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What Is a Barnraising?
Prometheus Barn Raising
Prometheus Comes to New England!
Come Help Build A Radio Station In Portsmouth New Hampshire!
In 1999, Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire was one of the earliest opponents of Low Power FM Radio. He introduced Senate Bill 2068, which would have stopped all low power radio. At the time, it seemed that he was just doing a favor for the powerful commercial broadcasting interests and National Public Radio which voiced opposition to the FCC's Low Power Radio initiative. After three years of delays resulting directly from the bill that was eventually passed by Congress, a local community organization in Senator Gregg's own back yard is gearing up to go on the air. The Prometheus Radio Project (PRP) is teaming up with Portsmouth Community Radio WSCA-LP to launch their new radio station in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
In the spirit of neighbors pulling together to put up a new building, WSCA and PRP organizers will gather hundreds of Low Power FM Radio applicants, journalists, radio engineers, students, lawyers, musicians, and activists from across the U.S. to tune the antenna, finish the studio, and flip on the station switch! People will come from across New England and Canada, descending upon seacoast New Hampshire to construct the radio station in a weekend!
The Portsmouth Barnraisers Need Your Help!
The Portsmouth Community Radio WSCA-LP 106.1 F.M., is holding a Radio Station Barnraising in September and is looking for folks to help with food, offer a road-worthy car, or perhaps a backyard for a barbecue for a hundred or so folk... The three-day barnraising is scheduled for Sept. 10, 11 and 12, and is the last step to hitting the air!
Barnraising Schedule 
Coming Soon!
A Portsmouth Flyer Suitable for Printing
Press Release Coming Soon!
[Register Online Now for more information] Click here for an article about the station!
Over thirty workshops will be held in audio editing, fundraising, DJ skills, news production, legal issues and more. The WSCA has already received over 40 program proposals, ranging from political talk shows to gardening, and even a yoga show. The station will be open to all political viewpoints, and has community-wide support as well as the support of numerous local business owners, Portsmouth City Hall and the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. There will definitely be room for a wider spectrum of viewpoints than the region's corporate media currently allows. The community voices that Congress has done so much to thwart are about to get their turn in front of the microphone!
The same weekend, an exciting international music festival will be held in Portsmouth, and some events will probably be jointly organized by the new station and the festival.
Please join us for this Radio Barnraising, to learn or teach essential organizing and radio skills, and to celebrate the birth of a new free voice.?Read below to register online for our conference, or to learn more about the dozens of informative workshops, great food, and music which will be provided and visit our Main Barnraising page to learn about the incomparable experience of building a new station.
The recommended donation for attending the entire weekend is $100, or $40 for one day.
Pay what you can afford. Food and simple housing arrangements are
included in the registration price. Scholarships are available, and no
one will be turned away for lack of funds. We need you to lend a hand
in Portsmouth- so don't let money be an obstacle for you!
FEATURED WORKSHOPS:
Production
Field Recording
Interviewing Skills
Voice for Radio
Radio Plays
Writing for Radio
Digital Editing
Intro to DJing
"Four Very Different Programmers and Their Shows"
Technical:
Intro to Audio
Intro to Radio
Advanced Tech Topics
Automation
Moving Sound Around Town
Intro to Noise
The Doctor Is In
Organizational:
Station Governance
Business Skills for Radio
Organizing a Radio News Operation
Plenaries:
The Movement for a More Democratic Media
The Past, Present and Future of LPFM
