As of this writing over 125 people have raised more than $8k in GoFundMe support for Todd Urick, a co-founder of the Common Frequency grass roots radio advocacy group. Todd managed the University of California at Davis’ KDVS-FM for a spell, and he has been an indispensable advocate for Low Power FM radio for years. […]
I’m looking forward to meeting Radio Survivor readers this week at College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI)’s National Student Electronic Media Convention in Minneapolis. I’ll be doing two different presentations on Thursday, October 22nd, one focused on college radio history (at 11am) and another in which I’ll share tidbits from my radio station tours. (more…)
When I traveled Washington, D.C. earlier this year, it was tricky scheduling visits to college radio stations, as it was right around Easter weekend and some students were away. For that reason, I was really happy to squeeze in a trip to see American University’s student-run radio station WVAU on Friday, April 3. (more…)
Rabble.ca of Canada has posted a great WINGS interview with Freda Pigru, the manager of a north Ghanan community radio station supported by the Foundation for Rural Education and Development. #radio has the power to make and unmake #development it is up to us all to use radio wisely #GCRN @kunveng26 @gcrntweets @odoijulius — freda […]
Next time your musical ensemble is about to do a big concert, take a lead from this group and do a warm up performance first at a nearby community radio station. Here’s a YouTube of Balkan Alien Sound getting limber with a few songs at Connemara Community Radio just before the band went live at Mullarkey’s […]
As I was writing this week’s MASSIVE College Radio Watch (I’m catching up on several weeks worth of news), I saw a post from XMU DJ Jenny Eliscu that read, “Sadly, yes, @SIRIUSXM’s Classic College Radio channel is only alive for another week. Enjoy it before it’s #RIP.” SiriusXM will still continue programming its other […]
I was pleased to see evidence of the growth of low power FM (LPFM) in the FCC’s latest quarterly update about the number of licensed broadcast stations in the United States. By the end of September, 2015, there were 1,364 licensed LPFM stations, which was 215 more than at the end of June, 2015. (more…)
The FCC released its quarterly list of the total number of licensed broadcast stations. Following the same trend that we’ve seen, the number of licensed stations continues to grow, with the current grand total at 15,470 licensed full power radio stations as of September 30, 2015. (more…)
This should be interesting: performance artist Andrea Fraser will reenact the voices of four men speaking candidly about feminism on a 1972 KPFK-FM radio show. The event is called “Men on the Line: Men Committed to Feminism.” Fraser performs as all four participants based on excerpts of what they said during the Los Angeles based […]
When Don Joyce of the band Negativland passed away in July we learned that the group is in the process of archiving the 34-year catalog of its Over The Edge radio show, anchored by Joyce since the very beginning. Now the first stage of the project is public, with 941 episodes of the program available […]
