Archive for September, 2004

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

KFAR strikes back… and wins

First off, my sincere apologies to Ghost and the KFAR crew. I dug up old and incorrect information in my post yesterday, so much for my librarian skills. Ghost left some comments correcting me, which I encourage everyone to read.
Basically, the window to apply for a low power FM license is closed. So that ship [...]

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Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

KFAR rallies at Knoxville City Council meeting

The Knoxville News-Sentinel has an article on the KFAR rally at last night’s City Council meeting. While I still respect KFAR’s first amendment/civil disobedience stance, I’ll admit my opinion is shifting away from KFAR’s side of things.
There appear to be ways for KFAR to broadcast legally, and at least one local radio station has [...]

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

More on the KFAR raid and shutdown

The second half of Metropulse’s Citybeat talks about KFAR’s shutdown and how it may have been politically motivated. That makes sense to me, the names on the affidavit as complainants were FBI agents and a TVA agent. And KFAR isn’t exactly establishment media, somebody probably didn’t like what they heard. But why are the TVA [...]

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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

Star Wars again

Julie said it, and I agree with her, George Lucas can do what he wants. But like this Penny Arcade comic, I have to wonder if George has lost his mind.

1 Comment » - Posted in Of Interest Online by Dan

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Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Star Wars

Ok, I’ll admit it, I like Star Wars. Perhaps it’s a bit more than like. I’m not as bad as some people, I’ve never dressed up as a Star Wars character, and I don’t own every Star Wars toy ever made. But I do own a few Star Wars toys, both from the original [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in Thoughts on Life by Dan

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