Public radio pioneer seeks broadband stimulus money | Radio Survivor

I’m happy to see at least one stimulus application for community radio. As telecom nerds everywhere know, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes a big chunk of economic stimulus money for broadband development projects—about $7.2 billion all told. That dough is earmarked for projects to roll out broadband to “un-” and “underserved” areas, and the first round of applications is being evaluated by the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture.

The Saturday Daylight BrigadeIt’s terrific that the government is doing this. There are a slew of applications being considered for the first round of projects, and you can see what people are asking for on the Broadband USA application database. I don’t have a vote in who wins grants, but if I did: the Original Urban Radio (OURadio) initiative, being developed over at SLB Radio Productions in Pittsburgh, PA, would get its funding...