School's out for summer but Free Radio SAIC will still be on air. To check out our schedule go to http://www.freeradiosaic.org/program/schedule/ and for a list last semester's shows to access their archives go to http://www.freeradiosaic.org/program/shows/ Have a great summer, and congratulations to the 2008 graduates!

I checked out the NPR site a few doors down from the Whitney and had a great time (I met James Chimpton!)... I will post more photos over time. Check out this video detailing the project on the Whitney site:
http://whitney.org/www/2008biennial/www/?section=artists&page=artist_npr

On April 22nd Free Radio co-sponsored Noontime Melodies' first event in the Ballroom! Free live music and food as a way to gather our community and spice it up! Look out for future events-- especially in the Fall of 2008! Questions? bbanko@saic.edu

Check out the archived performances from the Free Radio/SAIC/Neighborhood Public Radio/Whitney Biennial broadcasts. Click on "See Complete Schedule", then Click on the "FRIDAY FR-SAIC-NPR-WB" block on the schedule to lead you to all of the archives for this amazing series. They are usually posted the Monday after the live performace.
Oh, and here's the whole schedule:
THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS 4-5 CST (5-6 EST):
March 7th: Juliana Pivato
March 13th: Sam Nigrosh
March 14th: Kym Olsen & Trevor Martin
March 20th: Sebastian Alvarez
March 21st: Jason Soliday & Robb Drinkwater
March 27th: Sarah Febbraro
March 28th: Brett Balogh's DIY Broadcasting Class
April 3rd: Sean O'Connell
April 4th: Mt. Baldy Expedition: James Barry and Hui-min Tsen
April 10th: David Alcalde
April 11th: Glenn Bach and John Kannenberg
April 17th: Devin King
April 18th: LeRoy Stevens
April 24th: Erin O-Brien
April 25th: Brett Balogh's DIY Broadcasting Class
May 1st: Adrian Moens
May 2nd: Noe Cuellar & Lisa Abbatomarco
May 8th: Mairead Case
May 9th: Jennifer Sporcich & Patrick Braden Woody
May 15th: Matt Test
May 16th: Chris Royalty
May 22nd: Caroline Picard
May 23rd: Brett Balogh
May 30th: Inge Hoonte (w/ Mark Gallay, Dan St. Clair)

This NPR (www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org) will be tapping into our stream Fridays 4-5 from March 7th-May 30th. "NPR will install a broadcast point inside the Whitney Museum as well as transmit programming from another publicly accessible location in New York. It will also install remote studios or “Portable Radio Instruments”(PRIs) in cities across the US, each sending live community radio programs to the New York hub." Check out the list of artists under FR-SAIC-NPR-WB on the schedule. And Check out this press release for more info! http://www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org/pdf/NPR_WB_press_release.pdf