Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 14, 2006 16:33:24 GMT -5
Native Radio on the Web (media)
wcco.com/local/local_story_164071257.html
Red Lake Tribe Starts Web Radio Station
(AP) Red Lake, Minn. The Red Lake Indian Reservation has started a radio
station on the Internet.
The Web-based station plays a variety of music, and local drum groups
and contemporary American Indian artists from Minnesota and across the
country have found regular rotation on the station.
Soon, the radio station will offer tribal news and Ojibwe language
classes.
Red Lake has been interested in starting an FM radio station for years,
but the tribe has struggled to meet the rigorous and time-consuming
federal requirements to get a station off the ground.
The Internet radio station was started by tribal member Gary Jourdain,
better known to his listeners as "Rez Dawg."
Since January, Jourdain and a handful of volunteer DJs have operated the
Web radio site out of the spare bedroom of Jourdain's home on the shore
of Red Lake.
The tribe provided about $7,000 to buy computers, a mixing board and a
desk.
Jourdain says his ultimate goal is to give voice to Red Lake and bring
the community together.
(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not
be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
wcco.com/local/local_story_164071257.html
Red Lake Tribe Starts Web Radio Station
(AP) Red Lake, Minn. The Red Lake Indian Reservation has started a radio
station on the Internet.
The Web-based station plays a variety of music, and local drum groups
and contemporary American Indian artists from Minnesota and across the
country have found regular rotation on the station.
Soon, the radio station will offer tribal news and Ojibwe language
classes.
Red Lake has been interested in starting an FM radio station for years,
but the tribe has struggled to meet the rigorous and time-consuming
federal requirements to get a station off the ground.
The Internet radio station was started by tribal member Gary Jourdain,
better known to his listeners as "Rez Dawg."
Since January, Jourdain and a handful of volunteer DJs have operated the
Web radio site out of the spare bedroom of Jourdain's home on the shore
of Red Lake.
The tribe provided about $7,000 to buy computers, a mixing board and a
desk.
Jourdain says his ultimate goal is to give voice to Red Lake and bring
the community together.
(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not
be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)