Stephen Dunifer

Stephen Dunifer (born 1951/1952) is an American radio engineer, author and anarchist socialist who founded Free Radio Berkeley in 1993 Berkeley, California.[1]

Stephen Dunifer
Born1951/1952 (age 68–69)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationRadio engineer, author
OrganizationFree Radio Berkeley
Websitewww.freeradio.org

Free Radio Berkeley

Free Radio Berkeley, an unlicensed micropower pirate radio station, was an expression of Dunifer's socialist anarchist principles, and was inspired by Black Liberation Radio in Springfield, Illinois and by Japanese micropower radio stations. Free Radio Berkeley was involved in a protracted legal case with the Federal Communications Commission in the mid-1990s. At the time, it was illegal to broadcast on less than 100 watts.[2] They were eventually acquitted of all charges.

FRB eventually stopped broadcasting and turned their resources to developing new micropower technology and training activists in the use of pirate radio. They were replaced on the dial by Berkeley Liberation Radio, which has also been a target of the federal government.

Dunifer is also the author of several books on the micropower movement. He was coeditor, along with Ron Sakolsky, of Seizing the Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook.[3] Dunifer offers a variety of radio broadcast kits and accessories for sale through his website.

References
  1. Tarleton, John (June 2000). "Interview with Stephen Dunifer, Microradio Pioneer". johntarleton.net. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. Downing, John (John Derek Hall) (2001). Radical media : rebellious communication and social movements. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. pp. 349–350. ISBN 9781452221090. OCLC 804845976.
  3. Sakolsky, Ron (1998). Seizing the Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-873176-99-3.
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