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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".

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Could Noncommercial Radio Be the Technology of the Future?

Ideas and Issues March 28, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Recently I was visiting an amazing collection of fancy, high-tech radio studios that had largely been used to make commercials for local and national companies to run on the radio. According to the owner that business isn’t gone, but it’s drying up, partially because fewer dollars are being spent on either radio or …

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Thirty-Three Years and What do you Get – A Very Loud Voice of the People!

Ideas and Issues December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 by digital

Dallas I knew KNON/89.3 FM, 60,000 watts of people power was moving from our old offices on Maple Street in Dallas when station manager Dave Chaos (and, yes, there are only one or two of us who remember his “real” name after 27 years with KNON!) reached out and asked if I wanted the old …

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Ghostbusters in Radio World

ACORN Ideas and Issues December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 by digital

New Orleans       Over the last couple of years as I’ve acted as station manager of KABF 88.3/FM, the “voice of the people” broadcasting at 100,000 watts from Little Rock, Arkansas and live streaming, I’m sometimes asked by various associates “if this is the best use of my time,” to which I reply heartily with various …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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