As we wrote back in August, changes were planned for Knox College radio station WVKC, following a deal with Tri States Public Radio. The student radio station in Illinois was slated to move off its 90.7 FM signal in exchange for a beefed up Internet feed and an HD channel. With the new school year […]
Tuesday marked the 3rd annual College Radio Day and by all accounts it was a successful day full of added attention for student radio stations all over the world (including Colombia, Canada, and Israel). According to College Radio Day founder Rob Quicke, more than 700 radio stations in 43 countries participated. In Georgia, 13 radio […]
On its recently launched You Tube channel, The California Historical Radio Society is archiving a treasure trove of materials related to radio history. Included are some “Living History Series” interviews with radio luminaries like Carter B. Smith, Terry McGovern, Rosie Allen, Ben Fong-Torres and Stan Burford. Additional videos chronicle various events from Radio Day by […]
The impending government shut-down didn’t stop President Barack Obama from penning some kind words about college radio in advance of World College Radio Day on October 1, 2013. In a letter submitted to College Radio Day organizers, Obama writes: “I send greetings to all those participating in World College Radio Day 2013. Since its beginnings, […]
University of Tennessee’s college radio station WUTK 90.3 FM is living on borrowed time as far as its aging transmitter goes. In the midst of a fundraising campaign in order to replace the transmitter and console (to a tune of $25,000 for both), the station is hoping to reach more listeners in the Knoxville area […]
I love college radio history and couldn’t be more thrilled about the exhaustive effort undertaken by the University of Maryland in its new exhibit, Saving College Radio: WMUC Past, Present and Future. Curated by sound archivist, ethnomusicologist and WMUC DJ Laura Schnitker, the exhibit can be viewed in the university library in College Park, Maryland […]
With the start of a new semester, college radio stations are often getting nice write-ups in their campus publications. In a profile in The Phoenix, the back-story of Swarthmore College’s long-time radio station WSRN is revealed. According to the piece, “…WSRN was founded by engineers prior to the ’70s. At one point they ‘rigged up […]
With 24 days left to go in its Indiegogo campaign, College Radio Day is hoping to raise a total of $5000 in order to produce volume 2 of College Radio Day: The Album. When the album is completed, it will be distributed to college radio stations all over the United States. The CD compilation will […]
In the provocative piece, Why College Radio Still Matters, Columbia College junior Torsten Odland dissects the role of the college radio DJ today, comparing it with the presumed pinnacle of college radio DJ influence in the 1980s. A DJ himself at Columbia College radio station WKCR-FM, Odland explains that he had a particular archetype of […]
We’ve been reporting on the rapidly approaching low power FM (LPFM) licensing window and recently conducted a Twitter chat specifically on the topic of college radio and LPFM, but there are still plenty of people out there who are either unaware of the opportunity or who are reluctant to apply. It would be a shame […]
