International Media Action – providing engineering services & policy training for groups starting radio stations

<a href="http://imarad.io/our-activities/international/">International Radio Projects </a>

<a href="http://imarad.io/our-activities/non-profit-engineering-services/">Non-Profit Engineering Services</a>

<a href="http://imarad.io/our-activities/media-capacity-building-and-policy-workshops/">Workshops & Classes</a>

<a href="http://imarad.io/our-activities/technical-trainings/">Technical Training</a>

International Radio Projects

We've done radio tech on 4 continents--whether it's building radio stations, engineering, troubleshooting, technical trainings on LPFM equipment, or repairing/upgrading antennae.

Non-Profit Engineering Services

We provide engineering services to non-profits, including building studios and installing transmitters, antennae, links, and other technology. We've built radio stations from 0.1 Watt to 10,000 Watts.

Workshops & Classes

We offer workshops and classes for schools, stations, and social movements on topics such as regulatory and congressional reform, station management, media policy, and the politics of expertise.

Technical Training

We offer trainings on anything you need to run a radio station--from programing, to fundraising, to technical troubleshooting.

Building A Renewable Energy Powered Translator for KCAW

KCAW is a community radio station in Sitka, Alaska, a city with a population of roughly 8500. KCAW produces its own local newscast, has volunteer programmers, and carries NPR and public radio-syndicated programming. It has a network of seven translators which carry KCAW to seven nearby towns and hamlets: Yakutat, Elfin Cove, Kake, Pelican, Tenakee Springs, Angoon, and Port Alexander. These towns range in population from a few dozen in Elfin Cove to about 900 in Yakutat. The population grows quite a bit every summer, when thousands converge on the region to work in the commercial fishing industry. Becky Meiers is …

IMA Assists Sol-Rincon With Resilient Solar Energy in Vieques, Puerto Rico

IMA joined with Sol-Rincon in February, 2022 to aid residents of the Island of Vieques with the construction of solar powered electrical systems. This all volunteer project is working house by house with people on the island who want to go solar. We focus on building local technical expertise, so the community is capable of sustaining its own renewable technologies. To learn more about the project, or make a direct (NON-tax deductible) donation, you can go to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/solrinquen-vieques IMA also serves as the fiscal sponsor for this work, so fully tax-deductible donations for this same work can be made …

Conversion of Raven Radio Translators to Renewable Energy

IMA spent the summer in Port Alexander, AK, rebuilding the translator for KCAW. We converted to a three bay antenna, added internet connectivity, added twenty feet to the tower, 2KW of solar, 19 KWh of energy storage, and a wind turbine. Here’s a quick video of extending the tower: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMofclJeJGxViZVfJSUK1tf6c8LhmelApu-psLykHQU8aKTa_ae9GUlAGZhB30Sfw/photo/AF1QipPSwwN0iR1UWORRbVpM_cTrx7jzDXO0LlxJrgxQ?key=QTFxN2p3NjhQRHNqSEhob1JkM2FjcU5XanJRajJn

WUMO-LP 94.5 FM: Afram South (Montgomery, AL) Goes Live

As of May 2021, we are proud to have helped establish WUMO LP FM 94.5 in Montgomery, Alabama on the dial for those living in that county. Executive Director of Afram South, William “Bill” Foster, has worked hard to get the station up and running, providing community led content, gospel jazz, contemporary and classical inspirational music. With his help and those in the community, we were able to set up a 50ft mast, antenna, and transmitter. Some of the programming on WUMO includes A Woman’s Worth, Spiritual Nourishment with Cheryl Underwood, Healthy Alabama, Community Forum, and Sojourner Truth with …

Remembering Lorenzo Milam (1933 – 2020)

As we propel further into the future, we never forget the spirits, the energy, and the presence of everyone who’s pioneered a way of life. Each and every one of you holds this power. Lorenzo Milam held that power too. He was an integral part in radio technology and transmissions. We’d like to hold space for him and commemorate his legacy. In the 1950s, Milam encountered and later worked at KPFA run by noncommercial Pacifica Foundation in Berkley. He then founded the legendary free form KRAB-FM in Seattle in 1962. He helped start over a dozen listener supported stations …

Introducing James Bailey, Board Director and Operations Manager at WHGE-LP 95.3 FM

James Bailey is a lifelong learner, student of multiple crafts, and mentor to many. Originally from Philadelphia PA, James began his career as a flight engineer in the US Air Force where he refined skills including his attention to detail, quality control and disciplined work ethic. As a musician since childhood, he has studied multiple instruments, performed solo, and as part of a band. Having been raised in a musical family, James quickly developed a keen ear for quality sound and an appreciation for all musical genres. This led him to found the Red Room Recordings (R3) studio as …

Meet Philly’s Community Radio Stations and Special Showcase: Indy Radio Garden

The completed first studio upgrade to the African American Historical Society of Wilmington, Delaware.

“This week’s highlights from community radio in the Philadelphia region” can now be heard on Indy Radio Garden, a weekly half hour showcase of the most compelling content from the Swarming Community Radio All over Philly (SCARP) Network of stations throughout the region each week. The relevance of being able to help create a communication network between various community radio stations in the region helps to stimulate joint production, transmit experiences, share narratives and create new materials that stimulate community radio production. The more interactions between the radios, the more producing, sharing, and learning together that happens between the …

Presenting, Gladys Nobriga, Facilitator/Engineering Apprentice

Another adventurer has jumped aboard the International Media Action vessel to liberation. Our newest hire, Gladys Nobriga, will work along with the new joint project, SCRAP ( Swarming Community Radio Allover Philly) to help facilitate collaborative projects with stations and engage in an engineering apprenticeship. Gladys Nobriga is a sound based performance artist, comedian, writer and activist experimenting with found objects, contact mics, textures, range, analog formats, present moments, and emotions. Through raw avant-garbage performance art, she aims to breakdown societal barriers, abolish oppressive systems, and empower communities. They got their start in college radio as a News Anchor for …

Introducing Pavel Uranga, Journalist and Trainer

International Media Action is pleased to announce our hire of Pavel Uranga as the Journalist/Trainer for our new joint Project with Prometheus, SCRAP ( Swarming Community Radio Allover Philly). Pável Uranga started doing radio in 1979 and has worked in various community radio projects in Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico City, Chiapas, Saltillo (México), Blue Fields (Nicaragua), Quiché (Guatemala), La Esperanza (Honduras), and Quito (Ecuador). In Honduras, in alliance with the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations (COPINH), he helped establish Radio Liberada to support the popular struggle against the coup. He was also responsible for helping build and establish …

Announcing SCRAP: Swarming Community Radio Around Philly!

The Prometheus Radio Project (PRP) and the Center For International Media Action (CIMA) have just received approval for a grant to help ten community radio stations in Philadelphia make improvements in their operations. These improvements are targeted to improve the community service that the stations can do in their neighborhoods during the Covid-19 outbreak and the recovery in its aftermath. There will be a cohort of roughly ten stations which we will assist with technical support, equipment, training, mentorship, and some monetary assistance for certain needed expenses. There are roughly 40 stations in the region, so participation is not …