[Peace] RADIO STATION BARNRAISING: RADIO FREE URBANA, WRFU-LP! Nov 11-13

Danielle Chynoweth chyn at ojctech.com
Mon Oct 10 23:26:25 CDT 2005


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UCIMC & Prometheus Radio Project present:
RADIO STATION BARNRAISING: RADIO FREE URBANA, WRFU-LP!
Nov 11 - 13, 2005

Join the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, Champaign Urbana
Wireless and Prometheus for another hair-raising spine-tingling
electrically-charged weekend radio project!  

Jump in with hundreds of volunteers from around the country as we come
together to build a new radio station from microphone to antenna in three
headlong days.  This barnraising will also be the grand opening of the new
IMC space--the downtown post office--which was purchased by the IMC last
May.

No longer content to engage & enthrall scores of volunteers with a plain
old radio barnraising, Prometheus and the UCIMC take the mammoth task of
building a radio station over the course of a singe weekend in stride.  

This time, we're not stopping at the FM AIRWAVES; we're setting our sights
on freeing the whole SPECTRUM for use by democratic communications as we
look to the future of radio!  This barnraising round, we'll also build out
the Champaign Urbana wireless network. CUWin is a pioneering leader in
community broadband services.  

While some of us construct the studio & raise the antenna to get WRFU on
the air, others will set up access points to expand this open source
community wireless network!

Dozens of radio workshops and station building will take place at the
sparkling new IMC space in Urbana's former Post Office Building. Radio
Free Urbana, WRFU-LP, 104.5 FM will be born on Sunday, November 13th!  
All skill levels encouraged, from engineer to nowhere near, and no one
will be turned away for lack of funds!

You Be There!  We'll Be There!

For info or to register, visit www.prometheusradio.org

Registration is $125 for the full weekend, all meals included (coming
straight from local farmers who support local radio!  RFU folks are
canning fruits of the harvest as we speak!)

Free housing available if you register by November 1 and are not too
fussy about where you lay your head.

Discounted and other slashed rates available, so no excuses!

We have phones too! (215) 727-9620.




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