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@open-spectrum.bsky.social
Long-time radio activist promoting license-free access to spectrum. Based in Prague.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthorvitz/
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horvitz.multiplace.org
Audio recording of FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's keynote address to the Grassroots Radio Conference, Spokane, Washington, 12 September 2025, describing how the FCC threatens freedom of speech & the press. Followed by her answers to questions from the audience horvitz.multiplace.org/FCC-GOMEZ-SP...
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These two images are the party affiliations of elected officials who were guests on Fox News vs. PBS. In some cases I included lawmakers who were interviewed by a Fox News correspondent too. No kidding this is what they look like. PBS was almost perfectly 50/50.
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 AM
These two images are the party affiliations of elected officials who were guests on Fox News vs. PBS. In some cases I included lawmakers who were interviewed by a Fox News correspondent too. No kidding this is what they look like. PBS was almost perfectly 50/50.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
1 of 3: Experimental Radio News reports that a company named Reflect Orbital has applied to the FCC to deploy up to 100,000 "reflective satellites" to deliver sunlight to specific locations on Earth after local sunset - www.experimentalradio.news/r/1c577317 #radioastro
January 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
1 of 3: Experimental Radio News reports that a company named Reflect Orbital has applied to the FCC to deploy up to 100,000 "reflective satellites" to deliver sunlight to specific locations on Earth after local sunset - www.experimentalradio.news/r/1c577317 #radioastro
1 of 3: Experimental Radio News reports that Reflect Orbital has filed an application at the FCC to deploy up to 100,000 "reflective satellites" to deliver sunlight to specific locations on Earth after local sunset - www.experimentalradio.news/r/1c577317 #astro
Experimental Radio News 14
Selling sunlight at night, making drugs in space, detecting weapons at a distance – and the latest in shortwave, in Experimental Radio News 14.
www.experimentalradio.news
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
1 of 3: Experimental Radio News reports that Reflect Orbital has filed an application at the FCC to deploy up to 100,000 "reflective satellites" to deliver sunlight to specific locations on Earth after local sunset - www.experimentalradio.news/r/1c577317 #astro
1 of 2: Steve Magee reports on Facebook that "Russia’s mysterious UVB-76 radio station, known as 'The Buzzer' or 'Doomsday Radio,' broadcast... a twisted remix of a Soviet cartoon song celebrating missile strikes on Kyiv."
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1 of 2: Steve Magee reports on Facebook that "Russia’s mysterious UVB-76 radio station, known as 'The Buzzer' or 'Doomsday Radio,' broadcast... a twisted remix of a Soviet cartoon song celebrating missile strikes on Kyiv."
1 of 2: "Since 2017, we’ve been developing **R-Mode**, a terrestrial navigation system that uses existing radio beacons and maritime infrastructure to provide independent positioning—no satellites needed" - media.ccc.de/v/39c3-who-c...
Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region
Reports of GNSS interference in the Baltic Sea have become almost routine — airplanes losing GPS, ships drifting off course, and timing s...
media.ccc.de
December 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
1 of 2: "Since 2017, we’ve been developing **R-Mode**, a terrestrial navigation system that uses existing radio beacons and maritime infrastructure to provide independent positioning—no satellites needed" - media.ccc.de/v/39c3-who-c...
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With Rayhunter, we can find out how cell site simulators are being used, and protect ourselves and our communities from this form of surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
With Rayhunter, we can find out how cell site simulators are being used, and protect ourselves and our communities from this form of surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
"It seems the time of phone-driven infotainment systems may be coming to an end, as many companies are starting to move away from supporting Android Auto and Apple's competing functionality... some car brands are also moving away from CarPlay" - www.bgr.com/2049834/why-...
Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? - BGR
In-car, smartphone infotainment systems are a pro for car shoppers, but not necessarily carmakers who'd rather keep your data all for themselves.
www.bgr.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"It seems the time of phone-driven infotainment systems may be coming to an end, as many companies are starting to move away from supporting Android Auto and Apple's competing functionality... some car brands are also moving away from CarPlay" - www.bgr.com/2049834/why-...
US: "The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers 'censorship' of Americans' speech" - www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n... "CONTENT MODERATION"???
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
US: "The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers 'censorship' of Americans' speech" - www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n... "CONTENT MODERATION"???
"This RCR Wireless News report examines global 6 GHz spectrum policies, highlighting regional differences in allocation, regulatory approaches and device certification that impact Wi-Fi 8 adoption" -
content.rcrwireless.com/global-6-ghz...
content.rcrwireless.com/global-6-ghz...
Global 6 GHz spectrum policy and the outlook for Wi-Fi 8 Report
This RCR Wireless News' report examines global 6 GHz spectrum policies, highlighting regional differences in allocation, regulatory approaches, and device certification that impact Wi-Fi 8 adoption.
content.rcrwireless.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"This RCR Wireless News report examines global 6 GHz spectrum policies, highlighting regional differences in allocation, regulatory approaches and device certification that impact Wi-Fi 8 adoption" -
content.rcrwireless.com/global-6-ghz...
content.rcrwireless.com/global-6-ghz...
"As Carr told senators [at the recent oversight hearing] that the FCC is 'not formally… independent,' reporters noticed something astonishing: within minutes, the FCC scrubbed the word 'independent' from its own website. Gone. Erased. Like it had never existed." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
FCC quickly edits website after pro-Trump chair claims it’s not an independent agency
‘Congress long ago determined that the FCC is an independent expert agency,’ FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who now says the agency is not independent, said in 2018.
www.independent.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"As Carr told senators [at the recent oversight hearing] that the FCC is 'not formally… independent,' reporters noticed something astonishing: within minutes, the FCC scrubbed the word 'independent' from its own website. Gone. Erased. Like it had never existed." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband internet satellites... is now plunging toward Earth... [its] propulsion tank may have ruptured... SpaceX is working with NASA & the US Space Force to keep tabs on the newly liberated pieces of space debris" - tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
A SpaceX Starlink satellite is tumbling and falling out of space after partial breakup in orbit
One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites suffered an anomaly in orbit on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that led to its partial breakup, according to the company.
tech.yahoo.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband internet satellites... is now plunging toward Earth... [its] propulsion tank may have ruptured... SpaceX is working with NASA & the US Space Force to keep tabs on the newly liberated pieces of space debris" - tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
1 of 5: "Chinese scientists have reportedly achieved a 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission from a geostationary satellite to Earth using just a 2-watt laser... The new findings were published in the journal Acta Optica Sinica" - interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...
China claims its high-orbit laser communication tops Starlink speed
The primary challenge in satellite laser downlinks is atmospheric turbulence, which distorts and weakens signals.
interestingengineering.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
1 of 5: "Chinese scientists have reportedly achieved a 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) data transmission from a geostationary satellite to Earth using just a 2-watt laser... The new findings were published in the journal Acta Optica Sinica" - interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...
"Nokia had about 960 private 4G/5G customers at the end of September... which is a dominant market share – above 50% ... /But/ its ‘enterprise campus edge’ (ECE) division, which delivers most of its private 5G sales... is up for sale in 2026" - www.rcrwireless.com/20251121/pri...
Mission critical? Mission, failed – inside Nokia’s private 5G omnishambles
Nokia says nothing much has changed in its private 5G strategy. Which is a lie – everything has changed, as it quits the market which it helped to create.
www.rcrwireless.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Nokia had about 960 private 4G/5G customers at the end of September... which is a dominant market share – above 50% ... /But/ its ‘enterprise campus edge’ (ECE) division, which delivers most of its private 5G sales... is up for sale in 2026" - www.rcrwireless.com/20251121/pri...
"VERDAD detects & tracks coordinated mis/disinformation on the radio. By recording radio broadcasts, then transcribing, translating & analyzing them in real-time, we help journalists investigate campaigns designed to spread false information..." verdad.app
Verdad
verdad.app
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"VERDAD detects & tracks coordinated mis/disinformation on the radio. By recording radio broadcasts, then transcribing, translating & analyzing them in real-time, we help journalists investigate campaigns designed to spread false information..." verdad.app
Trump yesterday on X: "The public airwaves, which these networks are using at no charge, should not be allowed to get away with this any longer! They should be properly licensed & pay significant amounts of money of using this very valuable Public space. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trump yesterday on X: "The public airwaves, which these networks are using at no charge, should not be allowed to get away with this any longer! They should be properly licensed & pay significant amounts of money of using this very valuable Public space. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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Russia’s Prosecutor General's Office is classifying Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, as an "undesirable organization.” https://www.dw.com/en/russia-labels-dw-an-undesirable-organization/a-75150923
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Russia’s Prosecutor General's Office is classifying Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, as an "undesirable organization.” https://www.dw.com/en/russia-labels-dw-an-undesirable-organization/a-75150923
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VOA Korean was heard on the airwaves Monday for the first time in nine months, airing the same five-minute news bulletin three times in a row 15:30-15:45 UTC on 9310kHz. https://www.voakorea.com/
VOA 한국어 홈페이지
VOA 한국어 방송의 인터넷 홈페이지입니다. 북한을 중심으로 한 한반도 뉴스와 미국 등 세계 각국의 소식을 빠르고 정확하게 전해드립니다. VOA 한국어 TV의 뉴스쇼와 토론 프로그램, 다양하고 유익한 정보들을 담은 주간 프로그램을 편리하게 시청하고, 워싱턴에서 직접 제작하는 영어 학습 프로그램을 통해 최신 영어를 쉽게 배울 수 있습니다. VOA 한국어 방송의 다양한 라디오 프로그램도 모바일 기기 등을 통해 편리하게 청취하세요.
www.voakorea.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
VOA Korean was heard on the airwaves Monday for the first time in nine months, airing the same five-minute news bulletin three times in a row 15:30-15:45 UTC on 9310kHz. https://www.voakorea.com/
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"Democrat or Republican, we cannot have the government arbitrating truth or opinion,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) tells FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Democrat or Republican, we cannot have the government arbitrating truth or opinion,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) tells FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
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“The FCC is not an independent agency,” its chairman, Brendan Carr, responds to a question from Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) who notes that the commission’s website says it is independent.
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“The FCC is not an independent agency,” its chairman, Brendan Carr, responds to a question from Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) who notes that the commission’s website says it is independent.
1 of 2: "The parent company of One America News (OAN) agreed to provide the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) free access to news videos and stories for distribution on government-backed radio and TV networks that broadcast overseas." Full text of the agreement: thedesk.net/wp-content/u...
thedesk.net
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
1 of 2: "The parent company of One America News (OAN) agreed to provide the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) free access to news videos and stories for distribution on government-backed radio and TV networks that broadcast overseas." Full text of the agreement: thedesk.net/wp-content/u...
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status has learned.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Carr’s Collision Course
FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status...
www.status.news
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status has learned.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
"Ted Cruz, who was among the first conservatives to break ranks & call foul on Carr's threats against ABC in September, is bringing the FCC chair before the Senate Commerce Committee for a hearing that begins at 10 am ET... watch live via C-SPAN, YouTube" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
Good morning. Here's the latest on WBD, Vanity Fair, Netflix, Meta, Sinclair, the NYT, "Disclosure Day," and much more...
view.newsletters.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Ted Cruz, who was among the first conservatives to break ranks & call foul on Carr's threats against ABC in September, is bringing the FCC chair before the Senate Commerce Committee for a hearing that begins at 10 am ET... watch live via C-SPAN, YouTube" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
UK: "Nothing says proud patriotism like sitting back and watching a foreign leader bankrupt your country’s national broadcaster" - www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/usu...
Usual proud patriots and free speech champions urge Trump to destroy BBC
Nothing says loving your country like wanting a foreign leader to bankrupt the national broadcaster.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
UK: "Nothing says proud patriotism like sitting back and watching a foreign leader bankrupt your country’s national broadcaster" - www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/usu...
1 of 2: "During an announcement from the Oval Office on Monday night, Trump said he’s 'suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth, literally. They actually had me saying things that I never said coming out of my mouth,' Trump said. 'I guess they used AI or something'" - futurism.com/artificial-i...
"I Guess They Used AI or Something": Trump Says BBC Journalists Deepfaked "Words in My Mouth, Literally"
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC on Monday night, seeking a whopping $10 billion in damages.
futurism.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
1 of 2: "During an announcement from the Oval Office on Monday night, Trump said he’s 'suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth, literally. They actually had me saying things that I never said coming out of my mouth,' Trump said. 'I guess they used AI or something'" - futurism.com/artificial-i...