Arizona Community Media Foundation (AzCMF) :: Independent Media for Arizona

Arizona Community
Media Foundation (AzCMF)

Independent Media for Arizona

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Arizona Community Media Foundation (AzCMF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed by concerned citizens who desire to have access to independent, educational, community-focused broadcast media outlets serving Arizona. We exist to provide a voice for traditionally underrepresented groups and perspectives unavailable within mainstream media.

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Amy Goodman Packs the House at Changing Hands

On April 26, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host of the daily, grassroots, radio/TV news hour "Democracy Now!" spoke to a not-even-standing-room crowd as part of a national speaking tour to mark DN!'s 13th anniversary and launch her third book with journalist David Goodman, Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.

Her appearance was co-sponsored by the Arizona Community Media Foundation; Radio Phoenix, the AzCMF internet service; and Changing Hands Bookstore. Before a crowd of over 150 that packed the forum and flowed around the book cases, Amy regaled her audience with stories of her adventures at the Republican National Convention and her arrest for attempting to interview demonstrators outside the Convention center. Her message was clear and simple: the election of Barack Obama is only a step toward creating a new United States; one that is more fair, more just, and a better place to live.

Amy was introduced by Rhonda Boyle, President of AzCMF, who noted the tremendous advances that had been made in bringing about community radio for Greater Phoenix in the last year. Rhonda pointed out that since was here a year ago, AzCMF has built a professionally equipped broadcast studio, has trained dozens of community members to run the equipment, and has begun twenty four hour a day internet radio service through radiophoenix.org. After the presentation, the AzCMF table was swamped with people who wanted to know more about community radio and the progress we were making.

Amy Goodman and David Goodman are also the authors of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and People Who Fight Back, the story of how the Bush administration, corporate profiteers, and the networks manipulated the Federal Communications Commission and the media to suppress free speech and local radio. Although Bush is gone, the media conglomerates are bigger than ever, and the voice of independent radio continues to struggle to be heard. Join the Arizona Community Media Foundation and its internet broadcast service Radio Phoenix in welcoming Amy Goodman to Tempe.

Listen to Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Monday through Friday, 9 am,

on the internet at radiophoenix.org

"Amy Goodman doesn't practice trickle-down journalism. She goes where the silence is, she breaks the sound barrier. ...She believes the media should be a sanctuary for dissent, the Underground Railroad tunneling beneath the plantation."
-Bill Moyers, host, Bill Moyers Journal

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               Radio Phoenix Adds
            More Diverse Programming

Now twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you can hear more news, views, and music you have never heard in Phoenix before.

Radio Phoenix, the internet broadcast service of the Arizona Community Media Foundation is now "on the air" with local bands, world music, public affairs that you won't hear on other stations, "Democracy Now!," Native American programming, and health and science news.

New programs include The Bungalow Show, an original production of Radio Phoenix, heard on Tuesdays from 6 to 7 PM. The Bungalow Show showcases the Valley's emerging art, culture, and music scenes that are usually overlooked by traditonal media. The series features live music, interviews, word artists, story tellers, and more.

Special programming on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday in May will include "Globalquerque," New Mexico's annual worlds music festival; "Homeless in Los Angeles," a radio documentary on the plight of homeless veterans; retrospectives on Nina Simone and Carlos Santana; and Native Radio Theater, radio theater produced by Native Voice 1.

            For the complete monthly schedule, click here

To listen to Radio Phoenix,

            1.    go to radiophoenix.org
            2.    click on "Listen now" at the top of the page
            3.    Wait one minute for a commercial by our carrier
            4.    In one minute, Radio Phoenix will load up

AzCMF and Radio Phoenix is looking for local bands, word artists, DJ's, news journalists, computer specialists, web designers, highly opinionated people who know what they like, to develop the Radio Phoenix internet service while we are waiting for our license applications to be approved. To find out more about Radio Phoenix, go to

                                                                Current Projects
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                Radio Phoenix
            Community Podcasts
Weekly calender of the strange, exotic, and unusual events around town

                New programs
                                    Featured Artist
                       Sean Christensen
                            "Day Job"
           Quirky, inciteful, and candid experiences from the workplace
Click here:
http://podcast.radiophoenix.org
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FCC Acting Chair Copps Hits Hard in Support of Community Radio

In an speech before the Free Speech Summit in Washington on May 14, Acting FCC Chair Micheal Copps struck hard at the previous 8 years of "shallows and misery," calling for "waves of reform," to restore core values of localism, diversity, and competition in the media. "Two decades of mindless deregulation -- only briefly interrupted -- topped off by a veritable tsunami of consolidation across not just communications, but most business sectors, have succeeded in bringing our economy low and endangering the essential civic dialogue on which democracy depends." The chairman called upon the public to reinvigorate and support local media to allow it to go about the people's business of promoting democracy.

            For the full text of Acting Chairman's address, click here
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                AzCMF Board Meeting
                Sunday,  3:00 pm, June 7
                2510 S. Rural,
                Suite 102
                Tempe
All members of the community are welcome
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Community Advisory Board Meeting
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
6:30 PM
2510 S. Rural Road, Suite 102
Tempe

The Community Advisory Board is the way you can help determine the future direction of community radio in Greater Phoenix.

For more information about the CAB, click here
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        Click here for boards and committees
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Time to make those tax deductible contributions to help support community radio in the Valley

Send your contributions to support AzCMF through our secure paypal link  or mail your contribution (and save the paypal fee) to