I’ve really been enjoying doing the Radio Survivor Podcast for the past few months. This week I discuss the news that the old KTRU FM frequency in Houston is up for sale again. Plus, I share more thoughts about the death of media advocate Dan Reimold. I hope you are tuning in every week to […]
Once again it’s time for the Princeton Review’s annual college survey results (registration required), including the deceptively titled “Best College Radio Station” list, which is based on student surveys. I’ve been scrutinizing these lists for years and it always drives me nuts that the rankings are listed as “Best College Radio Station,” when the results […]
I’ve been reluctant to publish my own list of the “best” college radio stations, as it would be an entirely subjective endeavor. Of course I do have some of my personal favorites, but overall, I’m a proponent of all kinds of college radio. I would prefer to expose more people to the breadth of college […]
In this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast (our 4th!) I join Paul Riismandel and Eric Klein as the third co-host for the first half hour of the podcast. In addition to talking about radio in general, I also spent more time discussing some stories that I’ve written about here, including Nikki Marra’s college radio documentary, the […]
Right now I’m making all of my final plans for next week’s College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) conference in Seattle (October 23-25). I’ll be speaking on two panels and am also in the midst of scheduling visits to a bunch of radio stations in the area for my radio station field trip series. This will be […]
This week, the Princeton Review released the results of its annual college survey (registration required). For me the annual Princeton Review list of the “Best” college radio stations is a summer tradition. I like to see if any new schools made the list (sometimes I find out about college radio stations that way). Additionally, schools […]
Over the weekend the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) concluded its annual conference in New York City, honoring exceptional student broadcasters and college radio stations with its IBS Golden Microphone Awards. Winners were announced across 40 different categories, with a wide range of stations taking home trophies. WERG (Gannon University in Erie, PA), WONC (North Central […]
Today the Princeton Review released its latest college guide, which is full of college trivia, including the annual “best college radio station” list of the 20 schools with the most popular radio stations based on student surveys. The Best 378 Colleges, 2014 Edition collects the results of mostly online surveys conducted with more than 126,000 […]
Voting continues for the 2013 mtvU College Radio Woodie Award. After a preliminary nomination period, the number of college radio stations in the running was reduced to 25 and is now narrowed down to voters’ favorite 10 U.S. college radio stations. Online voters can cast ballots until 3:59:59 PM (ET) on March 14, 2013. The […]
Princeton Review’s The Best 377 Colleges, 2013 Edition has hit the shelves, bringing with it a brand new list of the “best” college radio stations in the United States. The guide collects the results of mostly online surveys conducted with more than 122,000 students at the 377 institutions included in the book. An average of […]
