npr

sorry for delay, my computer crashed last week and had major issues with display and logic board still!...

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I thought the npr (neighborhood public radio) guys were personable, radical in their
thinking and were great speakers. i liked the skype element and thought
that they were the most comedic, ie very fun in their presentation.

as to ben's previous response to mine, which i just read; and our class last week,
which the issue of neighborhoods came up, i think that was the one thing i hoped would be included in the
project of public radio... ie whose neighborhoods? whose voices?

there is the issues of structural and systematic change that needs to happen in terms of access
and the relationship to the content that a particular media outlet would cover.

ie yes, it is political or public if hipsters want to talk about buying sunglasses in san francisco
mission district, but what about the neighboring communities that are affected by
gentrification in the mission district and never have their voices expressed or represented in radio...

ie simply being public or "radical" may not always translate to radical political transformative
possibilities... particularly for marginalized communities....

the other NPR (national public radio) I found does cover many issues around race, gender, and sexuality
while not central... so my questions is:

yes it is really interesting and radical to think of radio transmitters on the docks around the sf bay
but how can this also translate to radical content, ie representations, stories, and issues
that are not heard on the real NPR? that neighborhood public radio, may be the space to support this.

--m