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For Voices of Low-Power Radio, a Collective Shout

Eric Muhs, a teacher at Ballard High School, listens to KBFG’s broadcast of a basketball game in Seattle, Dec. 13, 2017. In the last year, a diverse new wave of stations has arrived in urban America, united by the word “alternative” and broadcasting from basements or attics. “We’re bootstrapping it,” said Muhs, one of KBFG’s founders. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)