directly support the programming that is of importance to them."
You can also check out the Grassroots Radio Coalition wikipedia entry.
The GRC is an *excellent* conference, and I'm very excited that so many Madison radiophiles will have the chance to attend this year! In addition to skills workshops and discussion of media issues, it's also a great chance to talk with people from other stations around the country kinda like WORT. Lots of workshops and discussion for both music and news programmers, plus the fundraisers and outreach folks.Info about registration, workshops, etc. will be posted to the web in April and May. Check the WORT website and the Grassroots Radio site in the coming weeks and months. Also, we'll be looking for housing volunteers to put up conference attendees for a couple nights.
We'll also be looking for local folks to volunteer with various conference-related tasks. You'll get a discount registration to the conference for your help. More info later.
Many more details to follow.
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The Grassroots Radio Coalition was born in 1996, as a reaction against increasing commercialization of public radio and lack of support for volunteer-based stations. A loose coalition of community media activists, the GRC has a listserv and holds a conference every year, but has no dues, no hierarchy and no bylaws, only a mission statement:
"More than audio outlets, volunteer-based community radio stations are cultural institutions in their communities, reflecting the unique concerns and passions of the people who live there. With a system of governance based on openness and collaboration, and diverse programming produced by volunteers and funded by listeners, these stations are cornerstones of participatory democracy, offering ordinary citizens the chance to exercise First Amendment rights in a mass medium and audiences the opportunity to directly support the programming that is of importance to them."
You can also check out the Grassroots Radio Coalition wikipedia entry.
