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 | Low-Power Radio: No Urban Blackout Zones
MA filed these comments with the FCC on March 8th asking for the commission to consider lower watt service in urban markets where the band is too crowded to allow significant low power service for residents including: San Jose, Detroit, and New York City. |
_2.jpg) | Al-Jazeera Purchases Current TV: Plans Launch of "Al-Jazeera America"
by Rory O'Connor, Media Channel
Al-Jazeera, the Qatari news channel whose coverage of Arab Spring electrified the world, and then whose coverage in Bahrain and Syria appalled the world, in an example of the challenges faced by government-owned media outlets, has purchased Current TV for the price of 500 million dollars, purchasing the carriage on cable systems that they were otherwise unable to secure. |
_2.jpg) | KCSM-TV Bids
by Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance
October 26th, 2012
In response to Media Alliance's public records request, the six bids received for KCSM-TV's broadcast license have been provided by the San Mateo Community College District Board of Trustees. |
 | KCSM-TV Sale Postponed
August 11th, 2012
Update: 10/25 - The San Mateo Community College District has rejected all bidders in the sale of KCSM-TV. MA's pending public records request for all of the bid documentation will be fulfilled this week - (six months after the request was filed). The board stated that they are still determined to sell the broadcast license and will embark on a new RFP process. |
 | KUSF One Year Later
Update: On August 15th, in a tribute of sorts, the fabled call letters of KUSF, which will be remembered forever by music fans, were transferred to a yet-to-be-constructed station at 91.3 in Glendale, Oregon owned by community radio facilitators Common Frequency. |
 | KCSM-TV Up For Sale
by Tracy Rosenberg, Huffington Post
December 1st, 2011
As part of an epidemic of higher education institutions nationwide ridding themselves of educational TV and radio licenses, the San Mateo Community College District in Northern California has announced the upcoming sale of KSCM-TV, the noncommercial TV station it has owned and operated for 48 years.
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