Harry Cole muses on a complex regulatory question that could involve 'hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of complaints or other potential violations'

The Library of Congress plan envisions a national directory of available obsolete equipment

“It is essential to develop technologies that can be used to efficiently reformat the vast quantities of recorded sound residing in major archival collections before their carriers degrade.”

Yay, Library of Congress, for starting to tackle the question of how the U.S. can better preserve our radio heritage

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A Super Bowl photo tweet captures the excitement of live radio coverage

In the wake of the Bubba the Love Sponge trial for defamation, Bill O’Shaughnessy reminds us that sometimes free speech isn’t free. While technically not a First Amendment case, it was a civil action after all, the trial did raise the specter of using the law and the court system as a way to intimidate or silence those that we dislike or disagree with. Here is O’Shaughnessy’s paean to the triumph of justice in Tampa.

Free Speech

Some of it ain’t so pretty … But all of it needs to be protected. Words that are sweet, awkward, horrific, barely audible, obscene, political, clumsy, uncomfortable, sexy, crude, inarticulate, cutting, just plain silly, x-rated, excessive, dangerous, insulting, serious, scintillating, disappointing, discursive, provocative, disgusting, vulgar, disjointed, unfair, dismissive, inappropriate, stupid, uninhibited, risqué, droll, suggestive, dull, soothing, exhilarating, tormented, slanted, ferocious, coarse, halting, anti-religious, harmful to the community, revolting, humorous,...