I first became obsessed with Harold Camping and Family Radio nearly a year ago when I heard Camping’s bold statements about the impending rapture and end of the world. Part of what made his radio broadcasts so compelling was that he expressed his beliefs with absolute certainty. When callers to his “Open Forum” talk show […]
Over the weekend the 72nd annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) conference was held in New York City. The student radio event provided an opportunity for high school and college radio stations to participate in sessions, workshops, and special events focused on the art of broadcasting. On Saturday, March 3, IBS held its annual Student Radio […]
An article in the Colorado Daily last week announced that changes are afoot at University of Colorado’s college radio station KVCU-AM, popularly known as Radio 1190. A re-branding effort along with a new website, the elimination of several paid student staff positions, a stronger collaboration between student journalists and the station, and the digitization of […]
A short film about University of Michigan’s college radio station WCBN was making its way around my social media universe today. The 12-minute documentary, “Just Listen,” by Brittany Burr captures the college radio world perfectly. A variety of DJs describe why the station is important to them (one of my favorite quotes: “WCBN is not […]
This week mtvU released the list of the 10 finalists for their annual College Radio Woodie Award. As we wrote last week, the nominations period resulted in a list of 25 college radio stations initially. If you are interested in voicing your opinion on who the winner should be, you can vote online through March […]
The extent of broadcaster fears of a Federal Communications Commission indecency fine were illustrated yet again on Wednesday, when NPR’s Fresh Air Bowdlerized the title of Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, soon to be released as a movie. “Imagine working in a homeless shelter,” Fresh Air host Dave Davies began […]
The FCC just released the tentative agenda for its March open meeting, to be held March 21. LPFM and translator stations are on the agenda: Creation of a Low Power Radio Service Report and Order: The Commission will consider a Report and Order to implement a market-specific FM translator processing scheme, adopt application caps to […]
NPR has weighed in again on how to implement the Local Community Radio Act of 2010, which gives the green light to more Low Power FM signals across the country. The ex parte filing takes on the question of whether the Federal Communications Commission should tackle the backlog of applications for translators (which extend the […]
The Grand Junction Sentinel notes a positive development for Colorado Mesa University’s KMSA, perhaps stemming from its inclusion in the mtvU Woodie top 25 College Radio Station list. The campus has begun airing the station in its University Center. “They’re finally playing us on the second floor now,” KMSA general manager Kyle Cooper told the […]
According to an article in Wednesday’s Daily Texan, a proposal recently surfaced that made a recommendation to sell University of Texas student radio station KVRX. The preliminary proposal to sell KVRX (as well as student television station TSTV) was presented in November 2011 by the former director of Texas Student Media (which oversees all student […]
