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The window to support better radio closes at midnight tonight.
You can help create more independent, local stations and tune out the
cookie-cutter corporate programming that has dominated the dial for
decades. But to get more local radio, we need you to act now.

Tell the FCC: Local Radio Matters.
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LPFM stations are community driven and locally oriented, providing
news and information often ignored by mainstream radio — information
crucial to healthy communities and a vibrant democracy.

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a set of rules that
could open the nation's airwaves to hundreds of new LPFM radio
stations.  These rules will determine whether our airwaves will be
reserved for local operators or used for "translators" that simply
relay commercial programming from far-off places.

The FCC needs to know that our airwaves must be set aside for local
stations and the vital information, news, music, and cultural
activities that they provide.

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With your activism, we will be one step closer to using the public
airwaves to actually serve the public.

Onward,

Candace Clement
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1. Learn more about LPFM radio at:
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2. Also visit our allies at Prometheus Radio Project for other LPFM
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Hollow Earth Radio has to move! Our landlord is selling our house, and we have to move by May 1st.
Do you think you could help?

Currently, our setup is this: We live in a two story home with a basement. The radio is in the basement and feels separate from our living space. This works out well for us. We like that the radio is in the same building as our home, but If you know of a public venue that doesn’t have a living space attached, we would be open to this too.

Our budget is up to $1400 a month for home/radio. If it is a home, we are open to having a roommate(s) who don’t mind people coming in and out of the house all the time to volunteer possibly late into the night.

We are really sad we have to move, but hopefully this will place us in an even more ideal situation! We have to move fast on this. And thanks to everyone who’s come out to the shows this month and put in time on the radio - it’s wonderful to know that we have all this support!

P.S. Dj Clydascope sent us this great picture of himself to help warm our hearts in this time of need:

Garrett and I are releasing an album “Analog America: A Four Course Meal of Found Sound” on the noise | order label www.noiseorder.com March 11th. We are celebrating by hosting “Cabinet of Found Curiosities,” an art show & cd release party at Windows Art Gallery (Dearborn Show venue - 42nd/Woodland Ave N.) on March 7th during the Fremont Friday Art Walk.

KUOW, 94.9, our local public radio, interviewed me about our curious found sound hobby. This 13 minute story will be aired on Friday, Feb 29th at precisely 2:06pm for one of their Sound Focus stories! Tune in to hear a few sample tracks and hear me try to explain why the hell we do this sort of thing. It will be archived on their website for a short while. To find out more about this art show and other events during our first ever Hollow Earth Magma Festival, go to www.hollowearthradio.com.

Go here to listen to the archive of this show.

YEp. That’s right. Seattle Times felt it was important to tell the masses that we collect found sound from answering machine tapes we collect at thrift stores and yard sales. Read the article here. Isn’t that rad? If you happen to find tapes we would’ve gotten but you beat us to them, you should digitize them, and send them our way! We’ll air it on our radioo radioo.

Despite having just five business days to prepare, community leaders from across the Northwest will travel to Seattle today to testify at the Federal Communications Commission’s final public hearing on media ownership. The hearing, which will take place from 4pm-11pm today at Town Hall Seattle, will allow members of the public a rare opportunity to weigh in on proposals that would dramatically change federal rules setting limits on consolidated media ownership. One significant proposed change would allow one media company to consolidate a town or city’s newspaper, TV and radio station under single ownership and single editorial control.

Hundreds are expected to attend the hearing, which will include opportunities for open-microphone public testimony on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information about the hearing and its schedule, visit www.reclaimthemedia.org.

Hollow Earth Radio hosted an on-air workshop and discussion about this FCC hearing last night. This workshop will re-air today at noon (PST) on Hollow Earth Radio, and is available to download here.

Thanks to Roger Fulton for cleaning up the audio and helping make this available.

The Federal Communications Commission is again attempting to rewrite America’s media ownership rules. Potentially, companies could be allowed to own more TV and radio stations, giving us more commercialism, less independent journalism and music, and fewer diverse voices on the air.

The FCC will hold a public hearing on the issue at Town Hall Seattle (1119 Eighth Avenue) on Friday, November 9th, from 4-11 pm, giving you an opportunity to voice your opinion. We are holding an on-air workshop tonight at Hollow Earth Radio to help people prepare to testify during this public hearing. Nathan James, Campaign Coordinator for the Media and Democracy Coalition, will lead this workshop. Even if you don’t testify, you will also learn more about what is going on with these upcoming decisions and participate in a discussion about this hearing. Those attending, arrive at 7pm. Those listening to this on-air workshop, tune in at 7:30pm PST Thursday, tonight.

fcc insanity

This was posted on the FCC main page… wow.
(You can check to see if it’s still there.)

Our streaming host has changed the ip address as of today.

What this means is that if you are used to listening to Hollow Earth Radio by going to to your media player and clicking on Hollow Earth Radio, IT WILL NO LONGER WORK.

What you need to do is go to our website and click Listen, and then choose your media player type. *Basically you are reloading the file to start streaming again at our new address. Once you’ve done this, you can click on Hollow Earth Radio in your media player and it will work. Forever. We swear.

These instructions are only for people who strictly go to their media player to click on Hollow Earth Radio in their playlist. If you use other media players or go to our website to click Listen EVERYTIME, well then, don’t worry about this message.

Thanks for listening!

Update your Media Player now by clicking here!

We broadcast from noon to at least midnight everyday! (PST)
Let us know if you have any difficulities. We are here to serve.

::::LATEST NEWS!:::::

**It’s Official! We now how 12 DJs with Hollow Earth Radio! Check out our radio schedule at http://www.hollowearthradio.com/schedule.php and our soon to be updated dj page (http://www.hollowearthradio.com/dj.php) to find out when our djs will be on air.

**Today, Dj Sta-Prest (a.k.a. Levi Fuller) will be doing his show (Underwater Sounds of the Aquatic Ocean) this afternoon from 5-7pm! Tune In! Call our number at 206-905-1250, and maybe you’ll be put on air!

**Hollow Earth Radio is hosting a House Show this weekend!

23 Jun 2007, 03:00 PM - Pwrfl Power, Alps of New South Wales, The Webelos, Pica Beats, Brad Dunn, Cabinet of Natural Curiousities

211 NW 70th St
Seattle WA 98117
$5-7 donation-sliding scale (will benefit the radio and the musicians)
Come join us for an afternoon-into-the-evening show at the very first hollow earth radiooo house show and bbq. We will hear some music without electricity and with electricity (outside and inside). Bring something for the grill! Drink root beer with us and the racoons!

Feel free to pass this cool flyer around: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1346/581237336_6b7fc25cea.jpg

CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING CAKE here: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=578793176&size=l

Our friend, Rakka made the cake for Hollow Earth Radio for the House Show!! YAY
!

::::VOLUNTEER!! YIPPEE!::::

**WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALBUM REVIEWERS AND BEHIND-THE SCENES VOLUNTEERS! If you are interested in this cool hands-on opportunity, let us know!

**If you’d like to record House Shows (local or not), we’d love to air it on the radiooo! Get in touch! If you live in Seattle, we can loan out equipment if you need it!

::::RADIO SHOWS!:::::

Every week, we invade a band’s practice space and usually we ask them a bunch of questions, make ‘em play some songs, and divine their future for them (tarot readings,astrological forecasts, ornithological divination, you know, all the normal stuff.) These shows are called In-Home Performances. The next two shows will be with:

R.B. Reed
June 26th 8pm
June 27th 2pm
June 30th 4pm
To learn more about the music, go to http://www.myspace.com/rbreed

Joy Wants Eternity
July 3rd 8pm
July 4th 2pm
July 7th 4pm
To learn more about this music, go to www.joywantseternity.com

:::LINKS TO GREAT THINGS AROUND TOWN!::::

The Vera Project is hosting a great event in conjunction with Gay Pride this weekend:
Sunday June 24 | 12:00 PM
BEND IT Festival
Gay Pride Weekend

Bend-It Festival. 12 noon-doors; 1-7pm-program. The Vera Project, Snoqualmie Room, Seattle Center, Warren Ave N & Republican St. The all-ages festival consists of bands, drag, spoken word, fashion, homemade merchandise, visual art, workshops, art room, raffles, safe space rooms with caucusing (specifically for trans folks and people of color), free food, tabling by community resource organizations, etc. All these events are led by Queer young people, with the support of post-youth ally volunteers. With Tender Forever, Your Heart Breaks, Chris Riffle, Lucy Bland. Workshops include: Punk Rock Silk Screening, Poetry, Breakdancing, Zine Archive and Publishing Project, Vegan Cooking, Stitch and Bitch. Wheelchair accessible; ASL interpreters upon request. FREE - donations welcome. www.myspace.com/bend_it

:::THANKS!:::
We appreciate all the support we’ve received! Thank you for listening. Thank you for sharing.

PEACE OUT!
Amber Kai & Garrett Kelly
HOllow Earthers!