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REC Networks started on July 20, 1984 on a telephone answering machine in a closet. To this day, the REC name is still strong in niche entertainment as well as support and education for our various...
View ArticleGrowing up transgender... my perspective on the KRXQ incident
First of all, let me qualify myself to discuss this topic. I am the founder of REC Networks, a 25 year old entity who, for the past 15 or so years has been advocating for the establishment of the Low...
View ArticleKRXQ: Rob, Arnie and Dawn broadcast on in response to trans youth comments
or download MP3 directly: krxq-20090611.mp3 (17MB, 16/22, mono) This is an aircheck from KRXQ Sacramento on June 11, 2009. On this 2 hour 30 minute show, the personalities reflect on the events of the...
View ArticleKUSF: Yet another argument for LPFM expansion
KUSF was a Class A non-commercial educational station owned and operated by the University of San Francisco, a private institution. If you were to look at their program schedule, was very impressive. A...
View ArticleSuperwindows and a diversity of thought
First of all, let me say greetings to the Amherst Alliance's Don and Nick. I am glad to see you all still out there. The nice thing about the LPFM service is that there are many diverse voices not just...
View Article3,257 Down... 2 To Go...
A few years ago, REC used to publish periodic updates on the granting of LPFM construction permits. With that, we would mention how far along the FCC was in the process. This information was and still...
View ArticleDeclining cable market share and impact on PEG channels
This was a Facebook comment that I had made in response to another reader thinking that I was advocating abandoning PEG (Public Education Government) channels on traditional cable TV systems and...
View ArticleMichi's Blog: Perhaps the CPB cuts will send the right message to NPR and...
Perhaps, it's time for this to happen. NPR has got too big.. There was once a time when college radio stations were actually located at the college and were programmed by students and members of the...
View ArticleRemembering G4 / the most awesome REC phone system.. ever!
Recently, Franny (remember her?) put up a Facebook group for the callers of K-Fone, another voice system that has ran until recently. The interesting thing about K-Fone and many of the REC systems was...
View ArticleOfficial Statement of Michi-chan on WFTDA Gender Policy
First of all, yesterday's announcement of the Gender Policy by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association totally caught me by surprise. As someone who has been advocating policy that is inclusive to...
View ArticleAT&T and T-Mobile - Reflections and Opinions
Well, it's been one week since REC Networks was mentioned in tech, telecom and business blogs around the world regarding the Sprint "Man in a dress" ad that we spoke out about. Honestly, I was never...
View ArticleRegarding the Family Stations "Rapture" Hoax
We have heard of mothers trying to kill their kids and family pets being put down. Why? Because of speech that has incited these and potentially other actions with negative consequences. Let's not also...
View ArticleStatement of Michi Eyre founder REC Networks: regarding GLAAD
"GLAAD has a responsibility to their non-telecommunications, non-labor union underwriters as well as their many private donors to protect LGBT persons from negative portrayals in the media. By ignoring...
View ArticleREC Networks statement on Media Access Project
I was saddened when I read the news that Media Access Project will be suspending operations as of May 1, 2012. MAP worked "behind the scenes" for over a decade providing the legal support for ally...
View ArticleSo, who killed the radio star?
In response to Dick Taylor's blog "Automation Killed The Radio Star" and the subsequent discussion on The Broadcast Club on Facebook.The narrow formatting of American radio is what killed the radio...
View ArticleIs there a market for "otaku radio" terrestrially in the USA?
On the "I Love AM Radio" Facebook group, a member posted a poll about whether a format consisting of "anime soundtracks" and video game music would work on AM or FM radio. For the uninitiated, anime...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: Why we must embrace IP-based ham links as "real" amateur...
A recent Facebook post on 100 Watts and a Wire triggered a debate on the claims that IP-based linked amateur radio systems like Echolink are not "real" amateur radio and that for it to be true radio,...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: How come we don't have a "WHOIS" for DID numbers?
Anyone with a telephone (wireless, wired or otherwise) should be now accustomed to our modern culture where you are getting calls from scammers. Many times, these are automatic dialers that will call...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: It's about ARRL's numbers.. and "Tyro"-mania
The §1.401 Inbox in the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System occasionally gets blessed with Petitions for Rulemaking regarding amateur radio. Everything from license class restructuring to people...
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Rant from Riverton: The Japanese are doing it right, but they've got the room...
Lately, I have been seeing an article in the Japan Times that is spreading around the US broadcasting industry and hobby like wildfire. Those who know about my connections with Japan have been sending...
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