Grassroots Radio Coalition - History

History

The Grassroots Radio Coalition was born in 1996, as a reaction against increasing commercialization of public radio and lack of support for volunteer-based stations. Though not "founders" per se, Marty Durlin of KGNU and Cathy Melio of WERU are generally recognized as "midwives" of the GRC. They have said that the idea of the GRC was ready to be born; they just helped make it happen.

Conferences have been held each summer since 1996, organized and hosted by one or two grassroots radio stations or organizations each year.

  • 1996 - presented by KGNU and WERU, hosted by KGNU in Boulder, Colorado.
  • 1997
  • 1998 - presented by KGNU and WERU, hosted by KGNU in Boulder, CO from July 23-25.
  • 1999 - presented by KGNU and WERU, hosted by WERU in Bar Harbor, Maine from August 20-23.
  • 2000 - hosted by WORT in Madison, Wisconsin in July 2000.
  • 2001 - hosted by KGNU in Boulder, CO from July 13-15.
  • 2002 - hosted by WJFF in Jeffersonville, NY in August 2002.
  • 2003 - hosted by KZMU in Moab, UT from June 12-15.
  • 2004 - hosted by KCSB in Santa Barbara, CA from June 24-27.
  • 2005 - hosted by Prometheus Radio Project in tandem with a barnraising for WXOJ, a new station in Northampton, MA, from August 5-7.
  • 2006 - hosted by WORT in Madison, WI from July 28-30.
  • 2007 - hosted by WUML in Lowell, MA from June 21-24.
  • 2008 - hosted by KBOO in Portland, OR in July.
  • 2010 - hosted by KMUD in Redway / Garberville, CA May 13-16.
  • 2011 - hosted by KKFI in Kansas City, MO August 18-21.
  • 2012 - hosted by WRFU and Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center in Urbana-Champaign, IL July 26-19

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