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This initiative launched an hour-long, weekly newscast culled from the best public affairs programming produced by more than 40, often-isolated community, college and independent radio stations throughout the Pacific Northwest. Seattle-based Reclaim the Media used the newscast to anchor a new content-sharing network that helped to expand the pool of regional news and programming for local audiences. Because of lack of funding, the project became inactive.
2007 grantee Karen Toering talks about what parts of the project make her proud, as well as what challenges it has faced. This interview took place on April 5, 2008, at the New Voices 2007 Grantee Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C.
Project Updates
- Listen Up! Northwest Rides Strong Wave into its Second Year (August, 2009) - By Tom Regan, J-Lab correspondent Early this summer Reclaim the Media’s Listen Up! Northwest (broadcast, podcast and blog) celebrated its first full year on the air and on the Web. The show is now being carried on 18 stations in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California, plus a number of online Webcasts. “The issues-based […]
- Listen Up! To Radio Activity (August, 2008) - The Northwest Community Radio Network is on the air. As of June 2008, host and producer Yuko Kodama has been assembling a weekly edition of Listen Up! Northwest at community radio station KBCS, in Bellevue, Wash., culling and curating contributions from station-based and independent producers in the region. Some programs have been produced around a central […]
- Hear Here! (April, 2008) - A new collaborative radio program produced by and for community radio stations in the Pacific Northwest has finally found its voice. After months of planning, Reclaim the Media hired community media producer Yuko Kodama to produce and anchor a pilot, completed in early April. The program has a home: KBCS radio has agreed to provide office and […]
- A New News Network for the Northwest (November, 2007) - Reclaim the Media is confident its effort to build a regional network of noncommercial radio stations will soon lead to the launch of a collaborative, regional news and public affairs program. The network is bringing together stations from Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. A dozen stations are represented on the project’s new steering committee, which has […]
