I’m doing my best to record audio during my college radio station visits, as I think it adds another dimension to my station tour reports. On this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast (episode 63), I go behind the scenes at Colorado College station The SOCC and University of Colorado, Boulder station Radio 1190. I ended up […]
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Podcast 63 – A Tale of Two College Radio Station Tours
Two stations: KVCU Radio 1190 at University of Coloradio, Boulder and The SOCC, The Sounds of Colorado College. One has a professional general manager, the other a student general manager. One is terrestrial, the other is online. They both have very active participation among their student community and a wide variety of programming. Plus, each […]
Hello KMEC, Low Power FM for Mendocino!
We were having a little family vacation up in Ukiah this week and ran into KMEC-FM, Low Power FM service for Mendocino county. I’m never going to match the radio station visitation record of Jennifer Waits, but I thought I’d take a few photos and post them here. KMEC is part of the Mendocino Environmental Center. The […]
College Radio Watch: Remembering September 11, WKNC’s Law-Themed Podcast and More News
It’s hard to believe that his weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Although I was far away in California, I’ll never forget waking up to the news and then spending the day glued to television reports of the horrific scenes in New York City, Pennsylvania and […]
Podcast 62 – The FCC’s Legacy of Failure & CMJ’s Uncertain Future
The FCC just released its long-awaited revision to media ownership rules. After years of back-and-forth with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals there are very few changes. Prof. Christopher Terry, of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism, argues this represents a monumental failure that places all media ownership rules at grave risk. He joins […]
India clears 115 community radio stations for operation
India’s broadcast regulator, which keeps close tabs on its community radio stations, has given permission to 115 of them to continue operating. They received notice of a list of Grant of Permission Agreements (GOPAs) on August 29. These allow the mentioned organizations to continue running through their license period or up to December 31 or this year, whichever date […]
College Radio Watch: Princeton Review Best College Radio List, CMJ Questions, KZSU in the 1950s and More News
Wow. What a week. It’s only September 2 and the new school year is already packed with college radio news. Yesterday I wrote about the big questions surrounding the future of CMJ and its annual Music Marathon, which should be of particular interest to college radio stations who report charts to the publication and who […]
Radio Recollections: The Sound of Stanford’s KZSU in the Early 50s
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of Fred Krock’s three-part series on San Francisco Bay Area radio in the early 1950s. In part one he gave an overview of what the radio dial sounded like. Fred attended Stanford University at that time, and began recounting how he got involved in the station in part […]
The FCC’s Legacy on Media Ownership: Now with More Failure!
On August 10, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission released The Second Report and Order which concluded the agency’s long proceeding–launched in 2010 and renewed in 2014–dealing with media ownership rules. This order represents yet another failure–and lost opportunity–within the agency’s 13-year legacy of failure in addressing the problems of the consolidation and the sharply diminished […]
Podcast #61 – Focus on Fundraising and Collaboration
Becky Meiers is our guest to help us better understand some best practices for fundraising in community radio. She’s the development director for KBOO in Portland, OR. Becky has tips for planning on-air pledge drives and more fundraising advice for stations of all sizes. We also talk about how and why KBOO is building partnerships […]