Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Low Power Radio: Rick Karr, Hannah Sassaman, and Michael Copps
Digital Commonwealth — Public Affairs Television & Doctoroff Media Group

Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Low Power Radio: Rick Karr, Hannah Sassaman, and Michael Copps

August 24, 2007

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Public Affairs Television & Doctoroff Media Group

Local news, the heartbeat of democracy, is disappearing from communities around the nation. Bill Moyers talks with journalist Rick Karr and media activist Hannah Sassaman about the uncertain future of America's low-power radio stations, often the last media outlets covering important local events. And Bill Moyers and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps discuss what an even stronger Big Media might mean for objectivity and the marketplace of ideas. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.

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