NPR and subversion

The Desire of the Explicitly Illicit:
The deployment of analogue vs. digital radio as foundational to NPR was, I think, an important distinction. I don't at all buy the rational proffered by NPR that using broadcast radio is due to accessibility. It seems to me to be more related to the illicitness of running an illegal channel that drives their pirate radio project. Could one even call it pirate radio if the focus was running a shoucast digital server from your home network? Subversion is the central motivation, which I applaud. What is the psychological motivation for the explicitly illicit or violation of FCC rules?

Re-imaging Geography through Sound Broadcast:
I found the notion of the production of space via radio broadcast fascinating. The example of Lake Merritt, Oakland CA, with daisy-chain network of ptp broadcast devices was a good example of this. If we take grafitti as an anologue here we may see similar a phenomenon of reclaiming urban space through art. Could graffiti and pirate radio be visual and aural equivalents?