How to Start a Community Radio Station - Webinars
Prometheus Radio Project is pleased to invite you to several webinars on different topics for low power community radio station applicants! The date, time, and registration for each webinar is listed below.
A webinar is a web based presentation or workshop (seminar + web = webinar). It includes a presentation with visual slides and a tele-conference where the instuctors give details about what's being presented online. In order to participate, you must register online for the webinar, log onto the webinar website, and call into the tele-conference.
These webinars are open to groups working to start community radio stations. If you are part of such a group, please fill out the web form. This will ensure that you get any background materials needed for the webinar, as well as invitations to similar events in the future.
If you are unable to attend a webinar, please check out our presentation archives page for recorded webinars and videos of our trainings.
Note: All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time!
Put Your Hands on the Radio
- Thursday, May 10, 2012 from 8 - 9:30 pm EST Register for Free
This how-to-webinar will teach participants to lay the groundwork needed to get a license and get on the air. Participants will learn about the process of submitting an FCC application, how to organize a group for station governance, learn about the equipment and engineering involved, and raise money for equipment and general operations. We will give a short overview of the power of low power FM radio stations (LPFM) and identify effective strategies to apply today. Currently, there are over 800 LPFMs across the country, providing some of the best examples of community media's potential. These stations are run by farmworker groups, civil rights organizations, schools, neighborhood associations and environmental groups. The equipment is relatively simple and inexpensive to operate, putting the public airwaves within public reach. But there's a lot of bureaucracy to learn, so this workshop will provide tools to navigate the application process and organize within your community.
Live Question & Answer Sessions with Prometheus Staff
- Wednesday, May 16, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm EST Register for Free
Here's your chance to chat live with Prometheus staff about all things community radio! You will be able to ask questions about the community radio application process and other aspects involved with building a station. We'll present some radio news, take questions from the audience, and have discussions about radio policy, operations, and community building. Send your questions ahead of time to vanessa at prometheusradio.org. Tweet them to @prometheusradio or post them to FB on our Prometheus Radio Project fan page.
Building the Community Media Landscape with Low Power FM Radio
(For Public Access TV stations)
- Tuesday, May 22, from 3:00 - 4:30 pm EST Register for Free
In the winter of 2013 the FCC will be opening the first “fully implemented” Low Power FM (LPFM) application window, opening up the airwaves for hundreds of communities across the US. Nonprofits such as PEG stations are eligible to apply for LPFM licenses and make great candidates since many have the existing infrastructure and community support to successfully launch a station. In this webinar, participants will learn about: the process of submitting an FCC application, the costs/benefits of PEG/LPFMs, and the engineering involved in finding an available frequency. We will give a short overview of the power of low power FM radio stations and identify effective strategies to apply today. By explaining the new rules, policies and application procedures for LPFM, we’ll help you build another outlet for local voices in your community media landscape. Hosted by the Alliance for Community Media and Jeff Shaw of Davis Media Access/KDRT-LP and Common Frequency.
Finding a Tower/transmitter site (Reasonable Assurance/Channel search tools)
- Friday, May 25, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm EST Register for Free
One of the best ways Low Power radio applicants can prepare to apply is to start to look for viable tower/trasnmitter sites. (The tower/transmitter site is where the transmitter and antenna live, and it may or may not be at the same location as the studio). You will learn what do you need to keep in mind when looking for a tower site, from coverage, location, terrain to FCC regulations. We will talk about reasonable assurance of transmitter site availability, and important FCC requirement that applicants forget pretty often. And the most exciting part, we will give a update in the new tools to search for channel search tools, you will learn strategies for finding and evaluating potential sites.
Como comenzar su radio comunitaria paso a paso
-Viernes, 1 de Junio, 3:00 - 4:30 pm EST Registrese gratuitamente
En este webinar explicaremos paso a paso el camino para obtener una licencia de Radio de Baja Potencia. En Prometheus Radio Project estamos trabajando muy duro para poder apoyar y asesorar a las organizaciones y comunidades que quieren comenzar nuevas estaciones de baja potencia en su comunidad. La FCC abrirá una oportunidad durante el otoño para aplicar para licencias de LPFM.
Te invitamos a participar en este webinar para informarte paso a paso que es lo que tu organización necesita saber para poder aplicar para una licencia de radio de baja potencia. Queremos abrir este espacio/dialogo en español para poder informar a las comunidades de inmigrantes de habla hispana para tener acceso a la oportunidad así como para responder sus preguntas sobre el proceso de aplicación.
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Webinar LPFM step by step in Spanish
-Friday, June 1st, from 3:00 - 4:30 pm EST Register for free
In this webinar you will learn step by step how to apply for a LPFM radio license. Prometheus Radio project is working to provide support and advice to organizations and communities that want to start new LPFM radio stations in their communities. The FCC will open a new window during the fall to accept application for new LPFM’s.
Join us and to learn about what do your organizations needs to know to apply for a LPFM radio license. We want to open a dialogue in Spanish to be able to inform immigrant Spanish speakers communities about the opportunity. We will be answering all your questions related to the application process.
