Canada

CKLN 88.1 FM community radio station founded in Toronto, located on the Ryerson College campus

August : community radio broadcasters and community media advocates gathered in Montreal to establish the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)

Mexico

2 al 8 de Mayo : Foros de Consulta Publica en Comunicación Social convocados por Miguel de la Madrid para la definición del Plan de Gobierno donde se presentan 542 ponencias. (SOLIS, 2005)

United States

FIDONET bulletin board system created by Tom Jennings “with a vague anarchist agenda” (Manuel Castells, The Internet Galaxy, 54)