June 25, 1999

Radio Free Cascadia Jammed

Radio Free Cascadia
Celebrating One Year of Community Based Micropower Radio
PO Box 12200 Eugene, OR 97440
Radio985@efn.org

On Friday June 18 at approximately 2:00 p.m. Radio Free Cascadia at 98.5 MHz was mysteriously jammed in an isolated area corresponding to the Reclaim the Streets rally. The Reclaim the Streets rally was supposed to include a live broadcast of dance music as the main audio entertainment.

The RFC collective feels it was the work of some governmental agency determined to sabotage the day's events and provoke police violence. This is the first time that we know of that our transmission has been tampered with.

The RFC collective feels that it is imperative that the people of Eugene are aware that community supported free speech is being infringed upon at all levels. This incident proves that there are forces at work that will resort to extreme measures to destabilize situations and put innocent people in danger for political gains.

RFC is a non-violent direct action to assert the people's right to freedom of all media and we will continue to operate under our normal schedule.