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How Can Independent Radio Stations Avoid Sounding Like Corporate Drones?

1 month ago | laprogressive.com | Damon Orion |Rob Maurer

Before 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restricted U.S. corporations from owning more than 40 radio stations. eliminated these curbs, enabling single corporate entities to own unlimited stations. At that point, listeners “said goodbye to regionality and creativity and hello to bland, homogenized programming,” filmmaker Brendan Toller in his 2008 documentary I Need That Record!Corporate networks continue to dominate the airwaves.
How Some Independent Radio Stations Avoid Sounding Like Corporate Drones

1 month ago | scoop.co.nz | Damon Orion

By Damon OrionBefore 1996, the FederalCommunications Commission (FCC) restricted U.S. corporationsfrom owning more than 40 radio stations. TheTelecommunications Act of 1996 eliminated these curbs,enabling single corporate entities to own unlimitedstations. At that point, listeners “said goodbye toregionality and creativity and hello to bland, homogenizedprogramming,” filmmaker Brendan Toller noted in his2008 documentary I Need ThatRecord!Corporate networks continue todominate the airwaves.
How Some Independent Radio Stations Avoid Sounding Like Corporate Drones - OpEd

1 month ago | eurasiareview.com | Damon Orion

Before 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restricted U.S. corporations from owning more than 40 radio stations. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 eliminated these curbs, enabling single corporate entities to own unlimited stations. At that point, listeners “said goodbye to regionality and creativity and hello to bland, homogenized programming,” filmmaker Brendan Toller noted in his 2008 documentary I Need That Record!Corporate networks continue to dominate the airwaves.
As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify the ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’

2 months ago | counterpunch.org | Damon Orion

Despite Donald Trump’s disavowal of Project 2025, his administration began enforcing that initiative’s agenda immediately after his second inauguration. This includes efforts to erase history through education cuts, classroom and book censorship, website scrubbing, and the silencing of media outlets and institutions like PBS, NPR, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify The ‘Digital Preservation Infrastructure’ - OpEd

2 months ago | eurasiareview.com | Damon Orion

These online resources hold crucial information on history, social issues, and activism. Despite Donald Trump’s disavowal of Project 2025, his administration began enforcing that initiative’s agenda immediately after his second inauguration. This includes efforts to erase history through education cuts, classroom and book censorship, website scrubbing, and the silencing of media outlets and institutions like PBS, NPR, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The Homeless Garden Project: Opening Doors to the Unhoused

2 months ago | counterpunch.org | Damon Orion

An analysis of data from 2017 and 2022 by the Pew Charitable Trusts points to a direct connection between high housing costs and homelessness rates in the United States. Unsurprisingly, a Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury 2024 report stated that the city, which the National Low Income Housing Coalition ranked as America’s most expensive rental market in 2023 and 2024, has the most people experiencing homelessness in California per capita.
The Observatory

2 months ago | observatory.wiki | Sy Montgomery |Damon Orion |Jeff Bryant |Erica Cirino

This guide will take you through examples of the regenerative, moneyless economy that is sometimes called “collaborative consumption.” The moneyless, sharing-based economy creates the opportunity to opt out of the mentality of disposability and the idea that “more is better,” both of which many of us are bombarded with from birth.
The Homeless Garden Project Is Opening New Doors to Helping the Unhoused

2 months ago | resilience.org | Damon Orion

This article was produced by Local Peace Economy. An analysis of data from 2017 and 2022 by the Pew Charitable Trusts points to a direct connection between high housing costs and homelessness rates in the United States. Unsurprisingly, a Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury 2024 report stated that the city, which the National Low Income Housing Coalition as America’s most expensive rental market in 2023 and 2024, has the most people experiencing homelessness in California per capita.
The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the unhoused

2 months ago | nationofchange.org | Damon Orion

This article was produced by Local Peace Economy. Damon Orion is a writer, journalist, musician, artist, and teacher in Santa Cruz, California. His work has appeared in Revolver, Guitar World, Spirituality + Health, Classic Rock, and other publications. Read more of his work at DamonOrion.com. An analysis of data from 2017 and 2022 by the Pew Charitable Trusts points to a direct connection between high housing costs and homelessness rates in the United States.
How Worker-Owned News Outlets Are Changing the Media Industry

2 months ago | resilience.org | Damon Orion

This article was produced by Local Peace Economy. The arrival of COVID-19 in the United States kicked off an ongoing period of job insecurity within the media industry. In April 2020, the New York Times reported that about 37,000 news company employees had been laid off, furloughed, or had their salaries reduced since March of that year. This instability was still evident in 2024, with media outlets like the Los Angeles Times, the Messenger, and HuffPost undergoing major layoffs and closures.