Applicant Profiles

Soon, there will be thousands of community radio licenses available around the country. Prometheus is working with hundreds of groups to get ready for this historic opportunity. Here are some of the groups that are planning on starting their very own community radio station.

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Asheille FM
In the year 2009 Kim (the college radio junkie) and Greg (the music junkie) along with 30-40 others would meet at Laurey's Catering, downtown Asheville. These meetings became regular and Friends of Community Radio– as they had come to call themselves–realized one day they had the talent, the drive, and the equipment to start their own station. Read the full profile...
 

United Mountain Defense
"We dropped everything, and got there as quickly as we could and we were basically witnessing another slurry pond failure. We didn't have any equipment beyond our testing kits and so I stripped down to my boxers and got right in the water and started taking samples.” Read the full profile...

 
Main Street Project
Within the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, there exists twin neighborhoods– Frogtown and Phillips, both of which serve as gateways and as homes to recent immigrants and refugees. Though these two Twin Cities communities are separated by the Mississippi River, they mirror each other in many aspects. Read the full profile...
 
The Ohio Hispanic Coalition
The Ohio Hispanic Coalition (OHC) began its’ work in the 90's to respond to the needs of Latino immigrants in the Columbus area. Josué Vicente, the organization's Executive Director tells us how OHC's mission has developed over time and why a radio station could be the missing element. Read the full profile...
 
AWAKENING/arts & culture
The community of Orlando, Florida has been undergoing a cultural and artistic awakening throughout the past eight years. What has brought about this cultural evolution?  None other than AWAKENING/art & culture and their creation, the Orlando Latin American Film and Heritage Festival. This organization and community radio station hopeful  serves more than the artistic needs of the local Hispanic community. Read the full profile...
 
The Ordinary People's Society
Twelve years ago, Pastor Kenneth Glasgow was in the midst outreach, in an effort to provide education on local and national issues. While working on his own to stimulate change, he was approached by a friend who hosted a faith-based radio show to hit the streets and interview individuals live via cellphone as a weekly feature of the show. Glasgow then wandered throughout Dothan, Alabama interviewing anyone willing to speak with him. Read the full profile...      
 

 The Border Network for Human Rights
Commercial media regularly covers controversies around the U.S.– Mexico border, but rarely does local media in the borderlands allow people to tell their own stories or help them understand their own rights. Christina Parker, the Communications Director of the Border Network for Human Rights, based in El Paso, Texas, tells Prometheus about the impact a community radio station could have in the region. Read the full profile...

The New York Media Alliance
 Founded in 1977, the Media Alliance is an advocacy group for media arts and artists, though its primary project is its community arts center, known as the Sanctuary. In this century-old church, the group has built audio and video production studios, as well as a performance space for visiting artists. Read the full profile...
 
Access Fort Wayne
As a department of the Allen County Public Library, Access Fort Wayne produces public access and local government television. However, for over a decade assistant manager Erik Mollberg has been reaching out to community groups to gauge their interest in starting a radio station. “The more I talked with these groups, the more excited people became,” Mollberg said. Read the full profile...
 

The Gullah People's Movement: Low Country Community Radio
When Jabari Moketsi finally gets his low power radio station on the air in Beaufort, S.C., the first program on his schedule will be hosted by octogenarians. The show, entitled “Keepers of the Culture,” will provide an oral history of the African-American community in lowcountry South Carolina and Georgia, who are often referred to as Gullah or Geechee. Read the full profile...

 
Chicago Independent Radio Project
Spawned from deep within the underground realm of Chicago, a specter with ties to community groups and the city's independent arts and music scene lurks around seemingly every corner, wittingly injecting the city and its denizens with plentiful doses of unique events and local fervor. Read the full profile...