Prometheus Radio Project

 

	Julia Velasco, General Coordinator of Eco Jovenes Bolivia (2nd from left) on a panel at the AMARC 9 Conference in Amman, Jordan. Photo courtesy of Julia Velasco, Eco Jovenes Bolivia.

Mission: The Prometheus Radio Project is a non-profit organization founded by a small group of radio activists in 1998. The Prometheus Radio Project believes that every civil society group that wants to start a community radio station should be able to do so, that a diverse cross section of society should be represented on the airwaves, and that commercial uses of spectrum should no longer have priority over public uses. They believe that a free, diverse, and democratic media is critical to the political and cultural health of our nation, yet they see unprecedented levels of consolidation, homogenization, and restriction in the media landscape. The Prometheus Radio Project works toward a future characterized by easy access to media outlets and a broad, exciting selection of cultural and informative media resources.

Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Website: www.prometheusradio.org

Channel Grant: Channel made a grant to the Prometheus Radio Project to support the participation of two indigenous women at the Ninth World Conference and General Assembly of the World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) in Amman, Jordan, on Nov. 11-17, 2006.

 

(L to R) Mary Rose Bearfoot-Jones, Board member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association and host of the show "Aboriginal Beat with Moccasin Feet" on Radio CJAM, AMARC international treasurer Elizabeth Robinson from KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara, and Frieda Werden from Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS) at the AMARC 9 Conference in Amman, Jordan. Photo credit: Jim Ellinger, Austin Airwaves.