Thanks for all the support that has been voiced on indymedia this week. We are up and running streaming our regular schedule once again online (www.freakradio.org), soon to be on the air.

DISCUSSIONS OF HOW THIS WILL HAPPEN ARE PRODUCTIVE. Thanks for considering how we can do this best. If we can maintain a PRODUCTIVE dialogue and discussion that would be helpful. Unfortunately, a lot of gusanos and snitches prowl the indymedia sights and comment frequently, distracting us from honest dialogue with provocation. You've seen it happen, you know what and who I mean. So don't get sucked into their drama and don't be provoked (I'm making this my mantra, so that I won't respond to n5667's "I never killed any natives..." comment).

Anyways, Pathetic, thanks for writing. Your attitude isn't necessarily helpful or appreciated, though. As a Free Radio volunteer collective member and programmer, I am eager to consider how we could do it "better" this time, although I must say I feel like we did it PRETTY DAMN WELL FOR LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE. Almost 10 years w/o a license and you want to tell us we were stupid for broadcasting from our studio? Nice. Thanks for suggesting getting a LPFM license, but we decided for very good reasons and through consensus decision making that we were not going to do that.

So it's not like we haven't considered other options, pathetic. You seem to think we walked into this situation without considering the ramifications of our decisions. We stayed on the air uninterupted longer than any pirate staion has for a while. Give us a little credit please.

If you have suggestions, great. Let's make them suggestions and not cavelier and presumptuous criticisms of a very effective and carefully thought out strategy.

You think we should put an antenna in a location separate from our studio? Well here's your chance to suggest one. We are actively exploring several options and if anyone wants to OFFER A SPACE instead of finding fault in our old set-up, please contact the collective at 427-4523.

Thanks again to our supporters worldwide who have written and called sending solidarity and support.

- dj danielsan -