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                            Call for Papers:
                        Loyola Radio Conference
          Submitted by: Mark Pollock <MPOLLOC@wpo.it.luc.edu>

                          November 8 & 9, 1996
                    DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY, AND DEBATE
                      Radio and the Public Sphere

    Rapid legislative change is altering the impact of technology and
communication in our democratic society.  The regulation of radio
frequencies, designed to prevent monopolies, now encourages concentrated
ownership of the public airwaves.  Does the spectrum present an
inclusive resource for mass communication?  Or does it represent an
exclusive reserve for corporate interests?

    The dominant positions of corporate interests on the radio dial
prevent public access to the medium.  As special-interest legislating
becomes the norm, the challenge becomes finding innovative ways to
return the diversity of alternative voices to this shrinking spectrum.

    This year's Loyola Radio Conference will confront these issues and
search for ways to reinvigorate public participation in mass
communication.  The Conference committee is currently seeking papers, 20
- 25 pages in length, on the following topics:

     Radio Production                   Radio History
     Broadcast Regulations              Radio Programming
     Community Radio                    Micro Broadcasting

    Abstracts and suggestions for conference panels will be accepted
until August 15th.  To be considered for the Marconi College Radio
Research Award, papers must be received by October 15th.  Selected works
will be presented November 8 - 9 at the Loyola Radio Conference in
Chicago.  For more information, please call 312-508- 3408 or email
ckois@wpo.it.luc.edu.

Send submissions to:     Loyola Radio Conference
                         6525 N. Sheridan Rd
                         075 Sullivan Center
                         Chicago IL, 60626


    Papers receiving the Research Award will be considered for
publication by the Journal of Radio Studies.

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