radio on Vice

  • The Greek Government Tried and Failed to Close Their PBS

    On Tuesday, it was announced that the ERT—Greece's public television network—would be closed down as part of austerity measures the country agreed to when it was bailed out in 2010. Soon after the announcement was made, laid-off workers returned to their former office in Athens, took control of the company's broadcast frequencies, and began transmitting their own programs. Full story

    2013 Jun 15 Matthaios Tsimitakis News
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  • Los Zetas Drug Cartel Has Their Own Radio Network

    Drug cartels are all over the place in Mexico, but the Los Zetas have gained the title of the most technologically advanced and dangerous cartel in the country. They’re ex-paramilitary, tooled up like a miniature army, and have even set up their own radio communications network t… Full story

    2013 Jan 2 Sam Clements News
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  • Motherboard

    The Silent Dish

    In 1956, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was formed in rural Green Bank, West Virginia, and became the hotbed of radio astronomy in the United States. But now, with cell phones, wi-fi, and radio stations emitting massive amounts of radio waves, doing research at the NRAO… Full story

    2012 Sep 28 Motherboard Tech
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  • The Currency Of Pop

    When Did Music Get So Shit?

    So the new iPod can store 10,000 songs. Does anybody really have 10,000 favourite songs? Full story

    2005 Dec 1 Brian Mannix Music
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