Community Radio
Connecting Communities
 How did we start using community radio?
In 1999, as volunteer DJs at community
radio station WMMT, in Whitesburg, KY, we received hundreds of letters
describing human rights violations in newly opened prisons in our
community. We responded with a radio program called "Holler to the
Hood" to address human rights abuses in the United States criminal
justice system.
First,
we produced a radio program that brought the voices of prisoners'
families to the airwaves. This work introduced us to a national network
of people concerned about the high rate of incarceration and the often
unreported human rights abuses that occur within our country's prison
system.
Get Involved
Every week we do a live radio program "Holler to the Hood" on Monday night from 7-9pm (EST) that you can call into. Call 888-396-1208 and listen to the program at 9pm (EST) every Monday night on WMMT-FM. Click here to listen to WMMT broadcast.
We want to put your story on the air. Call our StoryLine to share your experience with the criminal justice system. Our toll-free line is open 24-hours a day, reach our answering machine at 877-518-0606.
You can use our radio programs on your own community radio station. Download our "radio specials" below to broadcast as part of your Kites project.
Or check out our radio campaigns below!
Download the facilitation guide to start making waves in your community. Click on the image to download.
Thousand Kites Radio Program
"A growing coalition of criminal justice reform activists are fighting for
change and they're doing it through music, theatre, and audience participation.
The group is called a Thousand Kites. It's a nationwide project that enables
the families of prisoners to educate the public about problems within the
criminal justice system, one community at a time. " Visit the National Radio project's website to download this program for broadcast on your local community radio station.
Get involved with our Campaigns
Media Justice, Criminal Justice
Kites is taking the lead in incorporating media justice issues into the
criminal justice reform movement. As policy follows perception, we
believe it is necessary to bring criminal justice reform issues to
light through public-controlled media. Find out more.
Calls from Home
Thousand Kites is excited to offer
community radio stations and individuals the 8th annual national radio
program Calls From Home. The program features phone calls from mothers
and children, brothers and grandparents, sharing the intimate power of
families speaking directly to their incarcerated loved ones. More.
How are people using Thousand Kites radio in their communities?
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In Maine, a prison reform advocate played Kites radio for prisoners at the Hancock Jail and facilitated a discussion afterward.
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In Virginia, a prison-reform group played a program for state legislators as part of an effort to educate them about the criminal justice system.
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In Washington State, a prison activist group used a ten-minute program as part of a fundraising house party.
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At the Louisiana State Prison in Angola, prisoners aired Kites radio on their prisoner-run station, WLSP.
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In Kentucky, California and New York, educators are using Kites radio as part of their curricula for classes.
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