The National Association of Broadcasters (N.A.B.), corporate pirates of the airwaves and perhaps the most powerful lobby in the country, and Media EmergenC, a grassroots independent media conference, have each pitched their tents in San Diego, where Clear Channel owns an astonishing 14 radio stations, Oct. 6th–9th. While the media monopolists of the N.A.B. are "charting radio's future" and schmoozing with the FCC, media activists have come together to confront the corporate media through protest and workshops on independent journalism and creating democratic media networks and organizations. Highlights of Media EmergenC will include the bay area's Davey D, KPFK's Sonali Kolhatkar, Prometheus Radio Project, Guerrilla News Network, and the Gadabout film festival. San Diego Indymedia | Live stream by RadioActive | N.A.B. 2000 in SF