KCSB invited radio activist and former pirate radio host Pete Tridish to talk about the history of low-power fm stations in the United States. Low-power fm stations are radio stations that operate to serve a specific community in an educational and non-commercial way. In the nineties, Pete Tridish founded the Prometheus Radio Project, an organization that has helped to build many low-power community radio stations. In doing so, Pete lobbied the FCC to provide low-power licences around the nation and fight media consolidation. This is part one of a three part conversation, where Pete Tridish talks about the problem with the term “free-media” and how it may confuse the importance of regulation when it comes to radio licensing.
