A community radio station experiment, May Day Radio will begin streaming live a few days before May Day to provide a coordinated voice—a source of information and inspiration as the day approaches. Programming will include special guests, music, segments on the history and significance of May Day and voices from across our diverse community. In addition to a livestream, our friends at ExiTrip have
helped us engineer an innovative way to blanket marches and actions with an FM signal. By repurposing obsolete iPod nano accessories (originally used to send a signal from an iPod to a nearby radio), we’ll turn an army of protesters with smartphones into a roving band of microtransmitters, each of them retransmitting our radio show. Bring an FM radio with you on May Day and you’ll pick up our signal anywhere an action is taking place. You’ll hear live updates on actions across the city as they unfold, great music, a host of speakers, call-ins, spoken love letters to Occupy from supportive luminaries, performances, and just a bunch of generally inspiring content. As the day’s events come to a close, we’ll converge with our radios and headsets to form a giant mobile dance party. In the spirit of this extraordinary convergence of groups dedicated to "creating the world we want to see," May Day radio is an imaginative way to claim space that should be ours but isn’t. Funding is greatly needed to purchase FM transmitters, receivers, batteries, recording equipment, and studio space. Join us!
