Houston has a new media voice for grassroots activists, poets and musicians. The Houston Radio Collective (HRC) started broadcasting on January 21, 1998 from a location in Montrose. At 16 watts of radiated power, it is a micro radio, and unlicensed by the FCC. It is dedicated to serving the needs of Houston's low-income folks and grassroots political and cultural workers by providing a democratic media alternative to the big-buck, corporate, triple-A-rated pabulum of the commercial stations, as well as a response to the dearth of local public affairs programs on our other beloved alternative stations.
It can be heard, depending on your antenna, from the west side of downtown to around Katy, and from parts of the Heights down to the Museum District; but the strongest reception is in the Montrose-Fairview nexus close to the transmitter. Early evenings are the best time to catch it, and new programs will be added weekly.
A core group has been working for over two years to get this project going, but activities are intensifying as broadcasting begins.
The HRC needs audio equipment: tape decks, CD players, mixing board, microphones, CD burners, etc. If you or your organization would like to get involved, please join us by becoming a member of the Houston Radio Collective. For more information you can write to us or call:
Eventually we would like to move to a more public storefront location with greater access to the community, so if your are if you know of any sympathetic building owner willing to barter rent for good karma, please link us up.
This radio collective is in the making. We welcome your participation.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (See HRC on main index.)