<p> The Prometheus Radio Project started with radio pirates fighting for local groups to be able to run community radio stations, and over the years has sued the FCC to stop media consolidation, built stations in places like Venezuela and Tanzania, and experimented with using off the shelf wireless technologies to do for hundreds of dollars what commercial stations spend tens of thousands for. This panel will help bring you up to date on the political debates in Washington about low power FM, open spectrum, and IBOC digital radio. They will talk about epic radio barnraisings where hundreds of people are brought together to build a new radio station over the course of a single weekend – and their plan for the next barnraising in the Hudson Valley. </p>
<p> <strong> Maggie Avener </strong> is the technical and training organizer at the Prometheus Radio Project. She spends her days giving technical advice to community radio stations, teaching workshops to up-and-coming radio geeks, and brainstorming on how participatory media can take over the world. </p>
<p> <strong> Pete Tridish </strong> is a cofounder of the Prometheus Radio Project. His focus for Prometheus is radio engineering and policy advocacy. He has been a carpenter, an environmental educator, a solar energy system installer, a squatter, a homeless shelter volunteer, and an activist in many social movements since the age of 16. </p>