On October 28, dozens of radio stations will launch on 97.7 FM in Minneapolis. Yes, dozens. All using the same frequency. The Walker Art Center is giving workshops this month to people interested in building their own mini-transmitters out of supplied kits (and encased, oddly, in household objects).
The transmitters are milliwatt, meaning they can only go a city block
or so. And on October 28, about 30 people will broadcast from parked
cars along Lake Street, a major thoroughfare in Minneapolis. If all
goes as planned, drivers tuning their radios to 97.7 FM will be able to
hear independent talk radio and music stations fading in and out as
they travel along the 6-mile stretch of road. It's part of the Radio Re-Volt project and coincides with a community radio conference the following day.
Related: The Prometheus Radio Project
[I Love Radio .org]
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