Remote Broadcast Today from Kent “Sub-Station”! wait… what? wtf?

just another chance to blame things on seattle metro transit (boy, those busses are packed these days, aren’t they?):

So, todays Corner Pocket Program was intended to be another typical broadcast from Hollow Earth Radio Headquarters. I was excited, too, because I have been out of town (went to Minnesota to visit the grandma and attend the National Conference On Media Reform) and unable to do the show for the last couple of weeks. But then, I wasnt able to get a ride to the Kent Station to catch my bus to Seattle and the station. I got super bummed for a few minutes but then excited as it seemed like another good opportunity to try this remote broadcast idea that we here at Hollow Earth are so fond of. The Corner Pocket has been doing several remote live performances from Bellingham at Murder Mountain Records, but always from Mac computers. Garrett and I were having a hard time figuring out how to do it with a PC and pc-oriented programs. but i fiddled around today a bit and was finally able to unlock the secret code! So I am currently broadcasting from my families home here in Kent. This shit is so easy. You really need to start your own station soon! Maybe it will look something like this TOTALLY GLAMOROUS POSH “studio”:
A Sky View of The Kent “Station” (my summer house):

A Skyde View of The Kent “Station”:

Set-Up Part One: WAY PAST DUE Media Loan Equipment from Evergreen (here acting as the studio mixing board and microphone):

Set-Up Part Two: WAY BANGED UP Toshiba Laptop, running the free programs Audacity and Win-Amp in order to create the playlist and record the airbreaks and broadcast via the houses WiFi connection:

Set-Up Part Three: The house computer, used here only to monitor the signal and make sure it was working properly:

The outside view of the Hollow Earth Radio Kent Substation:

Hopefully soon Garrett, Amber and I will wrap up and make available our Hollow Earth “Guide To Creating Your Own Internet Radio Station” which will also cover how you can be a part of our coming network of substations, where hopefully you can broadcast house shows and radio dj sets from your town on our “frequency.” Holla!