People . . . rejoice and move about this land.
I got an email from Mike this morning about the Secret Radio Project initiative from Chicago Public Radio.
After going to the launch site which is spartan expect for a great video (put on your Flash pants) and registering I got an email with some more specifics. And it looks like Mike got it right when he said that this could be Digg on air.
It will be cool to see where this leads. It really could have an impact on citizen media a bit stronger than KYOU which focused mostly on podcasters to get off the ground. That isn't to say that podcasters won't have influence in this case but a project like this might just bring the tools of production to a new audience waiting to be heard.
What I will be be interested to learn more about are the rights agreements with producers and what types of censorship will be put in place. Seeing as how this will ride over the airwaves and not just the internet I am sure that FCC guidelines will need to be met.
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