IndyaMedia Is Attempting to put Hurricane Victims In Charge of Their Own Story
Volunteers and Astrodome Resident Families Build Emergency Radio Station
Project Prometheus and Houston IndyMedia is working hard with resident families to get a station running for survivors at the astrodome. Only Astrodome bureacracy is keeping it from being a reality. The FCC already approved the project. The station is up and ready to roll but a Harris County safety official is demanding that volunteers provide 10,000 receivers before they will let the survivors have their voice. Using this low wat radio station, people can stay in contact, find loved ones, and tell their stories. This is something we can support that is totally aligned with our progressive values. Below the flip, see what you can do to support this important effort.
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Indymedia and Prometheus Radio/Katrina are working with volunteer professional engineers and technicians from all over the United States to get this station on the air. The FCC acted on Saturday to approve the station, and quickly, the City of Houston gave the project a letter of offical support. The Prometheus Radio Project, a not-for-profit organization that builds Low Power FM radio stations all around the United States, has worked throughout the weekend to facilitate the legal and timely launch of this radio station.
To donate to the Houston project, please call the Prometheus Radio Project at 215-727-9620
"This station will provide critical information for people putting their lives back together, as well as the comfort and power of programming made by local Houston volunteers and Astrodome residents. We need to cut through this red tape and start delivering information to these families." Hannah Sassaman, an organizer at Prometheus
If you would like to get more detailed information, contact:
Professor Tish Stringer, tish@rice.edu, (713) 478-4559
Hannah Sassaman, hannahjs@prometheusradio.org, (215)-727-9620
jenhoward wrote a diary yesterday about this important topic but it slid quickly off the page. One of the comments to her diary provided links for information about how you can support Radio IndyMedia nationally. Its something we may all want to have in our communities both for ongoing communication and to maintain some personal control should we face an event like Hurricane Katrina.