Projects
Project with University of California, Merced
Common Frequency is in the process of working with students at UC Merced on a project to build a new radio station in Atwater, California. UC Merced, the tenth university added to the University of California system in 2002, is the only campus (minus UCSF) without a radio station. UC Riverside, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara have broadcast FM stations. UCLA and UCSD have internet radio stations due to lack of space on the NCE bands in those communities. UC Merced applied for their own NCE facility in 2007, but due to the FCC's r
Central Valley Radio Project
One of Common Frequency's first priorities was to work with several independent nonprofits to bring more student and community radio to California's Central Valley. Home to 6.5 million people, stretching more than 400 miles, the Central Valley often resides in the shadow of California's more promoted metro areas of the Bay Area, LA, and San Diego. However, the area is composed of ten metropolitan statistical areas, the largest being the Sacramento area (two million people) and Fresno (one million people). The Valley, primarily known around the world for its agriculture, ha
