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Here’s some good news on the radio from the Prometheus Radio Project web site:

In the first Congressional oversight hearing since the
three new FCC Commissioners took office, all five Commissioners endorsed the
Local Community Radio Act HR 1147/ S592, unanimously reaffirming the FCC’s
continued support for the bill.

FCC Chairman Genachowski and Commissioners Baker and Clyburn expressed
support for the Local Community Radio Act in a hearing of the House
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Introduced by
Rep. Mike Doyle (PA-14) and Rep. Lee Terry (NE-2) in February, the bill
would repeal a 2000 law that restricts Low Power FM radio (LPFM) radio to
rural areas.

As a Rhode Islander, I doubt LPFM would have much of an impact in our area.  The state’s FM band is rather tightly packed already, so I am not confident we’ll see any new stations in our area.  Too bad…

Here’s a clip I haven’t seen before.  Pretty funny stuff.  Watch out for a few f-bombs in there:

Who know’s what it means, but do you really care?  A Muppet Show classic…

We’ve finally figured out what caused the fall of communism in the Soviet Union:

This one goes out to Marsh, who wasn’t feeling so well on Tuesday: