MC86 Micro-Radio Collection Inventory pt. 2 - Archives/Special Collections - University of Illinois at Springfield

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD
Archives / Special Collections
Michael Townsend Micro-Radio Collection, 1989-1998

MC 86
Boxlist
Part II:

Listing of Periodical Articles, legal materials, and correspondence.
Expanded lists for folders 1, 2, 4-9, 11-19, and 23-30. Note: Many of these records are photocopies. Memos and letters are addressed to or from Michael Townsend, unless otherwise noted.

Box 1
folders:

1. General articles about micro-radio, 1988-1990 (1 of 2) (roughly chronological):

    Newstalk radio affiliate list, nd

    Panaxis catalog page, nd

    "How to be a radio pirate", ns, nd

    Create your own radio, by Luke Hiken, nd

    Tom Reveille’s "Community Broadcaster’s Notice and Declaration of First, Fourth, and Ninth Amendment Rights", 1991

    Black Liberation Radio manual for constructing and operating low-watt radio stations without a license, compiled by Keidi Obi Awadu, nd

    Television/Radio Age, "Power of Ethnic Radio Seen," nd

    Television/Radio Age, "Black radio programmers moving heavily into syndicated television productions," 1988

    Burning Toddlers, anarchist periodical, Nov/Dec 1989

    National Lawyers Guild Practitioner, Winter 1989

    Whole Earth Review, "Real Honest True Deregulation of Broadcasting," Fall 1990

    ‘Free Radio in Japan," by Tetsuo Kogawa, ns, nd

    Article on economic differences between blacks and whites, ns, nd

    Sound Choice, Winter 1990

2. General articles about micro-radio, 1990-1997 (2 of 2) (roughly chronological):

    Communications News, "Nearby Marketing with FM," Feb 1990

    "New York City Teacher of the Year Speech, John Taylor Gatto," ns, 31 Jan 1990

    Fifth Estate, "Radio Free Detroit," 1991

    "Statistical Analysis of Minority Owned Commercial Broadcast Stations Licensed in the United States," ns, 1990

    "Power of the pirates: Black Radio," ns (British), nd

    Nation, Alexander Cockburn letter on low-watt radio, 10 June 1991

    Interadio, (newsletter of world association of community broadcasters) v.3: no.2 1991

    Interadio, v.3: no.3, 1991

    Sound Choice, Winter 1991

    Z Papers, "Democratic Media," by Edward Herman, Jan.-Mar. 1992

    National Lawyers Guild Committee on Democratic Communications, newsletter, Mar/April 1992

    "Report on Inter-Regional Communications Consultation, Quezon City, the Philippines, January 8-15, 1992," by Colleen Roach (member of the National Lawyers Guild), ns

    Mother Jones, "Journalism of Joy," by Ben Bagdikian, May/June 1992

    "The Hitchhikers Guide to Radio," by Ford Prefect, ns, Sept 1995

    Radio Resistor’s Bulletin, "De-constructing Consent: Job of Radio Free Maine," by Frank Haulgren, 1996

    TRANET, (alternative and transformational movements), Mar 1996

    Radio Free Maine, (Listing of) "Audio and VHS video tapes of the 14th Annual Socialist Scholars Conference," 12-14 Apr. 1996

    "Grassroots Radio Conference," flyer, 26-28 July 1996

    Interadio, v.8: no.1, 1996

    NASW (National Association of Social Workers) Illinois Chapter Bulletin, Dec 1996-Jan 1997

    Chicago Tribune, "Defiant radio pirates tuning out FCC," Feb 8, 1997

    Interadio, subscription form, 1996

    Free Radio Network News, ca. 1997

4. Legal Materials, 1988-1990 (1 of 5) (Roughly chronological)

    State of Illinois Articles of Incorporation of WTRA, 14 Apr 1988

    Memo from Paul Holtzman to the Executive Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 27 June 1990, re Supreme Court’s ruling on racial preference policies of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

    Washington Post, "FCC Defends Minority License Policies," 29 Mar 1990

    New York Times, "FCC Tilt to Minorities Weighed by High Court," 29 Mar 1990

    List of letter writers to Peter Franck (of the National Lawyers Guild) on behalf of WTRA, nd

    "FCC begins issuing fines for ‘aiding and abetting’," by Don Bishop, Jan 1991

    Letter from Colleen Roach, 30 Nov 1990, re Unesco, the New World Information Order, and the "DeWayne Readus case" and the "Prague statement of the MacBride Round Table." Enc.: Draft resolution of Readus case

    Letter from Steven Egger to Peter Franck, 5 Dec 1990, re taking up Kantako case

    Letter from Brandon Jones to Peter Franck, 28 Nov. 1990, re taking up Kantako case

    Letter from Robert Bracken to Peter Franck, 12 Nov 1990, re taking up Kantako case. Enc.: letter from Townsend to Bracken

    Letters from and to Ralph Stone, 7 Nov 1990, re urging Franck to take up Kantako case

    Letter from Paul Korntheuer to Peter Franck, 7 Nov. 1990, re taking up Kantako case. Enc.: Letter to Korntheuer

    Letter to Guillermo Kuhl, 13 Nov 1990, re thanking him for writing to Peter Franck. Enc.: Kuhl letter

    Letter from Marty Cooper to Peter Franck, 3 Nov 1990, re taking up Kantako case. Handwritten note from Cooper to Townsend

    Letter from Lee Ballinger (Rock & Roll Confidential) to Peter Franck, 2 Nov 1990, re taking up Kantako case

    Letter from John Ohliger to Peter Franck, 5 Nov 1990, re taking up Kantako case

    Letters to Peter Franck, 30 Aug 1990, 18 Sept 1990, 8 Oct 1990, 10 Jan 1991, re media attention and taking up Kantako case

    Letters from Peter Franck, 8 Aug 1990, 15 Aug 1990, re preliminary legal memorandum on Readus/Kantako case. Enc: Legal memorandum draft

    Letter to Peter Franck, 9 Aug 1990, re Kantako case

    Letters to Peter Franck, 25 June 1990, 15 June 1990, 22 May 1990, re Columbia Journalism Review article and Kantako case

    Letter to Mark Silverstein, 7 June 1990, re meeting with him

    Letter to Rich Shereikis and Ron Sakolsky, 8 May 1990, re Peter Franck

    U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois—Springfield Division, 30 Mar 1990, judgment against Readus for $750 on non-licensed station

    Letter to Peter Franck, 3 Apr 1990, re taking up Readus case to court

    U.S. District Court, 21 Mar 1990, docket entry for Readus to appear in court

    Letter from Assistant U.S. Attorney James Lewis to Readus, 23 Feb 1990, urging Readus to come to 2 Mar hearing

    U.S. District Court, notice of 2 Mar deposition, 22 Feb 1990

    U.S. District Court, Judge Richard Mills, 20 Feb 1990, Readus again urged to appear in court

    U.S. District Court Civil Docket Case, 15 Feb 1990, Plaintiff’s memorandum of law in support of motion for judgment

    U.S. District Court, Deposition Subpoena, 12 Jan 1990

    U.S. District Court, Judge Mills’ request to comply with future discovery requests, 10 Jan 1990

    U.S. District Court, Deposition Transcription, U.S. v. DeWayne Readus, 18 Dec 1989

    U.S. District Court, Deposition Subpoena, 1 Dec 1989

    Letter from U.S. District Court on notice of right to consent to disposition of a civil case by a U.S. magistrate, nd

    U.S. District Court Notice of Deposition, 18 Dec 1989

    U.S. District Court Answer of Defendant, 30 Nov 1989

    Letter from Readus to ACLU, 20 Nov 1989, re asking ACLU representing him against the FCC

    U.S. District Court summons, 9 Nov 1989

    Letter from U.S. District Court to Readus, 4 Oct 1989, re operating radio station without a license

    Letters to and from FCC to Rep. Dick Durbin regarding Readus and licensing of radio stations, 11 Sept 1989; letter from Durbin to Townsend, 20 June 1989

    Letters from FCC to Readus, 12 July 1989, 7 June 1989, 16 May 1989, 11 Apr 1989, re payment of $750 fine

    Letter from Readus to FCC, 9 May 1989, re reasons for not paying fine

    Warning from Will Gray of the FCC to Readus, 6 Apr 1989

5. Legal Materials, 1991-1992 (2 of 5 folders) (Roughly chronological)

    FCC Bill of Collection to Readus, 18 Nov 1992

    Letter to Derrick Bell, 17 Nov 1992, re attorneys who would be willing to assist Readus

    Letter from Sally Harms (National Lawyers Guild, Committee on Democratic Communications - NLG-CDC) to Kantako, 23 Sept 1992, re Kantako sending tapes to sympathetic lawyers

    NLG-CDC newsletter, July/Aug 1992

    Letter from Peter Franck to Kantako, 4 Aug 1992, re rough draft of Intervention before Human Rights Subcommission of the United Nations, which is enclosed

    Memo from Franck to Sally Harms, 15 Mar 1991, re Kantako case

    Letter to Bob Perry from Franck, 18 Mar 1991, re work on the legislative angle on the Kantako case

    Letter from Howard Engelskirchen , 27 Feb 1991, re micro-radio and legal issues

    Memo from Franck to NLG Committee, 26 Nov 1991, re Mbanna/WTRA. Enc. Letter from Franck to Marjorie Heins of ACLU, 26 Nov 1991, re thanking her for memo from Jay Brown, and memo from Jay Brown of the ACLU

    Letter from Franck, 20 Aug 1991, re Kantako case. Enc.: Case summary distributed at NLG Committee on Media Monopoly, Disinformation and the First Amendment

Letter from Sandra Coliver (London’s International Centre Against Censorship) to Franck, 28 Aug 1991, re amicus memo on Zoom Black Magic Radio case

    Memo from Andrew Scoble to NLG-CDC, 6 Feb 1992, re Kantako case and availability of international fora

    Letter from Franck to Kantako, 29 May 1992, re Human Rights Advocates

    Memo from Ralph Hoenle to NLG-CDC, 19 May 1992, Kantako case and international human rights

    Interview with Louis Hiken of NLG by unknown, ns, nd, re Kantako and Dunifer cases

6. Legal Materials, 1991-1992 (3 of 5 folders) (Roughly chronological)

    Letter from Franck to Kantako, 29 May 1992, re enc. of memos and taking case to international human rights bodies. Enc.: Memos

    Letter from Franck, 6 Apr 1992, re CDC newsletter and expanding mailing list

    NLG-CDC newsletter, Nov 1991

    Letter from Franck to NLG-CDC Legal Subcomittee, 26 Nov 1991

    Legal draft by Prof. Howard Engelskirchen of the NLG, ca 1991

    Letter from Franck, 20 Aug 1991, re Kantako’s participation at NLG convention and update on case. Enc.: NLG convention leaflet, Istanbul meeting report, and NLG case summary

    Letter to Andrew Scoble of Human Rights Advocates, 6 Nov 1991, assisting Black Liberation Radio legal case

    Letter to Franck, ca. 1991, re telephone consultation with Kantako

    Letter from Nina (Adams), 6 Nov 1991, re help of ACLU

    Fax from Franck, 31 July 1991, re telephone interview questions with Kantako

    Outline for brief, ca. 1991, re Black Liberation Radio

    State Journal-Register, "Radio station draws attention in wake of riots," 3 June 1992, copy sent to Franck

7. Legal Materials, 1991-1992 (4 of 5 folders) (Roughly chronological)

    Minutes of NLG-CDC meeting, 5 Jan 1992

    "Report of Inter-Regional Communications Consultation, Quezon City, Philippines," 8-15 Jan 1992

    Letter to Franck, 13 Dec 1991, re Tom Reveille. Enc.: Reveille press release

    Letter from IRS to John Hay Tenants Rights Association, 12 Nov 1990, re tax returns

    Letter from Howard Engelskirchen to Franck, 22 Mar 1991, re Kantako case and micro-radio issues

    U.S. District Court Motion for Judgment, Affidavit, Notice of Deposition, Deposition Subpoena, 5 Mar 1990, 22 Feb 1990, re Kantako/FCC case

    Letter from Franck to Townsend and Kantako, 20 June 1991, re case update

    Letter from Franck to Trudy Hale, 20 June 1991, re local legal representation

    NLG Committee on Media Monopoly case summary, 9 Apr 1991

    Letter from Howard Engelskirchen, 8 June 1991, re Bertold Brecht quote on radio

    Letter from Tom Reveille to J.R. Zoulek of the FCC, 25 Apr 1991, re FCC trying to shut his radio station down. Enc.: FCC letter to Reveille

    Letter from Mark Silverstein, 13 Apr 1991, re NLG progress on Kantako case

    Letter to Gwen ?, 8 May 1991, re her school paper on micro-radio. Enc.: Howard Engelskirchen letter, nd, re Gwen ?

    NLG-CDC newsletter, Mar/Apr 1992

    NLG article, "Zoom Black Magic Makes Waves," by Sally Harms, nd

    NLG-CDC newsletter, Nov 1991

    "Report on NLG Representation at Istanbul Meeting on Media Democracy and the New World Information and Communications Order," by Colleen Roach of Committee on Media Monopoly, 30 July 1991

    NLG Media Issues, Cultural Environment Movement, prospectus, 21 May 1991

8. Legal Materials, 1991-1993 (5 of 5 folders) (Roughly chronological)

    NLG-CDC Case Summary of "Zoom Black Magic Radio/WTRA vs. Federal Communications Commission," 9 Apr 1991

    NLG-CDC fax "U.S. Court of Appeals Pumps Up the Volume," 30 Nov 1993, re Dougan v. USA-FCC, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the FCC to address the issue of whether Americans have the right to broadcast from their micro radio stations

    News release from Andrew Yoder, unlicensed radio station operator, nd, re his arrest and fine by the FCC for $17,500 FCC Bill for Collection, 6 Apr 1993, re $750 fine

Tom Reveille’s petitioner’s informal brief for the U.S. Court of Appeals, 25 June 1993 NLG-CDC newsletter, June 1993 (6 parts)

    "Proceedings of the Symposium on Media Accountability under International Law," by the Union for Democratic Communications/NLG, 14 June 1989, re the worldwide movement for grass-roots communications

9. Mbanna Kantako Legal Brief "Exhibit," by William Cooper, 7 Jan 1998

FCC acting in an illegal and unconstitutional manner; First Amendment issues; Telecommunications Act as unconstitutional; exclusion of the poor and minorities from the airwaves; increase in corporate monopolization of the airwaves; U.N. Declaration of Human Rights and the right of Kantako to communicate; history of Kantako and WTRA; history of communications regulations; FCC as a historically racist institution; homogenization of viewpoints.

10. Mailing Lists for Black Liberation newsletter, nd

Black media; liberal and leftist outlets; authors, activists, and scholars, unions; participants at the MacBride Round Table in Instanbul; SSU (UIS) professors receiving newsletter

11. Media Contacts with Correspondence and Articles, 1989-1990 (1 of 3 folders, roughly chronological)

    Telephone messages from Greg Cockrell of KFI radio and John Amen of Newstalk Radio Network-WNTR, Washington, D.C., ca. 1990

    List of TV and Radio interviews with Kantako, 1989-1991

    Lies of Our Times, "Microwatt Revolution," by Townsend, Jan 1991, includes original manuscript

    Letter from Lee Ballinger of Rock & Roll Confidential, 13 Nov 1990, inquiries from California. Letter to Ballinger from Townsend

    Atlanta News Weekly, "Community Development: One of Many Solutions," by Brandon Astor Jones, 3-9 Jan 1991

    Utne Reader, "Radio Free America," Jan/Feb 1991

    Letter from Ed Hermann, 8 Nov 1990, re Townsend writing an article for Lies of Our Times

    Note on Avveniminti (Italian) magazine article, published in 15 Nov 1990

    Syracuse Herald American, "Blind man telecasts defiance," 23 Sept 1990, Letter to Don Bishop of Intertec Publishing, 24 Oct 1990, re articles he had published

    Postcard from Anna Maria, 29 Oct 1990, re publishing articles in Italian newspapers

    Letter to Harald Kuhl, 7 Nov 1990, re German daily newspaper article die tageszeitung. Stapled with letter from Kuhl, 22 Oct 1990; die tageszeitung article; letter from Kuhl, 1 Oct 1990, re Radio Von Unten article; letter to Kuhl, 10 Oct 1990, re German National Radio interview, U.S. NPR; letter to Kuhl, 7 Sept 1990; letter from Kuhl, 27 Aug 1990, re WTRA photos and T-shirts; letter to Kuhl, 27 Aug 1990; letter from Kuhl, 6 Aug 1990, initial inquiry into WTRA Factsheet Five, #37, Aug 1990

    "Hidden Hits," by John Ohliger, original manuscript of article in Adult & Continuing Education Today, 22 Oct 1990

    Letter from Joe Richman (HEAT of National Public Radio) to Kantako, 26 Sept 1990, re doing a story for the late-night program

    Letter to Connie Powell of KFYI AM, 26 Sept 1990, re sending materials

    Letter to CBC Radio in Toronto, 26 Sept 1990, re sending materials

    Letter to Mr. Hitt of Harper’s, 19 Oct 1990, re sending NPR tape. Enc.: Letter from Jack Hitt of Harper’s to Rich Shereikis, 27 Sept 1990, re his piece for the magazine; letter from Hitt to Kantako, 4 Sept 1990,

     re doing a piece; letter to Hitt, 11 Sept 1990, re homemade video

    Letter to Gary Covino of National Public Radio, 11 Sept 1990, re sending materials

    LA Weekly, "Free Christian Slater!"by RJS, 24-30 Aug 1990, re "Pump Up theVolume" and real-life radio pirates

    Radio and Records, "Illinois Radio Pirate Defies FCC,"na, Fall 1990

    Playboy, "Fast Tracks," by Barbara Nellis, Sept 1990, re "Pump up the Volume" and the real-life Readus

    Phone message for Townsend, 23 Aug 1990, re schedule for MTV program on Readus

    Illinois Times, "Shorts," na, 23 Aug 1990, re MTV program on Readus

    Letter to Ann Hartley of MTV, 2 Aug 1990, re MTV doing a program on Readus; letter to Hartley, 3 Aug 1990, re article on Readus

    Letter from Robert Cusolito of Fox TV program, 9 Aug 1990, re "Personalities" TV program piece; stapled with letter to Gordon Lewis Fox, 19 July 1990, re Fox doing a program on Readus

    Letter to Lee Ballinger of Rock & Roll Confidential, 27 Aug 1990, re legal developments and articles; stapled with letter to Ballinger, 25 June 1990, re Columbia Journalism Review article; letter to Ballinger, 13 June 1990, re 10 watt transmitter; letter to Ballinger, 18 May 1990, re thanks for the music and support; letter to Ballinger, 22 Mar 1990, re rap spots promoting WTRA; letter to Ballinger, 2 Mar 1990, re video; letter to Ballinger, 6 Feb 1990, re piece in Rock & Roll Confidential and Chicago Tribune; letter to Ballinger, 25 Jan 1990, re videotapes, sending music, and Black Rose’s potential

    Letter to John Woods of "Rock Out Censorship," 27 Aug 1990, re Kantako on MTV, Henry Morris of SHA being fired, and Napoleon Williams station in Decatur; stapled with Woods’ letter to Kurt Loder of MTV, 24 July 1990, re them doing a piece on Zoom Black Magic Radio; Woods’ letter to Henry Morris of SHA, 24 July 1990, re SHA harassment of Readus

    Letter to Tony Campbell of KFPT radio, 27 Aug 1990, re interview

    Letter to George Biswell of KKFI Vietnam Veterans Radio Network, 23 July 1990, re more information on KKFI; stapled with KKFI flyer

    Letter to Lu Palmer of WVON Chicago, 23 July 1990, re interview

    Letter to James Sengstacke of Chicago Defender, 23 July 1990, re them doing a story

    Letter to Melvin Wallace of Serious Hip-Hop Magazine, 16 July 1990, re writing an article

    Letter to Lewis Beale of the Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug 1990, re them writing an article; stapled with letter from Beale, 13 July 1990, re

     "Pump Up the Volume" copy of review; letter to Beale, 11 July 1990, re people in Detroit wanting to start a micro radio station; letter to Readus from Julie Herrada of Detroit, 21 June 1990, re starting a radio station; letter to Beale, 5 June 1990, re him writing an article; letter to Lewis of Fox TV, 19 July 1990, re TV program on Readus

    Letter to David Barnes of Emerge magazine, 6 July 1990, re doing an article

    Letter to Thom Jurek of Detroit Metro Times, 12 July 1990, re response to their article; stapled with letter to Jurek, 28 June 1990, re article

    Letter to Jon Bekken, 3 July 1990, re his front page writeup and representing WTRA at the Dublin conference; stapled with letter from Bekken, 25 June, re community radio station in Champaign, IL; discussion paper written by Bekken on WEFT in Champaign; letter to Bekken, 21 May 1990, re Readus; letter from Bekken, 24 April 1990, re community radio; letter to Bekken, 24 Apr 1990, re WTRA publicity and demise of community radio; letter from Bekken, 26 Mar 1990, re WEFT, WTRA, ACLU, and legal challenge to FCC

    Letter to Susie Day of the Post American, 7 June 1990, re WTRA materials

    Letter to Clifford Kelly of WGCI in Chicago, 7 June 1990, re Readus interview

    Author’s Tear Sheets for the Columbia Journalism Review, written by Rich Shereikis, 8 May 1990

    Letter to Denny McClain of WXYT in Michigan, 1 June 1990, enclosing articles for assistance for interview with Kantako

    Letter to Melanie Imani of KSTP in St. Paul, MN, 1 June 1990, re background information on Readus

    Letter to Kate Pemberton of CBC Radio, 1 June 1990, re background info Mother Jones, "Radio Free Radio," June 1990

    Letter to Sharon Fennell of KHSU of Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, 16 May 1990, re interview with Kantako

    Democratic Communique newsletter ( NLG-UDC), Spring 1990

    Letter from David Ciaffardini of Sound Choice, 14 May 1990, re an article on setting up a micropower radio station

    Letter to Rich Shereikis and Ron Sakolsky, 8 May 1990, re NLG and Peter Franck’s interest in using WTRA as a test case in the courts; stapled with letter to Franck, 8 May 1990, re materials relevant to the case and Readus’ vision of micropower radio’s future

    Letter to Joel ? of In These Times, 30 Apr 1990, re response to their article, "Dewayne Readus: Radio Rebel," 18-24 Apr 1990

    Letter to Tom Jurek of Detroit Metro Times, re information on micro radio

    Editorial copy of Rich Shereikis’ article for Mother Jones, 1990

    Letter from Mary Carlin of WSSU (now WUIS), 6 Mar 1990, re public radio’s New Voices program piece on Readus

Handwritten note on Black Radio Hall of Fame’s Nelson George and T.R. Frazier of "Afro-American History, Primary Sources", nd
Letter to Sonja Spear of Mother Jones, 28 Mar 1990, re upcoming article
Letter to David Ciaffardini of Sound Choice, 28 Mar 1990, re his article in Sound Choice, "Radio Activist Defies FCC," Spring 1990
Letter to Ron Sakolsky from Peter Petrisko of Factsheet Five, re Sakolsky writing an article
Factsheet Five, #34 ca. 1990, untitled article on Readus
ERNewsletter, "Pirate Radio Activities," Jan 1990
First draft of article for "national magazine" by Rich Shereikis, "Project Radio," Feb 1990, 24 pages
Letter to Readus from Bob ? of People’s Tribune, re article
People’s Tribune, "Pump It Up! Pirate radio takes on police brutality and homelessness," 12 Feb 1990
"Low-Watt/Long Range Radio," draft of article by Rich Shereikis, 26 July 1990, 5 pages
Zenger (underground paper out of Madison, WI), "Feds Try to Kill Community Radio," 1990
Illinois Times, Letters to the editor, 25, 18 Jan 1990, re 11 Jan 1990 feature article on WTRA
Illinois Times, "Readus joins other radio radicals in network of anti-mainstream stations," 25 Jan 1990, re association with Black Rose of Fresno, CA
Illinois Public Radio news release, "Dewayne Won’t Talk," 22 Jan 1990, re refusal to communicate with the U.S. District Court on FCC case
Cover letter sent to over 50 organizations and individuals on WTRA mailing list, 16 Jan 1990, re update on Readus and solicitation for legal advice
Illinois Times, "United States vs. WTRA," feature article, 11 Jan 1990
Guardian, ("independent radical newsweekly"), "Along the Color Line," column by Manning Marable, "Liberation Radio Shut Down," 2 Aug 1989
Final Call, "Guerrilla Radio," by James Muhammed, 11 Sept 1989
State Journal Register, "Timing by the FCC is Highly Suspect," 20 Apr 1989
Statement to the Press, by Dewayne Readus, 17 Apr 1989, re civil disobedience in face of FCC shutdown; stapled with "Some Historic Perspectives on Civil Disobedience"
Announcement of Press Conference, 17 Apr 1989, re arrest for civil disobedience in face of defiance of FCC licensing regulations
Illinois Times, "FCC pulls plug on east side radio station critical of city police," 13 Apr 1989
Letter from Bill Blank of Fifth Estate (Detroit, MI), 26 Oct 1992, re Radio Free Detroit
WMAY/WNNS Editorial, "SSU and Pirate Radio," 14 Dec 1992
"Paper Tiger TV Extra," ca. 1992, re videotapes for sale, including one on low power radio
Friends of Radio Free Detroit flyer, ca. 1992
Letter from Larry Talbot of Friends of Radio Free Detroit, 7 Apr 1992, re update on RFD
Fifth Estate, "Sound of Rebel Radio: Radio Free Detroit," ca. 1992
Statesman-Journal (Salem, OR), "Coast radio station is jewel to seniors," by Frank King, 5 Aug 1993
Letter from Harold Hallikainen, 8 Nov 1993, re articles submitted to Radio World; stapled with "Fairness of Spectrum Leases," and "License Free Microbroadcasting"
Paper, "Black Liberation Radio," by Ron Sakolsky, Mar/Apr 1993
Current, "Micro Radio: Free Speech Struggle," Dec 1993
Slingshot (Berkeley, CA), "Taking back the airwaves - Micro power broadcasting continues to grow," Fall 1993
Extra, "Micro Radio: Filling Gaps in the Commercial Broadcast Spectrum," by Jesse Drew, Nov/Dec 1993
Interadio (newsletter of AMARC - world association of community radio broadcasters), v.6:no.1, 1994, no article on Kantako
Letter to Kantako from Greg Boozell of Chicago public access TV, 5 Mar 1994, re writing an article for Afterimage
Cover letter from Association of Clandestine Radio Enthusiasts (ACE) periodical, ca. 1994, re subscription renewal
Radio Resistors Bulletin, (general article on micropower radio), Dec 1994
Interadio, v.6:no.3, 1994, no article on Kantako
"A Tale of Two Broadcasters," ns, syndicated column by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon of FAIR, re Jack Welch of GE-NBC and Stephen Dunifer of Free Radio Berkeley
Voice, 10 Jan 1995, review of John Fiske’s book, Media Matters: Everyday Culture and Political Change

Memo sent to special supporters of WTRA, 30 Aug 1990, re update on WTRA and micropower radio movement; on back is list of names memo was sent to
Letter to Peter Franck, 30 Aug 1990, re updates on WTRA; stapled with photocopied picture of Napoleon Williams, and State Journal-Register article on WEAI Jacksonville station manager and him wanting to "help" Kantako, 9 Aug 1990
State Journal-Register, "Bush: TV Marti will go on despite jamming threats," nd, re speech in front of National Assn. of Broadcasters
White House, "Remarks of the President to the National Association of Broadcasters," 2 Apr 1990, re state of American news broadcasting and Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
Photocopy of photo of Dewayne Readus, by Ken Burnette, nd
"Action Plan to Free WTRA," by John Hay Tenants’ Rights Association
Decatur Herald & Review, 14, 15 Sept 1990, ca. 1990, "Girl claims man paid her for sex," "Guardian’s past goes unchecked," "Police plot probe to kill," re charges against Napoleon Williams of child sexual abuse and alleged plot to kill two police officers
Letter to Prof. Colleen Roach of Fordham, 8 Nov 1990, re articles on micro-power radio
Letter to the Glasgow, Scotland Media Group, 8 Nov 1990, re Kantako case
Letter to Prof. Herbert Schiller of U of CA, 8 Nov 1990, re micro radio
Letter to Prof. Debra Evenson of DePaul, 8 Nov 1990, re micro radio movement
Letter to Prof. Charles Simmons of CA State U, 8 Nov 1990, re micro radio
Letter to Prof. Howard Frederick of CA Institute of Tech., 8 Nov 1990
Letter to Prof. Kaarle Nordenstreng of University of Tampere, Finland, 8 Nov 1990, re Kantako and the micro radio movement
Letter to Wolfgang Kleinwatcher of Karl Marx U of Leipzig, Germany, 8 Nov 1990, re Kantako and the micropower radio movement
Letter to George Zeller, 27 Aug 1990, re article in ACE (Association of Clandestine Radio Enthusiasts)
Letter from Harald Kuhl of Clandestine Calling (German), 6 Aug 1990, re reading article on ACE and doing an article for the German publication
Letter to George Zeller, 31 July 1990, re information on Kantako’s station
Letter from George Zeller, 23 July 1990, re upcoming article in ACE
Letter from George Zeller, 2 Mar 1990, re information on Readus
Letter to Noam Chomsky, 11 Oct 1990, re NPR, AP news, and international media’s attention to Kantako’s radio station; stapled with letter from Edward Herman, 10 Sept 1990, re article in Lies of Our Times; letter to Herman, 27 Aug 1990, re his financial contribution and legal developments; letter to Herman, 3 Aug 1990, re MTV and Playboy attention; letter from Herman, 30 July 1990, re marginalization of dissident thought in electronic media
Letter from Edward Herman, 15 Sept 1990, re Townsend giving a paper at the NLG-UDC conference; stapled with conference leaflet and letter from Herman, 11 June 1989, re supporting Readus and spreading information
Letter to Edward Herman, 27 Sept 1990, re recent events at WTRA
Letter from Ben Bagdikian, 21 Jan 1990, re advice on legal proceedings for WTRA; stapled with letter to Noam Chomsky, 11 Oct 1990, (see above)
Letter from Noam Chomsky, 22 Oct 1990, re Kantako’s videotape
Letter from Noam Chomsky, 11 Oct 1990, (see above); stapled with letter from Chomsky, 9 Sept 1990, re Decatur station; letter to Chomsky, 27 Aug 1990, re legal developments and Decatur station; letter from Chomsky, 16 July 1990, re micro radio updates; letter to Chomsky, 9 July 1990, re press contacts "paying off"; letter to Chomsky, 17 Apr 1990, re FCC and attention from magazine articles; letter from Chomsky, 8 Mar 1990, re "thanks for the video"; letter to Chomsky, 1 Mar 1990, re enclosed video with Readus and Townsend explaining how they plan to spread micropower radio around the country; letter from Chomsky, 6 Feb1990, re legal advice; letter to Chomsky, 16 Feb 1990, re WTRA info.; letter from Chomsky, 9 June 1990, re press strategy; biographical sketch on Chomsky, ns, nd
Letter to Dr. Len Jeffries of City College of NY, 10 Oct 1990, enc. materials
Letter to Ron Sakolsky, 11 Oct 1990, re national and international coverage
Letter to Oscar Gandy, 14 Mar 1990, re WTRA updates; stapled with letter from Gandy, nd, re video; letter to Gandy, 2 Mar 1990, re videotape
Letter to Sidney Willhelm, ca. 1990, re NPR story; letter to Willhelm, 27 Aug 1990, re legal developments, Readus’ new name - Kantako, and Decatur station; stapled with letter to Willhelm, 8 May 1990, re playing tapes of his books on the air, legal developments, and use of university vans for Marcus Garvey Summer Freedom School; letter from Willhelm, 4 May 1990, re Bill Wilson’s sociological theories, white elites genocide against blacks; letter to Willhelm, 6 Mar 1990, re genocide conference, FCC; letter from Willhelm, 3 Mar 1990, re genocide convention, Readus, and black incarceration rates; letter from Willhelm, 5 Dec 1989, re black socio-economic conditions; page on black economic conditions, ns, nd
Letter to George Parsons, 27 Aug 1990, re legal and radio developments
Letter to Alderman McGee of Milwaukee, WI, 3 May 1990, re Readus’ model of micro-radio and Alderman Melvin Platt interview
Letter to Ward Churchill, 23 Apr 1990, re interview and contact with activists
Letter to Rep. Richard Durbin from Richard Smith of the FCC, 29 Mar 1990, re licensing of low powered radio stations; stapled with letter to Townsend from Durbin, 14 Mar 1990, re WTRA
Letter to Steve LeBlanc of V90, 14 Mar 1990, re interview; stapled with letter from LeBlanc to Readus, 24 Feb 1990, re interview; press release from V90, nd; Boston Phoenix, 22 Dec 1989, "The Situationist Local"
Letter from Lerone Bennett, Jr. of Ebony, 18 Jan 1990, re rejection of article on Readus
Letter from Julius Chambers of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 31 Jan 1990, re rejection of help for Readus
Letter to Spike Lee (filmmaker), 25 Jan 1990, re his help for spreading the model of Readus’ micro radio
Letter from John Crigler, 18 Jan 1990, re rejection of legal help for Readus
Letter from Manning Marable of U. of Colorado at Boulder, 18 Jan 1990, re legal advice
Letter to Manning Marable from Townsend and Readus, 14 July 1989, re article in "Along the Color Line"
Letter from Manning Marable, 26 June 1989, re drafting an article on Readus for his "Along the Color Line" column; stapled with draft
Letter to Lynn ? of National Federation of Community Broadcasters, 9 Nov 1989, re her possible legal assistance

14. Correspondence with Sympathizers and Media, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992 (Folder 2 of 2) (Roughly chronological; includes periodical articles)

Letter from George ? of Quincy, IL, 21 Oct 1989, re advice to "be watchful and reasonably paranoid" of those in power; stapled with New York, "Sweatshirt Justice: How the War on Crime is Expanding to Crush Some Rights," 2 Oct 1989
Letter from Andrea Taylor of the Ford Foundation, 11 July 1989, re inability to support of establishment of low watt radio stations throughout U.S.
Letter from Benjamin Hooks of NAACP, 29 June 1989, re "it would be inappropriate for me to become involved" in support of low watt radio
Letter from Matthew Bromberg of Business and Society Review, 26 June 1989, re Townsend writing an article for the journal
Letter from secretary of Bill Cosby (actor-comedian), 22 June 1989, re the "impossibility" of his support of the concept of low watt radio
Letter from Sen. Paul Simon, 21 June 1989, re WTRA situation
Letter to Readus from JoNina Abron of Black Scholar, 16 June 1989, re submitting an article
Letter from Lerone Bennet of Ebony, 16 June 1989, re rejection of article on WTRA
Letter from Julius Chambers of NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 12 June 1989, re possible assistance for WTRA. "Never heard anything" Townsend later wrote on this letter
Note on National Urban League and SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) never responding to their letters
Letter to the Progressive, 18 Apr 1989, re possible article
FMedia, "FM Industry News," Sept 1989
ACE, "Pirate Radio Directory-1990 Edition," ca. Jan 1990
Black Enterprise, "Broadcast News: Though FCC policies to encourage minority media ownership are under siege, these entrepreneurs are meeting the challenge of staying on the air," Dec 1989
New York Daily News Magazine, 17 Dec 1989, "Smokey and the Pirate"
Note on minority radio information from NAB, nd
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Clemency appeal gets no response," 6 Feb 1990 (WTRA covered this case of Lee Otis Griffin who claimed he was wrongly convicted of murder and asking to be released from prison); stapled with Post-Dispatch, "Pickets Ask Governor To Free Man Convicted of 3 Killings," nd; letter to Readus from Griffin, 12 Feb 1990, re circumstanc surrounding his trial; State Journal-Register, "Rally calls on governor for clemency decision," 6 Feb 1990
Letter to Campaign for Human Development from Readus, 28 June 1989, re never receiving forms for reapplying for funds from this Catholic charity (post-it note says, "How we lost $30,000…"; letter to CHD from Readus and Townsend, 28 June 1989, re Noam Chomsky’s support and legal help; letter to Readus from Springfield Catholic Charities, 11 July 1989, re CHD grant check and issues holding up that check; letter to CHD from Readus and Townsend, 14 July 1989, re how CHD funds were expended; letter to Springfield Catholic Charities from Readus, 25 July 1989, re WTRA, community support for Tenants Rights Association, and leadership training for TRA; letter to Readus from Sister Linda Hayes of Sacred Heart Convent, 2 Oct 1989, re reasons for cutoff of grant funds
Note on Broadcast Services of Pawnee, IL, ns, nd
USA Today, "How radio turns us on" bar graph, nd
Dimension Cable FM Stereo List, ca. late 1980s, with black radio notations
Chicago Tribune, :"WGN radio back to top of Arbitron ratings," 10 Oct 1987, with black radio notations
Chicago Sun-Times, "Chicago Housing Authority weighs in-house radio," 12 Oct 1987
Chicago Tribune, "Costly radio station swamps CHA in static," 28 Sept 1987
"Broadcast Media Positions in Southern States and California," ns, nd
Note from Ron Sakolsky on "cheap" radio equipment from Panaxis Productions, ca. late 1980s
Copy of entry on Telecommunications Research and Action Center, ns, nd
Petition for WTRA, 15 Nov 1989, re unfair FCC regulations
Civil Disobedience (monograph), Paul Harris, ed.
The Wire, 1990, advertising the national summit on genocide; stapled with letter to The Wire, ca. 1990, re Sidney Willhelm as speaker
Note on WTRA issues, nd, re issues of day care, medical clinic, police brutality cases, critiquing NAACP and Urban League, Madison St., et al
NLG-UDC Media Accountability Under International Law Symposium, 14 June 1989
LPB (?) newsletter, nd, "Considerations in Educational FM Broadcast Equipment"
LPB (?) newsletter, nd, "Campus Radio—AM or FM"
NFCB News, Oct 1988, newsletter
"Participant Membership in the NFCB," ca. 1989, re representation, consultation, dues, et al
"NFCB Associate Membership Program," ca. 1989
"Radio Activity" column, by Chris Merrick, ns, nd, re community radio
AMARC newsletter, "Pirate (Readus) challenges FCC," Jan 1990
Draft of article AMARC newsletter, untitled, by Bruce Girard, re WTRA
Letter from Bruce Girard, 1 Nov 1989, re AMARC article; stapled with AMARC "Who We Are" membership form, ca. 1989
Letter to Readus from Girard, 31 Oct 1989, re AMARC membership
UDC Democratic Communique, "Grassroots Communication with Community Radio," Summer 1989
Letter to BLR newsletter editor from Laurie Ouellette of Harper’s, re publicity for BLR

15. Correspondence A-G, 1990, 1994 (1 of 3 folders) (Alphabetically by surname of letter writer; includes other items such as cash donations list, videotapes mailing list, and grassroots people list)

Unsigned hate letter, 27 Aug 1990, with photocopy
Cash donations list, nd
Memo to supporters of WTRA, 30 Aug 1990, re microradio update
"NPR tapes sent to" list, nd
"Videotapes sent to" list, 1990, stapled with cover letter to sendee
"Grassroots People"list, nd

The following list shows the names of letter writers in rough alphabetical order. Generally, these letters request tapes and latest updates on Kantako and his station, as well as donating money for the cause. Some wish to start up a station. Responses are written by Townsend. Almost all letters date from 1990, with a few from 1994.

Adebule, Lemmy - Los Angeles, CA
Alexander, Danny - Overland, KS
Alden, Tom - San Francisco
Allen, Dave - La Canada, CA
Amos, Kevin - Pittsburgh, PA
Anderson, Ray - Wichita, KS
Askari, Iri - Los Angeles, CA
Athearn, Steve - Jobstown, NJ
Bennet, James - University of Arkansas
Berg, Bernie - Easton, PA
Bettencourt, Michael - Manchester, NH
Bluestone, William - Woodbridge, NJ
Bost, Walt - University of North Carolina
Bracken, Rob - Burlington, NC
Branfman, Judy - Boston, MA
Brian (?) - Warwick, RI
Brockway, Sandi - Macrocosm USA, Cambria, CA
Brooks, Shirley - Detroit, MI
Brown, Bill - Stanford University
Brundige, Akeeda - Lincoln, NE
Butzon, Mark - Bradley University
Shepp-Cardoza, Ana - Amherst, MA
Carney, Brian - Athens, GA
Colvin, Kenneth - Chicago, IL
Cooper, Marty - Citrus Heights, CA
DVS Communications, John Arthur, Belfast, NY
Dacus, Wesley - Omaha, NE
Dash, Mike - Seattle, WA
Daima, Tumika (Joy Williams) - St. Louis, MO
Danton, William - Landon, OH
Doherty, Kaleigh - Framingham, MA
Drassler, Leo - Kenosha, WI
Eric ? - Madison, WI
Forkner, Sue - Hazel Crest, IL
Frezza, Joe - Detroit Metro Times, Berkley, MI,
Franle, Dave - We the People, South Bend, IN
Gee, Philip - ?
George, Alexander - Amherst, GA
Goodman, Charles - Grover Beach, CA
Gorin, Zeev - Bradley University

16. Correspondence G-M, 1990, 1994 (2 of 3 folders)

Gowens, Pat - Milwaukee, WI
Gunther, James - Temple City, CA
Haney, Michael - McLoud, OK
Hargitai, Henrik - Hungary
Harrison, Richard - Winter Park, FL
Haypenny Press and Dawn Conti - West Paterson, NJ
Hefter, Richard - Chicago, IL
Herman, Ed - MA
Herrada, Julie - Detroit, MI
Hofeling, Keven - Taylorsville, UT
International Music Workers Union - Tucson, AZ
Jackson, Lee - Richmond, VA
Johnston, Dick & Mary - ?
Jones, Brandon Astor - Jackson, GA
Jordan, Val - Chicago, IL
Kearney, Elizabeth - Gardiner, MT
Kelly, Charles Rick - Dallas, TX
Keul, Jim - Anaheim, CA
Kogawa, Tetsuo - Tokyo, Japan (includes Japanese article on Kantako)
Kubweza, Jahi - Richmond, VA
Kuhl, Guillermo - Daly City, CA
Laursen, Chris - Tofield, Alberta, Canada
Le Count, Suzanne - Forest Knolls, CA
Levi, Jamila - Pittsburgh, PA (of Free Mumia Abu-Jamal)
Lewis, George - San Luis Obispo, CA
Lindner, Ron - West Springfield, MA
Marignay, Bisola - Chicago IL (of Flame Productions)
Massa, Michael - Nederland, CO
Maxwell, L.E. - St. Louis, MO
McClellan, Cheryl - Detroit, MI (of Metroplex Records)
McDonald, Tony - Detroit, MI
McGuff, Luke - Seattle, WA
Mendoza, Gloria - Los Angeles, CA
Merdinian, Christine - Laramie, WY

17. Correspondence M-Y, 1989, 1990, 1994 (3 of 3 folders)

Merrill, Frank - Macomb, IL
Mucha, Dan - Hudson, OH
Muhammed, Halif - Chicago, IL
Myers, J.P. - Long Beach, CA
Nigro, Brian - Tempe, AZ (Alternative Voice)
Pace, Christopher - Juneau, AK
Pascucci, John - Sheridan, OR
Peacott, Joe - Boston, MA
Peterson, Brian - Elgin, IL
Pierce, Mark - Sun Valley, CA
Porter, Tyrone - Quincy, IL
Potts, Bert - Chicago, IL
Powell, Todd - Chicago, IL
Power, Hilton - Lewiston, ME
Prince, Tony - Oak Park, IL
Pringle, Chris - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Ra, Amen - Chicago, IL
Radio Pirate-Woman - Galway City, Ireland
Razzi, Cactus - Santa Barbara, CA
Readus, Julius - Memphis, TN (Dewayne’s father)
Rech, Mary Ellen - Livonia, MI
Reveille, Tom - San Francisco, CA (Radio Free Venice)
Revis, Lamar - Richmond, VA
Rodman, Gil - Champaign, IL
Ross, Clinton - Isla Vista, CA
Ryan, Pat - Kirkwood, CA
Sanders, Mike - Dallas, TX (Midnight Radio)
Schoedel, Ronald - Maumee, OH (starting a small station)
Schwing, Lee - Los Angeles, CA (addressed to Christian Slater!)
Sellick, Matthew - Milwaukee, WI
Sharif, A.K. - Omaha, NE ("Rockin’ Ronald Reagan Rap")
Sheldon, Arroyo ("EXIA") - Indiana, PA
Shields, Steven - Whitewater, WI (Assistant Professor)
Stewart, Clinton - Scooba, MS
Stone, Ralph - Missoula, MT (former SSU professor)
Strowig, Jim - West Bend, WI
Students for Social Revolution at U. of CA Santa Barbara
Swartz, Joel - Rochester, NY (radio broadcaster)
Taylor, Nat - Oakland, CA
Trummell, Kevin - Springfield, MO (1994 e-mail)
Tucker, Jim - Arcata, CA (starting a radio station)
Turner, Mary - ?
Wilson, Ernie - CA (Panaxis)
Verbeek, Christiaan - San Diego, CA (starting a station)
Viera, Eric - West Barnstable, MA
Watkins, Marlin - CA
Wilson, Jo Ann - Washington, D.C.
Wood, Robert - ?
XYZ, Carlo - Comptche, CA (starting a station)
Yarbray, Tony - Corpus Christi, TX
Yoder, Andrew - Slanvesville, WV

Adams, Nina (SSU/UIS professor), 10 Jan 1992 re academic legitimacy of BLR
Bellecourt, Vernon, 13 Sept 1991, re his "radio adventure"
Bennett, Dr., 18 Feb 1992, re "pioneering writing"
Blackwell, Robert (Director of Springfield Housing Authority), 20 Feb 1991, re "letting Kantako do his thing"
Cameron, Mr., 30 Jan 1992, re enclosed materials
Chomsky, Noam, 22 Apr 1992, re article on micro-radio movement; 14 Dec 1992, re interview on BLR; 18 Dec 1992, re enclosed tape; 6 Jan 1995, re spread of micro-radio, and possibility of Chomsky giving a speech at SSU (enc. of ACE subscription form)
Coliver, Sandra (Article 19, London’s International Centre Against Censorship), 5 Nov 1991, re their support and NLG materials
Cooper, Mary, 14 Dec 1992, re Bo Gritz, the U.S. government’s involvement in the drug trade, and Chomsky interview
Davis, Mike, 8 Oct 1992, re interview about weed and seed program
Desai, Barney (Corresponding Secretary of Pan Africanist Congress), 1 Nov 1991, re spreading micro-radio movement to Azania
Fiske, John (U. of Wisconsin), 25 Mar 1994, re donation, and his book Power Plays
Franck, Peter (NLG), 13 Dec 1991, re Tom Reveille and Japan micro-radio
Herman, Ed (Manufacturing Consent), 16 Apr 1992, Tetsua Kogawa’s micro transmitter; 17 Nov 1993, re Stephen Dunifer (cc: Dunifer)
Hunter-Gault, Charlene (PBS’ MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour), 27 July 1992, re interview with Kantako for her "Can We All Get Along?" series
Jackson, Terrance, 14 Dec 1992, re his book
Kogawa, Tetsua (Professor), 2 Nov 1992, re his work and Paper Tiger TV
LeCount, Suzanne, 23 Aug 1991, re updates on BLR
Leisner, Roger, 3 Jan 1992, re his Radio Free Maine and broadcasting his tapes; letter from Leisner, nd, re tapes of radical scholars; enc. lists of tapes
Radio Free Loisaida, 22 Feb 1992, re their groundbreaking micro-radio efforts
Lewis, George, 23 Aug 1991, re donation and updates
Marable, Dr. Manning, 4 Sept 1991, re establishment of "Freedom Schools" and Marcus Garvey School
Pan African Telecommunications Union, 17 Oct 1991, re BLR information
Onslaught (white supremacist organization), 11 Feb 1992, re wanting to know more about their organization; enc. Onslaught propaganda; Townsend letter to Professor Judy Everson, 7 Feb 1992, re Onslaught "message" stuck in his office door
Radio Free Detroit, 22 Feb 1992, re NLG, legal advice, and donation to RFD
Rick ?, 19 Feb 1991, re BLR information
Roach, Colleen (NLG), 13 Dec 1991, re micro-radio movement, Japan, Turkey and MacBride roundtable
Sauda, Tykym, 29 Aug 1991, re building more African traditions in the freedom school
Savage, Bryan, 24 Mar 1992, re "Kantako clause" in new lease
Swartz, Joel, 2 Nov 1992, re his commitment to grassroots radio
Tucker, Ben, 11 Dec 1991, copy of money order from him
Willhelm, Sidney, 9 Apr 1992, re his speech at SSU in June on genocide against blacks, and Gov. Edgar eliminating the general assistance welfare program; 19 Apr 1992, re Shadows book; 3 Jan 1992, re Amos Wilson’s Black on Black Crime and Kantako co-hosting a radio talk show from Washington D.C.
Wilkes, Jon, 21 Feb 1992, re photo art for poster
Wilson, Ernie, 1 May 1991, re new transmitter that he could sell; on same letter, Wilson writes that FCC has been "troublesome" and cannot advise them on transmitter
Wyatt, Tahir, 30 Jan 1992, re contact for him to meet in Philadelphia about information on BLR
Yehoaddan, 30 Jan 1992, re tape of Yahweh Ben Yahweh interview on BLR

Haney, Nick, nd, Bothell, WA, re information on BLR
Ongoren, Mahmut, 15 Nov 1991, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, re establishment of micro-radio station in Ankara
Alvarez, Max, 18 Jan 1992, independent filmmaker, re his suggestions on how to go about filming Kantako and his family
Talbot, Larry of Radio Free Detroit, 7 Apr 1992, re updates on their station; RFD leaflet and Fifth Estate article
Shabazz, Muhammad Al Akim, 21 May 1992, letter to Kantako re listening to his broadcasts on police brutality and the Weed and Seed program
Chomsky, Noam, 28 Dec 1992, re interview with Kantako; 22 July 1993, re BLR T-shirt
Smith, Joel, 23 Sept 1994, re London’s Illuminations Television doing a piece on Kantako
Yoder, Andrew (ACE magazine), 27 Jan 1995, re his book Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning In To Underground Broadcasts and request for permission to use Ken Burnette’s photo of Kantako; stapled with order form from Welfare Warriors; Steve ? of Otisville, MI, nd, re starting a station; Keith Robb of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, nd, re Noisy Concept doing an article on Kantako; Geraldine Sopryeh of Chicago, IL, nd, needing information; Joseph Kouad of Korhogo, West Africa (to Ron Sakolsky), 2 Nov 1993, re radio transmitter; B.J.B of Louisville, KY, 2 May 1994, re starting a station; Larry Stoley of Milwaukee, WI, 5 June 1996, re his book Free Radio Broadcasting and interview for a chapter on Kantako; Sundiata Acoli of White Deer, PA, 8 Feb 1995, re information on BLR; Milt Shaw of KDIA Oakland, CA, 8 Jan 1996, re information on BLR
Swartz, Joel, 11 July 1996, sending back a repaired amp
Kunz, Art and Vautrain, Will (UIS students), Nov 1996, re starting a station; stapled with 3 Nov 1996, re meeting with WUIS personnel on gaining student access on the station

"Black Liberation Radio," by Michael Townsend and Husayn Al-Kurdi, nd, written for unknown publication
X Communicator, "Black Liberation Radio," by Ron Sakolsky, nd
Macrocosm USA: Environmental, Political, and Social Solutions
Handbook with Directories (monograph), "Radio Activist Mbanna Kantako: In His Own Words," Sandi Brockway (ed.), nd
"Mbanna Kantako and the Micro-Radio Movement," by Townsend, ns, nd
"Blind man telecasts defiance," Associated Press release, unknown newspaper, nd
Fifth Estate (Detroit, MI newspaper), "Pirate Radio," nd
"Passion for Radio: Radio Waves and Community" (press release for monograph), Bruce Girard, ed., nd, story by Ron Sakolsky; Spanish version: "El Regreso De La Comunidad A La Radio: El Nacimiento del Moviemiento Microradial en los Estados Unidos" (published by AMARC); English version: "Zoom Black Magic Liberation Radio: Birth of the micro-radio movement in the USA"
State Journal-Register, "FCC turns off Hay Homes radio station, "12 Apr 1989; 19 Apr 1989, "Readus promises to keep broadcasting until arrested"
Illinois Issues, "Community Organizing Downstate: Conflicts and Coalitions," by Cheryl Frank, June 1989. Includes several paragraphs on conflicting approaches of Frank McNeil and Readus in tackling socio-political problems.
Final Call, "Guerilla radio: Underground radio station operator uses 'sneak attacks' to educate community," 11 Sept 1989
State Journal-Register, "Judgment sought against Readus for unlicensed radio broadcasting," 10 Nov 1989
Kurier (alternative German magazine that focuses on low-watt radio), "Radio von Unten: WTRA Radio Springfield - Beginn einer Revolutionierung des Rundfunksystems der USA?" 1990
Illinois Times, "United States vs. WTRA: From a Hay Homes apartment, Dewayne Readus and some kids operate a tiny radio station that can't be heard more than a mile away. Why does the federal government want to shut it down?" by Richard Shereikis (SSU professor), 11-17 Jan 1990; 3 copies)

24. Periodical Articles on BLR and Kantako, 1990 (2 of 8 folders) (Arranged chronologically; almost all articles have two copies)

Artpaper, "WTRA-FM: One-Watt Radio," by Townsend, Jan 1990
People's Tribune, "Zoom Black Magic is on the air: WTRA Radio won't be stopped," 12 Feb 1990
Illinois State Fair Professional Art Exhibition pamphlet, 1990, includes entry of "Dewayne Readus Activist" photograph
Rock & Roll Confidential, "Broadcast Confidential (column)," Feb 1990, re Zoom Black Magic link with Black Rose of Fresno, CA
Chicago Tribune, "Rights vs. privilege: 'Pirate radio' operators charge the FCC with restricting free speech," 6 Feb 1990
Fmedia, "Other Small-Print Happenings and the FM Industry News (column)," Apr 1990
In These Times, "Dewayne Readus: radio rebel," 18-24 Apr 1990
Democratic Communique, "WTRA Under Fire," by Townsend, Spring 1990
Sound Choice, "Radio Activist Defies FCC," by David Ciafardini, Spring 1990
Cultural Democracy, "Radio-Activity: Community Animation You Can Do" (interview with Sakolsky), "Radio Activist Dewayne Readus: In His Own Words" (remarks excerpted from the Chicago Guild meeting), Spring 1990
Rock & Roll Confidential, "Kids, Do Try This At Home," May 1990; stapled with letter from editor Lee Ballinger to Townsend
Mother Jones, "Radio Free Radio," by Rich Shereikis, June 1990
Detroit Metro Times, "Liberation Radio: Who Says Your Community Can't Have Its Own Radio Station," by Thom Jurek, 20-26 June 1990
Wireless (WEFT Champaign, IL newsletter), "Pirate Community Radio in Springfield," Summer 1990
Columbia Journalism Review, "Making Radio Waves: A Pirate in the Projects," by Rich Shereikis, July/Aug 1990; included are negatives of the front cover of CJR
Z Magazine, "Press Release" (Readus and the FCC), July/Aug 1990
State Journal-Register, "Jacksonville station manager says he'd like to help Kantako," by Hilary Saperstein, 9 Aug 1990
ACE, "WTRA Semi-Clandestine in Springfield, Illinois," Aug 1990
State Journal-Register, "Making Waves: Radio renegade gets airplay of his own," by Saperstein, 8 Aug 1990
Radio and Records, "Illinois Radio Pirate Defies FCC," Fall 1990; on back side of this photocopy is LA Weekly, "Free Christian Slater," 24-30 Aug 1990 Playboy, "Newsbreaks" (one paragraph item comparing Christian Slater's movie to Readus, igniting a storm of mail), Sept 1990
Daily Chronicle (DeKalb/Sycamore, IL), "Tiny station at odds with feds," AP release by Dennis Conrad, 23 Sept 1990

25. Periodical Articles on BLR and Kantako, 1990 (3 of 8 folders) (Arranged chronologically; almost all articles have two copies)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Making Waves: Radio Pirate Snubs FCC," by Kathleen Best, 16 Sept 1990
ACE, "WTRA Update," p. 20, Oct 1990
SSU Weekly (official campus newsletter), "Faculty/staff activities" (re Shereikis writing for various publications on Readus), 4 Oct 1990
Adult & Continuing Education Today, "Hidden Hits" column by John Ohliger, 22 Oct 1990, re Kantako vs. FCC
Version 90 (journal), "Revolution Radio: Dewayne Readus and WTRA pump up the volume despite the FCC's fear of a black radio station," p. 16, by Steve LeBlanc, 1990

26. Periodical Articles on BLR and Kantako, 1990-1991 (4 of 8 folders) (Arranged chronologically; almost all articles have two copies)

Radio Von Unten (German periodical on clandestine radio), "WRTA Radio Springfield - Beginn einer Revolutionierung des Rundfunksystems der Vereinigten Staaten?" by Harald Kuhl, p. 29-31, Oct 1990
Avven I Menti (Italian), "Neri Del Ghetto Una Radio Vi Ascolta," by Anna Maria Torriglia, p. 33, 5 Dec 1990
Los Angeles Times, "Out of the Corner: From a corner of his living room Mbanna Kantako broadcasts his version of the news. With less than one watt, he hopes to start a revolution," 19 Nov 1990
ACE, "WTRA Changes Its Name to 'Zoom Black Magic,'" Nov 1990
A Sign of the Times ("Kansas City's Only Rock and Politics Newsletter"), "Zoomin' Up the Volume," Nov 1990
Overlords of RapaxC.I.A. (alternative newsletter), letter from Townsend, Nov 1990
Lies of Our Times, "Microwatt Revolution," Jan 1991
Alternative, "Microwatt Revolution" (taken from Lies of Our Times article), Jan 1991
ACE, "FCC 's Mansbach scuttles pirates" (article does not mention Kantako), Jan 1991
Pittsburgh's Campaign Against Racism pamphlet, "Zoom Black Magic Liberation Radio," by Townsend, Jan 1991
Utne Reader, "Radio Free America," Jan/Feb 1991
Popular Communications, "That Was Then, This Is Now" (editorial on rise serious adult "pirate" broadcasters), Mar 1991

27. Periodical Articles on BLR and Kantako, 1991 (5 of 7 folders) (Arranged chronologically; almost all articles have two copies)

ACE, (no specific article on Kantako), Mar 1991
ACE, (no specific article on Kantako), Apr 1991
Welfare Mothers Voice, "Family In Projects Starts Up Radio Station," p. 7, Spring 1991; also letter from Brenda Kantako
Racine (Wisconsin) Courier, "'Pirate' Station Informs Springfield Listeners Of Its 'North Star'," 25 May 1991
Unsound, "Mbanna Kantako" (interview), Late Summer 1991
Nation, "Rebel Radio: Rappin' in The 'Hood" (recounts incident of police harassment after visiting the station), by Luis Rodriguez, 12/19 Aug 1991
"Prevailing Winds Research" catalog (politically alternative books, video and audio tapes, political issues related to those discussed by Kantako), Summer/Fall 1991
Voice of the Black Community (Springfield, IL), "Mbanna Kantako and the Micro-Radio Movement," 23 Oct 1991
Palm Beach (FL) Gazette, "Mbanna Kantako and the 'Micro-Radio Movement'," by Townsend, 24 Oct 1991

New American Press ("Progressive Weekly Serving Northwest Florida and South Alabama"), "Mbanna Kantako and the Micro-Radio Movement," by Townsend, 31 Oct - 7 Nov 1991
Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table Newsletter, "Dangerous Radio," Nov 1991
Poesflesh ("postcontemporary palimpsest"), "Black Liberation Newsletter, 1 Oct 1991, p.5
Alternative (Springfield, IL), "Mbanna Kantako and the Micro-Radio Revolution," by Townsend, p. 3, Oct/Nov 1991
Big Red News ("New York's Largest Circulated African American Newspaper"), "Mbanna Kantako and the Micro-Radio Revolution," p. 3, 14-20 Dec 1991
Metro Times (Detroit, MI), "Detroit's Rebel Air Force" (includes mention of Kantako as father of micro-radio), 29 Jan - 4 Feb 1991
Spin, "Pirate in the Projects: An outlaw radio station keeps a communit awake and informed," Feb 1990
Nation, "Pap Radio" (new FCC rules allowing consolidation under fewer corporations), by Ben Bagdikian, 13 Apr 1992
Interadio (newsletter of AMARC), "Assassination Attempt Didn't Kill Radical Station," v.4:no.2, 1992
Kick It Over (newsletter), "Black Liberation Radio," Spring 1992
Conspiracy (NLG newsletter), "First Amendment: Sword or Shield?" speech delivered at a convention includes analysis of Kantako situation, pg.4, Spring 1992
Bay Guardian (San Francisco, CA), "Pirate Radio," 13 May 1992
Left Turn ("A Publication of Solidarity"), "Revolution Radio" (interview of Kantako with Tavis Barr, p.14, Summer 1992
Utne Reader, "Radio Activity: Community radio ensures fresh airwaves, Sept/Oct 1992
ACE, "What's News: Media Report" column (update on BLR), Dec 1992

Box 2
Folders:

Social Anarchism, "Anarchy on the Airwaves: A Brief History of the Micro-Radio Movement in the USA," by Ron Sakolsky, p.5, no.17, 1992
Mondo, "Pirate Media," by Wes Thomas, Nov 1993
MEDIAforum (German), "Nachbarschaftsradio in den USA," by Harald Kuhl, Oct 1993
Option ("Music Alternatives"), "Pirate Radio: The FCC's War on Free Speech," by Jason Fine, Mar/Apr 1994
Afterimage ("publication of the visual studies workshop"), "The Revolution Will Be Microwaved: The FCC, Microwatt Radio, and Telecommunication Networks," by Greg Boozell (program director at Chicago Access Corporation), Summer 1994
Nation, "Rebel Radio Versus the FCC" (Alexander Cockburn's Beat the Devil column), 20 Feb 1995
High Performance, "Black Liberation Radio: Struggling For Air," Spring/Summer 1995
Z Magazine, "Challenging the Manufacture of Consent," by Steve Ongerth & Radio Free Berkeley, Oct 1995
Rock & Rap Confidential, "Radio Wars" (re California pirates; mentions Napoleon Williams but not Kantako), June 1996
Mediated Messages and African-American Culture (monograph), "(Chapter 13) Empowering Voices: KUCB and Black Liberation Radio," by Sharon Albert-Honore (includes section on Kantako), 1996
"Pirate Radio Kills the Ruling Class Stars," comic book, 1996, by Ken Wong?, Chicago, Illinois (photocopy).
Transcript of interview of Kantako by Sue Gardner of CBC Radio, Toronto, Canada, Jan. 1997 (printout of e-mail).
Newpspaper clippings re eviction of Kantako from the Hay Homes, from the Illinois State Journal-Register and Illinois Times, Feb.-Mar. 1997 (photocopies).
"Kantako Raises Human Rights Issue as Hay Homes Slated for Demolition," article by Sheila Nopper of Toronto, Canada, ca. 1997.
The Bleeding Edge, "The People’s Choice: Afrikan Liberation Radio," ca. 1996.
"Radio’s Renegade / Low-Watt ‘Pirate’ Fights F.C.C. Rules," New York Times, 8 Dec. 1997, re Stephen Dunifer of Berkeley, CA.

30. Web and Periodical Articles on Human Rights Radio and Micro-Radio, 1998.

Printouts from web sites: Radio Resistor’s Bulletin, Wired News, San Francisco Liberation Radio 93.7 FM, Soundprint Media Center, www.radio4all.org, Free Radio Berkeley Update, Microradio News—Grassroots News Network Report, Black Liberation Radio Update, Decatur-Herald and Review, NYFMA, SHADOW 38 STEAL THIS RADIO!, www.freeradio.com, Grassroots News & Media Conference & Culture Jam, Toward Freedom Notebook, San Francisco Chronicle News, Philadelphia Inquirer Online.
Photocopies from books, newspapers and periodicals: Z Magazine, Seizing the Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook, Decatur Herald & Review, Utne Reader, Radio World, Vibe.

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