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Minneapolis has a Somali Low Power FM station
In the wake of the Somali civil war of the 1990s, many people from that country have migrated to Minneapolis. In fact, the city has a neighborhood called Little Mogadishu where Somali immigrants live—around 14,000 of them. Now Minneapolis also has a Low Power FM radio station that focuses on their lives and concerns. KALY-FM 101.7 FM […]
College Radio Watch: Is October College Radio Month?
I hope that you took the opportunity to celebrate College Radio Day last Friday. Did you check out a new station? Do something special at your own station? We’d love to hear your stories, so please feel free to comment on this post. This week’s edition of College Radio Watch will be brief, with just […]
LPFM Watch: First New LPFM Authorized in 7 Weeks
The first LPFM construction permit issued in seven weeks was awarded to Centro de Vida, Inc. in West Palm Beach, FL. This applicant had been in a two-party MX group competing for 98.3 FM. Centro de Vida was able to affect a change in transmitter site sufficient to move its signal out of the same […]
VLOG #1: Portland HD Radio Bandscan
As an experiment of sorts, I decided to shoot my first video blog (or “vlog”) for Radio Survivor. I’ve been wanting to share a bandscan of all the HD Radio stations in Portland, OR, where I live, and I finally got down to it. Although I’m a critic of HD Radio, I do think it’s […]
Centenary College Plans to Sell License for Public-Community Radio Station WNTI
Today Centenary College announced that it plans to sell the license for its community/public radio station WNTI-FM in Hackettstown, New Jersey to another, yet to be identified, public radio station. Up until this point WNTI has been an Adult Album Alternative-focused station airing a mix of local, community-produced programming, NPR news, and syndicated shows like […]
Tanzania hosts East African community radio tech conference
It looks like today (October 7) saw the last day of a big workshop conference for East African community radio stations hosted by the city of Arusha in Tanzania. No less than 16 community radio stations participated; eight from Kenya; four from Rwanda; another four from Uganda. UNESCO sponsored the event, via its “Empowering Local […]
Radio Survivor Podcast #18: Focus on Fundraising with Ann Alquist
Community radio stations cannot survive without fundraising. Ann Alquist provides fresh perspective on raising money, and provocative ideas on how better to put your money and efforts to work. She is the Co-Executive Director of community radio station KDHX in St. Louis, Missouri, and she joins us from the Public Radio Program Directors Conference in […]
Inside KUSP-FM of Santa Cruz’s Triple A music plan
For the last six months the community around struggling community/public radio station KUSP in Santa Cruz, California has been rethinking itself in terms of trees. Earlier this year the signal posited a host of models, among them scenarios dubbed “fig” (news), “walnut” (BBC), and “maple” (NPR on the hour). But in the end, after shedding its […]
The Radio Conference heads to Utrecht in 2016
From July 5 to July 8, 2016 radio researchers and practitioners will gather in Utrecht, Netherlands for the next Radio Conference in a series of Transnational Radio Forums. This year’s conference has a special focus on the transnational nature of these meetings and the organizers have invited participants to emphasize the ways in which research […]
BBC World Service launches radio play competition number 25
The BBC World Service has opened the window for its 25th international radio play competition. Wait! Before you mouse or thumb over to some other story because you don’t live in the United Kingdom, here’s the thing. This contest is only open to “anyone over 18, living outside the UK – whether you’re a new […]