A short film about University of Michigan’s college radio station WCBN was making its way around my social media universe today. The 12-minute documentary, “Just Listen,” by Brittany Burr captures the college radio world perfectly. A variety of DJs describe why the station is important to them (one of my favorite quotes: “WCBN is not […]
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College Radio Woodies Narrowed to Ten Finalists for Best College Radio Station Award
This week mtvU released the list of the 10 finalists for their annual College Radio Woodie Award. As we wrote last week, the nominations period resulted in a list of 25 college radio stations initially. If you are interested in voicing your opinion on who the winner should be, you can vote online through March […]
Mesa U college station breaks University Center barrier
The Grand Junction Sentinel notes a positive development for Colorado Mesa University’s KMSA, perhaps stemming from its inclusion in the mtvU Woodie top 25 College Radio Station list. The campus has begun airing the station in its University Center. “They’re finally playing us on the second floor now,” KMSA general manager Kyle Cooper told the […]
Anxiety Swirling at College Radio Station KVRX as Sale Rumors Surface
According to an article in Wednesday’s Daily Texan, a proposal recently surfaced that made a recommendation to sell University of Texas student radio station KVRX. The preliminary proposal to sell KVRX (as well as student television station TSTV) was presented in November 2011 by the former director of Texas Student Media (which oversees all student […]
mtvU College Radio Woodie Award Voting Begins
Last week I found out that mtvU was accepting nominations for its annual college radio award, the “College Radio Woodie.” The call for nominees asked for people to nominate their favorite college radio stations using either Twitter or an online form. Excited about the opportunity to finally nominate a station (I’d missed the chance every […]
University of Toledo Orders Campus Buses to Play Non-Offensive Radio
Sometimes when you are the passenger in a car, bus, or taxi you don’t have much choice about what the driver tunes into on the radio. I’ve been on airport shuttles and have heard an array of sounds, from obnoxious morning show banter to classy jazz music. School children who rode Bus Radio-enabled buses were […]
Radio Obsessive Profile #11: Paper Radio Publisher DJ Frederick
It’s been over a year since I’ve profiled a Radio Obsessive for Radio Survivor and I’m glad to say that I couldn’t resist the opportunity to learn more about DJ Frederick and his Paper Radio ‘zine. According to the Paper Radio blog, “Paper Radio is about shortwave listening, free radio, community radio, DIY media and […]
World Radio Day Feature: Student Radio in Ireland
On Radio Survivor today we are celebrating radio around the world in honor of World Radio Day. Matthew Lasar gave an update about free speech and dissent over the airwaves in his piece, “Radio Dissenters: The Global Struggle for Free Speech.” My contribution focuses on my first love: student radio. Recently I had the opportunity […]
Reed College Donates KRRC License to Community Radio Group
Reed College’s tiny radio station KRRC struggled to be heard over the Portland, Oregon airwaves and now its terrestrial days may be over. Last week paperwork was filed to transfer the class D license for KRRC to Common Frequency, a non-profit devoted to community and grassroots radio. There’s a silver lining to this story, as the […]
KUSF One Year after the Shutdown: Protests Continue, College Radio Station Sale Still Pending
January 18, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of the sudden shutdown of University of San Francisco’s (USF) college radio station KUSF. Back in 2011, the hopeful buyers (Classical Public Radio Network aka CPRN) probably didn’t anticipate that 12 months later the sale would still be awaiting FCC approval. Save KUSF volunteers continue to fight […]