Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Canker Sores And Lip Piercings

Christoph Lindenmaier, European Community media pioneer (1953-2009)

if you talk about Free Radio in Austria to speak about Chris Lindenmaier. In the early 90s he was the one who put energetically and with great commitment the foundation for those pirate activities that contribute to the well-known - and essential - channels 94.0 Orange, Radio FRO, freewheel and radio factory etc. lead.

He is a trained, helped to develop plans and, above all, he gave the mostly young Austrian Radiodesperados the certainty that this young not only a fun, but is a highly political issue of self-determined land grab. A struggle for basic rights, which are conducted at all levels: well-drafted, actionist and Tech. And he was more than smart!

During this time I have often called, at Radio LORA, in Zurich, Christoph: For Council to provide technical assistance to conceptual advice. Because only a few years ahead of Austria in Switzerland, the difficult already been mastered. A legal, a free, build a broad self-determined radio.

was the end, it also the quiet Swiss with the often thoughtful eyes closed (who knew in also knows this striking Tick), the piece by piece (might almost say frequency for frequency) to the authorities a Frequanznutzungsregelung wrested: With arguments, with knowledge, with certainty of what is possible to proof. I'm happy that I was able to work with him, and I am saddened by the loss of a true idealist, a converter, a pacemaker.

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