Individuals or organizations can easily set up and broadcast their own internet radio stations. Live365 offers broadcasting services starting at $10/month US ($75/month for organizations) that can be used to disseminate presentations, deliver podcast-type radio shows, and so on. The packages offer royalty fees for those who want to create their own music radio stations, but only for US-based subscribers. This would be a nice tool for a community advocacy campaign.

And here is a really cheap way to set up a private radio station in your hotel room or your organization’s waiting area – the  Belkin TuneCast II (about $25) is recommended by Hexus to play an MP3 player through an FM radio, in a car or anywhere else.  Hexus says that the sound quality is as good as other FM stations; several Amazon reviews say the sound quality is worse. If you can’t connect an MP3 player to a stereo, possibly because you’re on holiday and don’t have your speakers with you, an FM transmitter might be a decent choice.