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Podcast 234 - Wellington Access Radio

Podcast #234 – Community Access Radio in New Zealand

In New Zealand a dozen partially government-funded radio stations are charged with providing access to under-represented groups and communities. Wellington Access Radio, situated in New Zealand’s capital city, was the first station of its kind in that country, and station manager Kristen Paterson tells us more about its history and mission. Kristen explains the funding […]

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Podcast 228 - College Radio Biggest Decade

Podcast #228 – College Radio’s Biggest Decade

Last week we declared that the 2010s were a banner decade for community radio. As Jennifer notes, though college radio had a tough start to the last decade, with the loss of prominent stations like KUSF, KTRU and WRVU, the service seriously bounced back, aided by factors like the low-power FM boom, internet radio, HD […]

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Flowering of Community Radio in the 2010s

The Greatest Flowering of Community Radio in History Happened in the 2010s

Mid-way through the last decade I declared that, “[w]ith regard to new stations going on the air, 2015 represented the biggest single-year leap forward for non-commercial and community radio in U.S. history.” That’s because 524 new low-power FM stations signed on that year. That was an increase of 56% over the number of existing LPFMs […]

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Podcast 208 - Radio Podcast Pathfinder

Podcast #208 – Radio and Podcast Pathfinding in San Francisco and Podcast Movement

Jennifer is back from travels, that included Hawaiian community radio, to join Eric and Paul. First up, a question: is “pathfinder” a good replacement for the word “pioneer,” the latter of which has an unfortunate colonial heritage? Listener Pat Flanagan suggested it to us after we asked for input a couple of episodes, so we […]

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LPFM community radio station KBFG sign posted in ground at its former Shack location. Photo: J. Waits/Radio Survivor

Radio Station Visit #158: Community Radio Station KBFG-LP in Seattle

Tucked away in a shed in a northwest Seattle neighborhood was perhaps the tiniest radio station that I’d ever seen: community radio station KBFG-LP. Part of the most recent wave of low power FM stations, it launched in December, 2017 and broadcasts for a 2.5 mile radio to a potential FM audience of around 250,000 […]

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