Astrodome Radio and Hurricane-Affected LPFMs
Emergency Low Power Radio Station Went On Air

Volunteers from across the grassroots radio world worked furiously with Houston Indymedia to build a low power radio station to serve evacuees at the Astrodome. KAMP (Katrina Aftermath Media Project ) was on the air for a week, using an experimental low power license issued immediately by the FCC, when they were asked by local activists. The station broadcast information and programming relevant to the thousands of peopled evacuated to the Astrodome.

The six watt microradio station broadcast from an Airstream trailer in the parking lot, after Astrodome officials finally denied organizers permission to broadcast from within the Dome. Learn about KAMP and its troubles getting on the air , listen to audio from the station, and read about the project in the Village Voice .