WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
San Jose Talking about my planned visits to some of the California cities where we had assisted communities in applying for low power FM radio stations, my friends could only shake their heads. There was unanimous consensus that this was a crazy idea, with too much driving and traffic that would kill the best made …
New Orleans Luckily, a lot of us still know how powerful radio can be as a communication tool and not just an entertainment delivery system. Certainly, conservatives who dominate talk radio know this fully. Evangelists and religious broadcasters, sportscasters, and farm market reports still believe in radio, as well. Others are realizing that …
Marble Falls You know it’s going to be a good crowd when the seats start filling up fifteen minutes before the meeting. We had not called an all-hands radio hosts’ meeting since before the pandemic, so maybe the KABF DJs were ready to see each other and catch up. More likely, from the …