OPEN CALL: RadiaLx2012

June 28-30 2012
http://radialx.radiozero.pt

Open Call

The aim of this Call is to provide opportunity for the radio and sound art
community to express, from producers to instigators, from sound artists to social
researchers. We hope to gather domains of scientific, artistic and technological
research and creativity in order to offer an open and diverse stream of ideas,
voices and sounds as well as contribute to help form an increasing discussion on
the importance and the multiple strategies of the creative radio medium.

The open Call is open to:

1. Stream and broadcast works
2. Studio works/improvisations
3. Public Spaces Broadcasts
4. Workshops and Seminars

Stream and broadcast works

We are looking for pre-recorded programs of any length of format. You can submit
any gender of program, from experimental narrative to documentary, from field
recording to song poetry and more. Preference given to standard 30m or 1 hour
shows Send your proposals as audio files (or links), with a brief description
(500c)

Performances

Besides broadcast projects, RadiaLx encourages the submission of proposals for
site-specific performance projects and interaction with public spaces.

Studio

The studio is on of the fundamental gravitation points of Rádio Zero activity. The
workspace environment, in which the energies of artistic production,
experimentation and curatorial practice join, provides a unique context for
creating radio.

Workshops

Workshop proposals are focused on the development of radio and DIY projects. This
call is meant for project proposals to be collaboratively developed with the
participants during the festival.
The goals of the workshop are to explore the activation of public space, to
experiment with the radio expressive narrative and aural capacities, and to
investigate its potential to offer new forms of participation.

Deadline for workshop and other proposals: April 30, 2012
Deadline for broadcast proposals: May 30, 2012

Send to: radialx (a) radiozero.pt

http://radialx.radiozero.pt

Hacking from the beginning, starting a good tradition:

A century ago, one of the world’s first hackers used Morse code insults to disrupt a public demo of Marconi's wireless telegraph

LATE one June afternoon in 1903 a hush fell across an expectant audience in the Royal Institution's celebrated lecture theatre in London. Before the crowd, the physicist John Ambrose Fleming was adjusting arcane apparatus as he prepared to demonstrate an emerging technological wonder: a long-range wireless communication system developed by his boss, the Italian radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. The aim was to showcase publicly for the first time that Morse code messages could be sent wirelessly over long distances. Around 300 miles away, Marconi was preparing to send a signal to London from a clifftop station in Poldhu, Cornwall, UK.

(read it full here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228440.700-dotdashdiss-the-gentleman-... )

13 Feb was decided to be, by UNESCO, the International Radio Day. This was profusely celebrated by the radios here in Portugal. Today I awoke and started to think on all of these stations, from the commercial and public service, celebrating this day and not even stoping to think for a minute that the purpose of it is to call attention to the only kind of stations  utterly absent in the portuguese spectrum: free, open access, community radio. One day they will get it.

Zero celebrate with a special broadast: http://www.radiozero.pt/world-radio-day-2012

Resonance 104.4 FM's annual on-air fund raiser runs from 5.30pm on Monday 13th February through St Valentine's Day on the 14th right up until midnight on Sunday 19th February. They have an auction of unique and wondrous items, special live events, celebrity guests, spontaneous competitions and much more. If you love Resonance 104.4 FM and the broadcasts by Radia, please support them via a donation, pledge, bequest, gift or purchase from their shop. The alternative – for the station to take regular on-air advertising – is something we'd all prefer not to contemplate. But Resonance urgently need funds to continue its work. Visit resonancefm.com to make a donation of any size. And do tune in! Thanks!

What is radio ? And what do we understand by ‘the’ radio ? Does it havething-ness, like the time it was seen as furniture covered by a piece of lace ? Is it without thingness, like the voice from an unknown universe ? Or does it takeits thingness from the very voice we do not know, but still recognize ? Is radio
recognition or alienation ? Reality or fiction ? Hard facts or entertainment ?
What is radio all about ? ( what can radio stand for ? ) It is a question that puzzles me. My project is a quest for answers. I therefore ask you: “ What is radio all about ? “ “Do you have the answer? “ Do send it to me spoken in your own words and language.All the messages sent to me will be part of a sound sculpture which I will design on the occasion of the Flemish radio broadcaster VRT’s WILD RADIODAY in March 2012.
I’m looking forward to receiving your reactions … Do not hesitate to forward this message to anyone who have a warm heart for radio.
Ward Weis

http://www.wiralab.com

Interesting call from Germany's national broadcaster. I can think of quite a number of Radia shows which would fit nicely into this environment, once they are chopped down to the required length... Here is the link: http://www.dradio.de/aktuell/1601309/

Deutschlandradio Kultur, a national public culture radio channel in Germany, is starting a new series. "Kurzstrecke" (short haul) is a joint project by the producers of Freispiel (experimental radio drama), Klangkunst (sound art), and Feature (documentary) on Deutschlandradio Kultur.
We support radio dramas that seek new forms of narration, sound art pieces that make noises speak, and artistic documentaries that bring multi-faceted stories to the radio. All this is being produced in the "classic" one-hour format, but also in shorter forms that are nimble enough to break fresh ground and leave stylistic boundaries behind. We will start presenting such audio miniatures in April 2012 on every last Monday of the month at 0:05 h CET (including one re-run a few days later). Therefore:

We are calling for innovative, timely, radiophonic audio pieces. We will select the most interesting submissions, and present them on our monthly late show "Kurzstrecke".

The pieces should be:
- no longer than 20 minutes
- not yet broadcast on German public radio
- previously unreleased on CD
- we accept pieces made available for download as wav files (no aiff or mp3, please) or on CD
- the selected pieces will be bought for two broadcasts. All rights remain with the authors.
- foreign language pieces should be intelligible for German listeners without translation.

Please send your submissions to:
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Abt. Hörspiel / Wortproduktion
Hans-Rosenthal-Platz 1
10825 Berlin
Germany

or send the soundfiles via e-mail to:
Barbara Gerland / Freispiel / Radio Drama (barbara.gerland[at]dradio.de) or
Marcus Gammel / Klangkunst / Sound Art (marcus.gammel[at]dradio.de) or
Ingo Kottkamp / Feature / Documentary (ingo.kottkamp[at]dradio.de)

Belfast based Radia artist Rui Chaves was involved in developing this free app that seems to be targeted at radio artists amongst other rare creatures. I'd be interested in hearing how well it works, they are offering their own icecast server for testing. Here is the how to: http://www.somasa.qub.ac.uk/~liveshout/howto.html

Below is the link and official description.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/liveshout/id469761290?mt=

Liveshout is a mobile streaming app that allows for single orsimultaneous multiple user broadcast. Liveshout works with Icecast streaming technology which allows for flexibility both in terms of
access and usage. The app is designed for locative media, sound and transmission art practitioners as well as amateur broadcasters.

Stream live soundwalks with high quality audio, collect multiple audio live streams for concert presentation or recording, use it as a baby monitor and much more… Try it and let us know about your projects using Liveshout!

List of Features :

    * High quality mono one-way stream
    * Ogg encoding
    * Based on Icecast streaming server technology
    * Single or simultaneous multiple user broadcast architecture.
    * Streams accessible though embedded web player, pure data or VLC
    * Works with wifi or 3G networks
    * Compatible built in or external iPhone microphones for high
quality audio capturing

More and more long wave and short wave radio stations are closing down or reducing their services around Europe, mainly due to cost factors. Now the BBC has found a reason to wind down its 198 kHz service of Radio 4: they can't find any more stock of the metre high glass valves that are needed to drive their 500 kW transmitter.

Expensive electricity bills are often cited as the main reason for the switch-off and I am wondering if the switch-over from analogue to digital has actually reduced the amount of energy used for transmission? If you consider both transmission and reception, is a high powered transmitter coupled with thousands of very low power receivers more or less energy consuming than a cluster of servers and thousands of personal computers and wifi-radios? Whatever the answer, in the digital domain the listener pays a bigger share of the electricity bill.

The Sound Bank is a new initiative from In the Dark, From first-time features to uncompleted passion projects, wild experiments to those great pitches that didn’t quite fit the brief, the Sound Bank is here to help you realise your ideas and explore the world of story telling in sound.
 How does it work? The Sound Bank scheme is offering funding of between £500 and £1500 towards the production of new audio pieces of 3 to 15 minutes duration each. Recipients of the scheme will also be allocated a ‘mentor’ to help with the artistic, editorial and practical realisation of their idea. The finished works will feature at In The Dark events and online. In addition In the Dark offers to promote winning commissions, liaising with broadcasters, webhosts, festivals and competition-holders across the English-speaking world. An independent jury of radio enthusiasts chaired by Nina Garthwaite will award up to four grants. The scheme is open to all – first-time producers and students, migrants from other arts and media as well as experienced radio professionals seeking the opportunity to attempt something bold and adventurous.
Deadlines
 All proposals and showreels need to be submitted by Monday 5th September Results will be published on this site on Friday 30th September
Pieces will need to be completed by January 2012
 For more info :: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/?page_id=1704

CALLING ALL FUTURES!

RADIOFUTURA
Local FM & http://futureplaces.org
The official FuturePlaces radio station

October 19-22, 2011

Digital media and local cultures intersect at FuturePlaces in Porto, bringing discussion and pratice to a common table. RadioFutura will once again be the place to find this intersection in the radio space, directly on your receiver at XX.XMHz in Porto or listening online.

This is a call for works to be streamed and broadcast on RadioFutura under the theme “Digital media and local cultures”. We believe the future of radio is Local. Come and participate!

We’re looking for pre-recorded programs of 30 minutes to one hour in length. Alternatively, if you're brave enough, you can broadcast live through streaming on from our temporary studios in  the city of Porto.

You can submit any kind of program, as long as it is connected to radio, digital culture and/or local cultures in any way. The moto of FuturePlaces 2011 is Intellectual Property, so here’s a starting point if you need one.

SONGS. RANTS. FIELD RECORDINGS. SOUND POETRY. MUSIC. EXPERIMENTAL. HOT TOPICS. PURE WEIRDNESS.

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSALS TO: radiofutura at radiozero.pt

Deadline for submitting your proposals is: September 30, 2011.

Send your proposals as audio files (or links), with a brief description. If you want to do it live, by webstream or in Porto, please send it has proposal/rough draft and technical rider.

RadioFutura is a joint venture between FuturePlaces and Rádio Zero.

See/hear you in Porto (and in the ether) in October !

best regards,

Ricardo Reis
Heitor Alvelos