Radio Barnraising Conference This Weekend

Radio Barnraising Conference This Weekend
Bird Street Media Takes To The Airwaves!

In the spirit of neighbors pulling together to put up a new building, we'll gather low power radio applicants, journalists, radio engineers, students, lawyers, musicians, activists and all sorts of folks from across the western United States to raise the antenna mast, build the studio ... and flip on the station switch at the end of the weekend! The conference is being sponsored by the Prometheus Radio Project and hosted by Bird Street Media Project.

Bird Street Media Project plans to use their radio station to give a voice to their community. With over twelve thousand in the city limits, and 45,000 in the greater Oroville area, the citizens are lacking the basic information and entertainment that most cities derive from a local radio station. This project will be the town's only local media outlet, since there is no community based newspaper, TV, or radio station in Oroville. Recently, Clear Channel Inc. bought the local AM and FM radio stations and moved their base out of town. Support for the new LPFM has poured in from all sectors of the town, from city government, activists, local business and artists. All believe that the radio station could be a centerpiece for a downtown renaissance.

The event will allow new programmers to meet and new stations to compare notes on fundraising and equipment. Volunteer engineers and attorneys will be there to give assistance to stations with their individual needs, and can share their skills with the new low power radio station licensees. We will also plan the course for media activism for the next year- and plot for the continued fight to put the media into the hands of the people and communities.

To register, go to:
http://www.prometheusradio.org/barnregistration.shtml


SCHEDULE
Friday April 12th: WORKING DAY
10:00 Antenna & Set-up
LUNCH NOON

1:00 Press Conference - Mast Raising

2:30 Drive by workshops (1/2 hour):
An Introduction to Noise: Common Audio Problems: Sandi Woodruff
The FCC at a Glance: Ted Coopman
3:00 Political directions for low power FM, Facilitated by Media Alliance

5:00 DINNER - provided by Latino Group (served in Ballroom)

7:00 Plenary: Welcome and history of the project from Marianne and Erv Knorzer, KRBS.
What everyone should know about how this station will work,even if you will never touch a transistor: Sandi Woodruff, Pete Tridish

Saturday April 13th: WORK CONTINUES (building station)
8:00 or 8:30 BREAKFAST (served in Democratic Headquarters)

10:00 Workshops
Technical Track: Intro to Audio ˜ sound, mixers, audio sources, connections digital vs/ analog. (Brad Johnson)
Management/Programming Track: Using Minidiscs and DATs for reporting, and interviewing skills: (Jade Piaget-Seekins/Shereen Meraji)
Political/Programming Track: 4 Approaches to Making a Radio Show : (Marissa Johnson,Brian Terhorst KVMR)

NOON LUNCH - provided by Enterprise Rancheria, served in Ballroom

1:00 Workshops
Technical Track: Intro to Radio (Brad Johnson, Steven Dunifer)
Political / Programming Track: To Be Announced; Radio drama? IMC?
Management/Programming Track: 4 Approaches to Setting your Programming Policies(Brian Terhorst, KVMR; RichardEdmundson, San Francisco Liberation Radio; Sharon Maeda
3:00 Group Plenary in Ballroom
Political directions for low power FM, Facilitated by Media Alliance
5:00 Workshops
Technical Track: Studio Transmitter Links (Sandi Woodruff)
Political Track: Legal Clinic (Luke Hiken, Micheal Cuzens)
Management/Programming Track: The Fine Art of DJing

6:30 Dinner & Party
Dinner provided by the Organic Farmers, served at Democratic Headquarters
Party in Ballroom from 7:00 to 10:00. Featuring: The Midnight Cowboy, Bob Howard, and Barbara Manning

Late Night: Tales of Unlicensed Radio!

Sunday April 14th: WORK CONTINUES (almost done)
8:00 to 8:30 BREAKFAST served in the Democratic Headquarters

9:00 Application Problems clinic w/Micheal Brown, Brown Broadcast Inc.
Special Free Clinic with Broadcast Engineer Micheal Brown to fix any problems with your application, including competing applications and stations that were denied their frequency by Congress
10:00 Workshops
Technical Track: Advanced Audio ˜Processing, recording, automation, trooubleshooting. (Brad Johnson)
Management/Programming Track: 4 Approaches to Station Governance (Brian Terhorst, KVMR; The V Man, Free radio Santa Cruz; Laura Lukes, KZFR Chico)
Political/Programming Track: International Radio (Sharon Maeda, Steven Dunifer)

NOON LUNCH - provided by the Hmong Veterans and including traditional Hmong dance served and preformed at the Senior Center located around corner.


1:00 Workshops

Technical Track: Internet Radio (Sandi Woodruff, Stephen Dunifer)
Management/Programming Track: Fundraising˜ grants, individual fundraising. (Caroline Leopold, Shelley Mariposa)
Political/Programming Track: Media and Democracy (Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Martha Wallner, Andrea Buffa, Dorothy Kidd)

3:00 Workshops

Technical Track: Advanced Radio˜ Pre-emphasis, interference issues, tough questions for the engineers (Mike Brown, Sandi Woodruff)
Political /Programming Track: Organizing a Radio News Operation (Aaron Glantz)
Management/Programming Track: Cut a News Story ˜minidiscs and soundforge/cooledit (Jade Piaget-Seekins, Shereen Meraji)

5:00 FLIP SWITCH˜ KRBS ON THE AIR!

Radios in Courtyard, Cars in all directions.

6:00 DINNER
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To register, go to:
http://www.prometheusradio.org/barnregistration.shtml or write to info [at] prometheusradio.org if you have trouble with the form.

Conference cost will be $75 for the weekend with no one turned away for lack of funds. ($25/day, also sliding scale) See our website for info about hotels or to sign up for free housing options.

For more info, call KRBS at 530.532-4422.

Driving directions:
I-80 east to Sacramento, I-5 North (one exit) to 99 North, to 70 north through Marysville, 25 mi. more to Oroville, Exit at Montgomery St., Right on Montgomery (east, towards downtown Oroville) about one mile to Meyer (the flashing red light)
right one block on Meyer to Bird, left on Bird, half a block. Bird Street Media is at 2076 Bird St on the left side of the street, in the storefront to the right of the Oroville Inn's driveway.


Amtrak has train/bus combination service right into Oroville for $22 from Oakland.

Trains leave
Oakland at 7:45a, 10:45a, 3:30p, 6:45p
Emeryville, 7:55 10:57 3:40 6:57
Berkeley 7:59 11:01 3:44 7:01
Richmond 8:08 11:09 3:52 7:09

The trip takes about 4 hours from Oakland, and if you call us in Oroville to say you're coming we'll pick you up: 530.532-4422

check http://www.amtrakcapitols.com

The Richmond Bart and Amtrak stations are in the same place so the best way from the city is probably BART to Richmond. There is also an Amtrak bus that picks up at the ferry bldng. at 7:10a, 10:15a, 3:00p and 6:10p and puts you on the train in Emeryville.