Rogue Valley Independent Media Center

Media Programming Lineup on KSKQ for April

Jason, 06.04.2009 12:25

In celebration of Independent Media Week, KSKQ lp 94.9 FM Community Radio in Ashland Oregon offers a lineup of media related programming this month. Listen live online at http://audio1.kskq.org:8080/studio.m3u

KSKQ LP 94.9 FM - Ashland Oregon

KSKQ-LP 94.9 FM is community owned and operated radio station licensed to broadcast by the FCC. KSKQ empowers the community and strengthens local culture through inclusive programming by providing a forum for artistic expression and social issues.

Below is a schedule of upcoming programs...

Media diversity

Stories about the need for more diversity in our media.

Segments include:
* Youth are looking critically at the media and many are not happy with how they are portrayed in the media. Listen to voices of Washington youth speak about what they would like to see and how they would like to change media representation. (Sami Muilenburg, Seattle, WA)
* An interview with Joe Torres, lobbyist for Freepress who speaks about the need for a critical mass of minority voices in our media landscape. (Gavin Dahl, Boise ID)
* KPCN is the only union owned radio station in the Northwest. We listen to the president of Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United speak about how they planned to use their airwaves. (Sue Supriano, Eugene, OR)

Listen Up! Northwest
Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 7 - 3 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

The People’s Fight for LPFM

Radio Activists are pushing for The Local Community radio act, a bill that is before Congress that would ease broadcast restrictions and allow for hundreds of new non-commercial stations.

Program: Sprouts
Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 7 - 3:30 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

Media accountabilty

Listen Up! Northwest program 26 features stories about the need for the media to be accountable for the information they provide. Segments include:

* Many journalists were arrested at the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention this year. A Bellingham civil rights attorney who represented some of the arrested independent journalists shares his observations of the events. (Yuko Kodama, Seattle, WA)

* Seattle’s WTO protests are said to have influenced how cities around the world handle civilian’s rights to freedom of speech during large events. An ACLU Washington representative speaks about how these changes have come about over the last 10 years. (Yuko Kodama, Seattle, WA)

* The Institute for Public Accuracy provides news releases that offer analysis of how current events are covered. Sam Husseini of this organization speaks about how anyone in our region can help make media more accountable for giving the public accurate information. (Gavin Dahl, Boise ID)

* A representative of the media watchgroup FAIR, or Fairness and Accuracy talks about how FOX News covered the last two weeks of the recent election and how FOX responded to criticism of their work. (Jenka Soderberg, Portland OR)

Listen Up! Northwest
Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 14 - 3 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

Digital Crossroads

Radio & Record Industry issues, including Payola, Minority Representation, FCC & Indecency at the Supreme Court & Torture Royalties. Plus, the Radio for People Coalition, LPFM laws, and Webcasting royalty disputes.

Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 14 - 3:30 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

Media and Disability

How people with disabilities are working to make more media work for them.

Gordon Fuller, an Idaho resident is visually impaired but far from disabled. He’s making a difference by speaking up for the disabled and changing the policies that will improve all our lives as we age. (Gavin Dahl, Boise, ID)

Seniors and non-English speakers will be impacted by the digital television conversion. Find out about some who are helping get the word about the conversion specifics in these communities. (Callie Shanafelt/Yuko Kodama)

Listen Up! Northwest
Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 21 - 3 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

Indigineous Struggle & Independent Media in Oaxaca

Jesus, an indigenous artist/painter from Oaxaca, Mexico, describes the ongoing repression and use of independent media during indigenous uprisings in response to the oppression that has taken place over the past few years in his home state of Oaxaca.

Steppin’ Out of Babylon Eugene, Oregon
Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 21 - 3:30 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

Living As If the Truth Were True
Jeremy Scahill on Politics and the Media

Journalist and author Jeremy Scahill is clear about what his role as a journalist is - to interrogate power and lay bare the truth, and he is concerned that the alternative media which took such a strong stand during the Bush years exposing the lies and crimes is at risk of becoming what he calls a blue state Fox during the Obama years. He spoke of this and more Dec 2 at the Park Center for Independent Media in Ithaca, New York, and we’re going to hear his talk and audience discussion in the show this week. Then we’ll conclude with the next installment of “Power and Powerlessness. “

Program: Unwelcome Guests
Broadcast Date / Time: Wednesday, April 22 - 1 PM
Program Length: 2 hours

Media and Women

First, an interview with Eddy Hilyard, former CEO of women’s radio network Greenstone Media. Reflecting on her decades of experience, dhe speaks about women in the media industry. (Brittany Peralt, Yinradio-KRFP, Moscow, ID)

Jennifer Pozner is a journalist and critic on media messages and pop culture. Featured are segments of her interview with KBOO radio. (Katherine Stevenson, Radiozine-KBOO, Portland)

Music by DJ B-Girl, Electron Love Theory and the Buttersprites.

Listen Up! Northwest
Broadcast Date / Time: Tuesday, April 28 - 3 PM
Program Length: 30 Minutes

Listen live online at http://audio1.kskq.org:8080/studio.m3u

For more information about Independent Media Week visit http://www.kskq.org/imw

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