Organizers say there are still registration scholarships available for the Grass Roots Radio Conference, running from Sept. 11-14 inside the beautiful, well-appointed Spokane Public Library, in Spokane, Washington. Here’s a link to the registration page; simply scroll down the page to apply for a scholarship.
In addition to announcing FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez as the keynote speaker, organizers are rolling out more of the session schedule.
Here are just a few more highlights from the schedule:
Still in the Dash: Rediscovering Radio Power in the Digital Dashboard
Henry Harris, executive director of Strategic Music Partnerships in Baltimore-Washington, D.C., will share how easy it is to have a strong, multi-platform presence, including using the voice search compatibility and app integration to keep radio accessible and relevant in the digital landscape.
The Role of Radio During Disaster
Arjun Giri, president of Nepal-based Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, will address the need and challenges for communication during disasters, focusing on the significance of radio for timely alerts and warnings to vulnerable populations.
Is This Story Worth Getting My Ass Kicked?
Radio veterans Jim Ellinger, of Texas, and Lisa Loving, of California, will share practical tips and real-world experiences, including DIY press credentialing and working with both cooperative and uncooperative law enforcement to get the story on air.
Being Invisible is not a Super Power
Indigenous media veteran, Joseph Orozco, a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, California, will introduce consensus-building concepts in a full-participation workshop and talk about the value of Indigenous media to the American landscape.
Transmission//Reception — Experimental Narrrowcasting in the Classroom
Design professor Matthew Flores, of South Carolina, shares both the experiments and their outcomes from a special topics course at the University of Tennessee School of Design where students explored broadcasting through a variety of graphic forms, materials, and technologies as part of programming and operating a Part 15 AM radio station.
Governance and Management
Radio veterans Paul Bame, of Philadelphia, and Betty McArdle, of Portland, will talk about the vital importance of good governance and management to the life of a station, tackling what it means to have an effective board and station policies in these difficult times.
Communications Act of 1934, Sect. 326.
Nothing in this Act shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.
KUPR LPFM in Placitas NM - no budget to send someone to Spokane ... will there be any recordings or transcripts available? Especially interested in the role of radio in emergencies - we are in a rural area of the NM mountains with one road in and out.