Senate Joins House in Passing the Local Community Radio Act! Thousands of community groups rejoice at new opportunity for locally owned media!!
I have a lot of people at CHIRP to admire, but in terms of organizing our political activism, to get the law changed, so that we can try (and hopefully succeed) to get a broadcast license, I admire these ladies, Shawn Campbell and Jenny Lizak, the most:
Shawn started CHIRP 3 years ago. Jenny runs the committee that engages with the political world, under Shawn's guidance. They are the driving force behind my radio station's role in this law being changed.
SO. BLOODY. STOKED.
We can now start the complicated wrangling we'll need to apply for a license!! It will be a complicated mess, but I feel like the hardest part is behind us.
