California College Radio Participants Meet Up for Fall 2015 UCRN Conference at KSPC
On Saturday, I headed to KSPC-FM at Pomona College in Claremont, California (my station tour report is coming soon!) for the Fall 2015 UCRN (University of California Radio Network) conference. Staff, DJs, and volunteers from approximately a dozen radio stations from all over California met up to share experiences and tips with their college radio […]
Community broadcasting in 2035: the let’s-get-real version
Radioinfo of Sydney, Australia has some coverage of that country’s Community Broadcasting conference (#CBAAconf). Looks like an interesting event, and one of the panels considered what community broadcasting in 2035 will look and sound like. I can’t say I’m wowed by the excerpted comments, which pondered the state of DAB+ and “curation” two decades ahead. […]
College Radio Watch: Radio Memories at WPRB, KWWC Sold, College Radio DJs as Ultimate Hipsters and More News
I’ve been busy with so many college radio events lately, most recently at CMJ’s first College Day on Tour in Portland, Oregon on Saturday. I recapped the day in a post yesterday and Paul Riismandel and I also chatted about it on this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast (#23!) at around one hour and 18 minutes […]
College Radio Participants Meet Up at CMJ’s Inaugural College Day on Tour in Portland
On Saturday, November 7, Paul Riismandel and I represented Radio Survivor at CMJ’s first College Day on Tour. The all-day event took place at the club Holoscene in Portland, Oregon and featured panel discussions, roundtable chats, as well as live music performances at lunch and at the end of the day by several Portland bands, […]
Community based classical radio: a list
After threatening to do this for some time, I have created the beginnings of a list of locally based / community oriented classical radio shows around the world. Big surprise: most of the list at this point covers classical radio programs in the United States, plus a station in Manitoba. But as time goes on I’ll […]
Bonus Ep – Lasar on TTFM
Why can’t a great idea for an online music listening community turn a decent profit and should it exist in the world even if it can’t make any money?
Podcast #23: How Do You Do That on Instagram?
Social media is something broadcasters and podcasters are advised to embrace, but why? And what the heck is a radio station supposed to do on Instagram? Station builder and social media maven Jeffory Simmons is here to help. He’s been advising community radio and small businesses on how to best use social media, and he […]
Documentary celebrates “way way outermost” radio on Cape Cod
Yet another entertaining documentary about a great community radio station. Outermost Radio saw its world premiere in April and hit the St. Louis film festival on Friday. It’s about WOMR-FM in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which broadcasts to all of Cape Cod. “Outermost Radio really reflects the feeling that people who live out at this end of the cape […]
College Radio Watch: Radio Station Sticker Art at KTRU, CMJ on Tour, Radio Drama, and More News
I’m still thinking back fondly on my trip to Minneapolis and provided a run-down of the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) conference in this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast. As a bonus, I also shared some highlights from my visit to college radio station KUOM (aka Radio K), including audio tidbits from my tour through the record […]
LPFM Watch: Prometheus Wins Grant to Create ‘Impact Maps’
One new low-power FM stations was added to the rolls this week, with a construction permit awarded to Generation Vision in Brownsville, TX. Prometheus Radio Project was awarded a $35,000 Prototype Fund grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grant intends to provide early-stage funding for projects that foster civic engagement […]