I’m Going Nuts for this Little Acorn Radio
I must have been a pretty good boy in 2015 because on Christmas morning I found in my stocking a cute wooden radio that is shaped like an acorn, and is about the same size. It’s made by the Dutch company Kikkerland, which also puts out other small novelty accoutrements, like robot tea infusers and […]
Live365 and the importance of the revenue percentage option
Live365 has sounded the alarm regarding the Copyright Royalty Board’s latest proposed copyright royalty rate schedule. Layoffs and worse are in the offering. The CRB’s latest tithes: (1) Commercial Webcasters: $0.0022 per performance for subscription services and $0.0017 per performance for nonsubscription services. (2) Noncommercial Webcasters: $500 per year for each channel or station and […]
Visiting My Former Haunt: Pomona College Radio Station KSPC
While attending the University of California Radio Network (UCRN) conference at Pomona College in Claremont, California last month, I was excited to once again revisit the Pomona College radio station KSPC-FM. I was a volunteer and DJ there during the 1997-1998 school year and it’s always nice to return to the station (I also visited […]
India on community radio: we are getting no complaints (so far)
Good news (or at least sort of) on the India community radio front. That country’s Rajya Sabha (Council of States) recently received some kind of report-back from India’s Minster of State for Information and Broadcasting. According to India’s Business Standard, the Minister said that “so far” his office has received no formal complaints about the […]
The art (or lack thereof) of repeating songs on the radio
The latest radio news from Austria is a bit unexpected. The other day one Joe Kohlhofer, a morning show host on the Antenne Kärnten hits radio station, barricaded himself in his studio and played Wham’s Last Christmas no less than 24 times. (more…)
Colorado community radio station auctions off Joe Cocker’s Jaguar
KVNF-FM, community radio service for western Colorado and eastern Utah, has auctioned off Joe Cocker’s Jaguar for a little over 25,000 dollars. The happy couple (below) who purchased the item look deservedly pleased with themselves. Grand Junction Couple Takes Home Joe Cocker’s Jaguar https://t.co/SBNCNWXSV3 pic.twitter.com/dRAJCJMafM — KVNF Community Radio (@KVNFradio) December 11, 2015 The Jaguar in question is a 1995 […]
2015 Year in Review: College Radio is Thriving
Earlier this year when I was recapping the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) conference for the Radio Survivor Podcast (an event that I also spoke at), Paul asked me if there was an overarching sentiment or theme that I gleaned from the conference. I struggled to point out any specific theme and as I’ve spent more […]
LPFM Watch: A Couple of Dismissals and an Impending Launch for Riverwest Radio
As the year draws to a close, more and more low power FM (LPFM) stations are getting on the air. In light of that, Paul offers some sage advice to new LPFMs, suggesting that they look closely at how a station is programmed from the very beginning. In FCC news, two LPFM applications were dismissed […]
A Visit to the Dorm Basement Home of College Radio Station WMCN at Macalester College
I arrived a bit early in the Minneapolis area when I was in town for the College Broadcasters Inc. conference in October and was very thrilled to see some historic college radio stations, including WMCN 91.7 FM at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. (more…)
A Subjective History of Podcasting
Trying to catch up on my podcast queue, I tuned into this recent episode of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything podcast, entitled, “Secret Histories of Podcasting.” In it he goes digging into the very early days of the medium in the early 2000s, when Dave Winer–who wouldn’t talk to him for the podcast–hacked a version […]