Webcast Royalty Rates Set for College, Community & Public Stations
The Copyright Royalty Board recently released two orders that affect community and college radio stations. The CRB sets the royalty rates that webcasters pay for the right to play recorded music. Royalties are paid to SoundExchange, a non-profit group that distributes payments to musicians and record labels. These payments only apply to online streaming broadcasts, […]
Nuggets of Twitter Wisdom on Succeeding with Podcasting
On Tuesday I participated in a Twitter chat about podcasting organized by MediaShift as part of their EducationShift chat series. Stacy Forster of the University of Wisconsin-Madison moderated the chat, and we were joined by impressive panel of podcasting, journalism and education experts, including MediaShift’s Mark Glaser, host of The Mediatwits podcast; Jule Gardner Banville, of the University […]
Radio Survivor Podcast #20: The Meaning of Independence in Media
Jennifer joins Eric and Paul for the entire show, which includes a wide-ranging discussion on what it means to produce independent media today. First, we follow-up on the sale of Centenary College station WNTI to the University of Pennsylvania’s WXPN, then Jennifer reports on some good news in college radio, along with the winners of […]
Supporters rush to help community radio advocate pay for brain injury costs
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. […]
See Jennifer Speak about College Radio History and Culture at the National Student Electronic Media Convention
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…)
Hear Eric and Paul on the Radio Free Culture Podcast
Cheyenne Hohman, director of the Free Music Archive, was the first guest on the Radio Survivor Podcast. She returns the favor by having podcast hosts/producers Eric Klein and myself on her own Radio Free Culture podcast. This is the first part of our conversation where we talk about about podcasting, webcasting, terrestrial radio, and how […]
My trip to College Radio Station WVAU at American University
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…)
How Freda Pigru got women to talk on her Ghanan community radio station
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 […]
Balkan band warms up at Irish community radio station before main concert
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 […]
College Radio Watch: Music App for College Radio, CMJ Winners + More College Radio Stations Launch
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 […]