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WSCA-LP (106.1 FM) is a low-power
WSCA-LP began broadcasting on September 12, 2004. Its launch came at the end of a three-day
"Our Sixth Barnraising"
''Prometheus Radio Project.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.Portsmouth Community Radio. (n.d.)
"Brief history of WSCA"
''Portsmouth Community Radio.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.Sassaman, Hannah. (2004, September 9).
. ''Save Grassroots Radio mailing list archive.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013. The station's parent organization is the Seacoast Arts and Cultural Alliance.
. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved 2 August 2013. Prometheus Technical Director Pete Tridish said the group "wanted to help build a station right in the state of the man in the Senate, Senator Judd Gregg, who has done the most to oppose community radio." Gregg's senatorial challenger, Doris Haddock, Doris "Granny D" Haddock was invited to speak at the barnraising.Donnis, Ian. (2004, August)
"Proponents resume push on micro-broadcasting
. ''Providence Phoenix''. Retrieved 2 August 2013.Trodson, Lars. (2000, October 20).
Director fights for some space on the airwaves
. ''Portsmouth Herald.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.
"Station Profile: WSCA 106.1 LPFM – Portsmouth Community Radio"
''Prometheus Radio Project.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting.
Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
station in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on ...
; the mission of Portsmouth Community Radio is to operate a nonprofit, listener supported, volunteer driven, non-commercial FM community radio station dedicated to serving the greater Portsmouth community.
History
WSCA-LP began broadcasting on September 12, 2004. Its launch came at the end of a three-day Prometheus Radio Project
The Prometheus Radio Project is a non-profit advocacy and community organizing group with a mission to resist corporate media consolidation and radio homogenization in the United States.Hill, Ricky. "Prometheus Radio Project (United States)." '' ...
"barnraising" event during which time a vacant factory space was converted into a fully functional radio station. More than 200 volunteers attended the event from several distant states as well as Canada and England.Prometheus Radio Project. (2004)"Our Sixth Barnraising"
''Prometheus Radio Project.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.Portsmouth Community Radio. (n.d.)
"Brief history of WSCA"
''Portsmouth Community Radio.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.Sassaman, Hannah. (2004, September 9).
. ''Save Grassroots Radio mailing list archive.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013. The station's parent organization is the Seacoast Arts and Cultural Alliance.
Political significance
Judd Gregg
Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and a United States senator from New Hampshire from 1993 to 2011 where he was Chairman of the Heal ...
, then-senator and former governor of New Hampshire, led the opposition to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains ju ...
's plans to license low-power radio stations, most notably by sponsoring the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act.House Report 106-567 - RADIO BROADCASTING PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000.. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved 2 August 2013. Prometheus Technical Director Pete Tridish said the group "wanted to help build a station right in the state of the man in the Senate, Senator Judd Gregg, who has done the most to oppose community radio." Gregg's senatorial challenger, Doris Haddock, Doris "Granny D" Haddock was invited to speak at the barnraising.Donnis, Ian. (2004, August)
"Proponents resume push on micro-broadcasting
. ''Providence Phoenix''. Retrieved 2 August 2013.Trodson, Lars. (2000, October 20).
Director fights for some space on the airwaves
. ''Portsmouth Herald.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.
Programming
Portsmouth Community Radio is a mixed format station. Like many community stations it broadcasts diverse and alternative programming, most of which is produced locally and reflects the cultural, educational, artistic, civic, and business fabric of the listening community. It has become known for its original public affairs programs, which number more than those of the localNPR
National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...
affiliate.Prometheus Radio Project. (n.d.)"Station Profile: WSCA 106.1 LPFM – Portsmouth Community Radio"
''Prometheus Radio Project.'' Retrieved 2 August 2013.
See also
*List of community radio stations in the United States
Following is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States, including both full-power and low-power non-commercial educational services. The list is divided into two sections:
* Full-power community stations
* Low-pow ...
References
External links
* {{Portsmouth Radio SCA-LP SCA-LP Community radio stations in the United States Portsmouth, New Hampshire Radio stations established in 2004 2004 establishments in New Hampshire