radio revolution

February 21, 2005 9:26 PM

The radio revolution is the single greatest communications policy issue of the coming decade, and perhaps the coming century. The economics of entire industries could be transformed. Every significant public policy challenge could be implicated: competition; innovation; investment; diversity of programming; job creation; equality of access; coverage for rural and underserved areas; and promotion of education, health care, local communities, public safety, and national security. Yet the benefits of the paradigm shift are not guaranteed. Exploiting the radio revolution will require creativity and risk-taking by both the private and public sectors. At every step, there will be choices between preserving the status quo and unleashing the forces of change. The right answers will seem obvious only in hindsight.
posted by halekon (4 comments total)

The article is around two years old and there've been some reasonably significant developments in radio since then.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:42 PM on February 21, 2005

Nonetheless it is a very interesting subject. Some links I have collected on the subject are: MIT's Roofnet, a Slashdot article about a Spain to Morocco link, Cringely's WRT54G article, and finally those crazy guys and their Chinese parabolic cookware.

I would love information about people doing this around Toronto and/or St. Catherines.
posted by Chuckles at 11:59 PM on February 21, 2005

this will be revolutionary when it hits ... the rules are about to change when it comes to what media is
posted by pyramid termite at 5:23 AM on February 22, 2005

Check out the Prometheus Radio Project for up-to-date info on radio/media activism. If you can make it to one of their upcoming barnraisings - do. Don't miss it for anything. Very 21st-century thinking going on as well as hands-on practical radio-building skills.
posted by Miko at 10:23 AM on February 22, 2005