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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4468)	7/18/2006 3:52:46 AM
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KVMR and Other Northern California Radio Stations Speak To Each Other This Wednesday I imagine at least one will be streaming this. By: KVMR Published: Jul 14, 2006 at 09:41 A unique, first-of-its-kind regional "Town Hall Meeting" will bring listeners of five northern California community radio stations -- including Nevada City's KVMR (89.5 FM) -- into a common dialogue on what the stations are calling the burgeoning "localization" movement when they simulcast together this Wednesday night (July 19) from 7 to 9 p.m. "There have been many network radio broadcasts," says KVMR Program Director Steve Baker, "but there have been very few where five stations actually talk and listen to each other." The Seven Rivers Radio Network received a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to bring together north coast stations in Mendocino County, Garberville, Arcata's Humboldt State University public radio affilatiate and an Indian reservation-based station in Hoopa for special election and public affairs programming. The network invited KVMR to participate to widen the geographic scope and dialogue for the project. "We felt our broadcast area added at least five more major rivers," quips Baker, "but we're delighted to add to the dialogue however we can." The topic at hand of Wednesday's broadcast will be the efforts of a number of northern California communities to become more self-reliant as global oil supplies decline relative to demand. This "peak oil" hypothesis has led to formation of "localization" groups in such places as Laytonville, Willits, Garberville and western Nevada County. Issues explored by these groups include expanding local food production, developing sustainable building material and improving energy sources not derived from petroleum. Guests at each participating radio station will describe activities going on in their communities. "If we can pull off the challenge of technological wizardry that it is," says Baker, "it's what community radio was meant to be." KVMR's contributors include activist Renette Senum from APPLE (Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy) and organic farmer Daniel Macon, executive director of the Nevada County Land Trust. KVMR News Director Mike Thornton is coordinating the station's local participation. An array of guests will be gauging the impact of the issues on their local economies, from professors and community organizers to a smalltown general store manager. The Wednesday broadcast also features a dialogue among guests at the five stations and a call-in for listeners via KHSU in Arcata, 800/640-5911. Other participating stations include KZYX, Philo; KMUD, Garberville; and KIDE, Hoopa. yubanet.com