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Thu Aug 26 2004
Critical Mass Radio Network Blasts Into San Francisco!
CMRN Maiden Broadcast
"Several areas in a city could be linked together and even from one city to another. Theoretically, if enough people rig up transmitters and antennas at proper locations and everyone operates on the same band, it is possible to build a nation-wide people's network that is equally theoretically legal." - Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book

8/27/2004: Starting today at 10 am PST, a nation-wide people's radio network will be potted up for its maiden voyage on the airwaves. Critical Mass Radio Network is a decentralized network of independent community-based radio stations that will broadcast a coordinated signal internationally, starting Friday, August 27, in honor of the Republican National Convention. As featured in the LA Times, CMRN is six preliminary local stations who have joined forces to bring you a simultaneous and continuous uproar of voices, stories, music and unfiltered news - enough to ram the hot air back down George W.'s throat faster than you can say "republicrat". Join Freak Radio in Santa Cruz, Kill Radio in Los Angeles, RadioActive Radio in San Diego, PDX Radio in Portland, A-Noise in New York City, and your very own locally bred and monitored Enemy Combatant Radio here in the City by the Bay. Together, we will be bringing you live updates from around the country, starting at 10 am. Tune in at 6 pm PST to hear ECR dj's interview Board of Supes Prez Matt Gonzalez, local RNC solidarity affinity groups, peeps from the League of Pissed Off Voters... and more! At 7:30 pm PST, tune in to hear our dj crew live on the ground in New York for the Republican National Convention. Join the network! Be the media!! LISTEN! For local listeners: CMRN's webcast will also be re-broadcast all day on Pirate Cat Radio on San Francisco's 87.9 FM and on 104.9 in the East Bay. More coverage of the protests against the RNC on Indybay's Government and Elections Page | CMRN Station ID | CMRN PSA

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