This week began on such a high note, with Troy Price’s kind words about my college radio reports on the Radio Survivor Show/Podcast. In his Podcast Business Journal piece, If You are Passionate You Will Succeed, he writes:
Listen to Jennifer Waits talk about college radio over on the Radio Survivor Podcast. She thinks, breaths, and dreams college radio. When she tours a station you can hear her commitment to the medium as she searches for what makes each DJ unique and what is universal across all of college radio. No one talks about college radio like she does.
It’s so gratifying to hear that my passion for radio is apparent on the podcast and it’s a joy for me to bring some of the more under-the-radar stories about all types of radio culture to light. This week’s episode is no exception and I had a blast talking with former college radio DJ Julia Thomas about her world travels to see community media in action in Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Nepal, India, and South Africa.
Speaking of radio station tours, we’ve crafted some post cards from my travels, which are available to our Patreon supporters. At Radio Survivor we’d like to do more traveling and create more in-depth content. Your ongoing support helps us to broaden our work.
More College Radio News
New stations
- Texas Southern University Launches Student-run, E-radio Station (HBCU Buzz)
- First Campus Station in Zimbabwe (Radio Voice of the People Zimbabwe)
- There’s a New Radio Station on the Air in Providence (WJAR)
Station Sales
- Sold: University of Jamestown’s KJKR (All Access)
Infrastructure
- Student Radio to the Rescue: WSUM Houses Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism While Cleanup from Water Damage Continues (Wisconsin Watch)
- Clemson Student Media Orgs Transition to University’s Communication Department (Clemson University)
Alumni
- 1988 Grad Works to ‘Keep the Faith’ While Chasing his Broadcast Dreams (Westminster College Network)
Profiles of Stations and DJs
- Panjab University Community Radio Celebrates 8th Anniversary (Punjab News Express)
- bFM is Turning 50 and Other Radio Stations are Still Shit (The Spinoff)
- WVKR DJ Marks 25 Years on the Air (Highlands Current)
History
- bFM is Turning 50 and Other Radio Stations are Still Shit (The Spinoff)
- 16 Years after Nightclub Fire, College Radio DJ’s Legacy Lives On (Falmouth, MA Patch)
- Suddenly, Tammy! Reflects on Career and Fame Following CMJ Cover (Lancaster Online)
- ‘Walk this Way’ Looks at How Aerosmith and Run-DMC’s Famous Partnership Changed Music (WGBH)
Programming
- Columbia College Mutes R. Kelly (Columbia Chronicle)
- WSUM’s 17th Birthday Music (Madison Magazine)
- Students Broadcast Series of Live Shows for Leicester Comedy Festival (De Montfort University)
Events
- 95bFM’s 50th Anniversary Event in Photos (Undertheradar)
- From LA with Noise, Punk Band White Fang Lines up Raucous Gigs (News Miner)
- WSOU Launches New Alumni Speaker Series (Seton Hall University)
- Lasell College Radio Takes on New York City for the IBS Awards (The 1851 Chronicle)
Funding
- Crowd Funding and WQAQ College Radio (Quinnipiac Chronicle)
- Ontario’s Student Choice Initiative Threatens Funding at Campus Community Radio Stations (Rabble.ca)
Awards and Accolades
- WZIS Nominated for 11 National Awards (Indiana State University)
- Goshen College Broadcasting Students Rack up More Awards (The Record)
- University of Tennesee at Martin Students Bring Home Conference Honors (The Pacer)
- Entries for Charles Parker Prize Due by February 25 (The Charles Parker Archive Trust)
