Last week I started my new Radio Survivor Scavenger Hunt series, in which I’m sharing pictures of items that I’ve spotted at radio stations during my travels. The first week focused on station graffiti and this week’s quest will reveal a range of music genre charts that I’ve seen at stations. Interestingly, many non-commercial stations […]
I hadn’t really given much thought to how DJs in Boston coped with the the lockdown during the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect until I read a fascinating story about a college radio DJ at M.I.T. radio station WMBR in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jon Bernhardt, the long-time host of the Friday morning edition of […]
As I complete this week’s radio station scavenger hunt, my final station stop is to Stanford University’s station KZSU. When I visited in 2009, I didn’t see much graffiti. In fact, the station had a strong anti-graffiti policy as noted on the sign pictured above. At the time, graffiti seemed to be confined to this […]
The United Kingdom’s broadcast regulatory agency says that it has authorized the licensing of community radio stations on the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes the islands of Alderney and Sark, all part of the Channel Islands. This is a bit complicated, because Guernsey, which is located off the coast of northern France, is not actually […]
This week I started a new Radio Station Scavenger Hunt series. As I’ve searched through the hundreds of photos that I’ve taken at nearly 50 radio station visits, it’s become clear that there are certain items that are frequently found at a range of different stations. In the past I’ve written about the 5 things […]
In this new Radio Station Scavenger Hunt series, I will uncover some of my favorite items that have been spotted at radio stations all over the country. This week I’ve been posting photos of graffiti found at various radio stations. On Monday, the graffiti was from Lewis and Clark college radio station KLC in Portland. […]
In this new Radio Station Scavenger Hunt series, I will uncover some of my favorite items that have been spotted at radio stations all over the country. Yesterday I shared a picture of graffiti from the Lewis and Clark college radio station KLC in Portland. Today’s picture is from KSFS at San Francisco State University. […]
At this point I’ve visited more than 50 radio stations all over the country. It’s getting to the point where I now look for certain items during my visits because I expect to see particular things over and over again. I’ve already written about the 5 things that one is likely to spot at a […]
I’ve been a DJ and volunteer at Foothill College radio station KFJC-FM for nearly 15 years now and one of my favorite times of year at the station is the Month of Mayhem. During the month of May, DJs prepare in-depth specials that delve into a variety of mostly music-related topics. There are always specials […]
Over the weekend I had the most amazing time at the What is Radio? conference in Portland, Oregon. Scholars and radio practitioners from all over the world convened in order to talk about the past, present, and future of radio. One of the most powerful panel discussions was Friday’s “Making Waves Behind Bars” session. Phil […]
