Art Bell’s Return Will Be on Terrestrial Radio, too
Last month I told you about nocturnal radio king Art Bell’s scheduled return to broadcasting. At first it looked like his show, Midnight in the Desert, would be internet-only, save a single shortwave broadcast. But now 17 AM and FM stations have signed on as affiliates. Another shortwave station, the infamous WBCQ, will also broadcast […]
$1,200 Civil Penalty for College Radio Station WMEB for Public File Violations
University of Maine, Orono’s student-run college radio station WMEB-FM is being asked to pay a $1,200 penalty to the United States Treasury because of long-standing public file violations. According to a Consent Decree released today by the FCC, in the course of WMEB’s license renewal, it was reveled that “quarterly issues and programs lists were […]
LPFM Watch: NAB Opposes REC’s 250 Watt LPFM Proposal, KMRD Launch, and More News
With not too many remaining pending low power FM (LPFM) applications, we are starting to see very few construction permit grants at this point. The only new construction permit granted this week was to St. Joseph’s, Sykesville, Roman Catholic Congregation, Inc. in Eldersburg, Maryland. (more…)
Will community radio benefit from India’s FM expansion?
The Indian media/commerce newsblog exchange4media is optimistic about community radio in that huge country. It has an interview with marketing expert Ashish Pherwani, who says that the expansion of FM in India will make the radio landscape there more diverse. Get ready to see “very small, regional players who are going to run one or two […]
KEXP to Launch “Under the Needle: the KEXP Sessions” over College and Community Radio
Non-commercial radio station KEXP has created quite a name for itself with its emphasis on live in-studio sessions in its Seattle digs and has been recording hundreds of performances every year. Beginning this fall, KEXP will start sharing select live performances with college and community radio stations (including new low power FM stations) from all […]
Digital Watch: Net Neutrality In Effect; Apple Music Delivers Fewer Bits
Network neutrality is in effect, as of last Friday, June 12. That’s despite a request by major ISPs for the DC Circuit Court to put the FCC’s Open Internet Order on hold until their challenges get their day in court. Not unexpectedly, the DC Circuit denied that motion. Effectively, the Court wasn’t impressed with the […]
Announcement: Today We Launch the Radio Survivor Podcast
June 16, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RADIO SURVIVOR TO LAUNCH RADIO SURVIVOR PODCAST – WEEKLY NEWS AND COMMENTARY ABOUT RADIO CULTURE Covering all things radio, from podcasting to low power FM, to college radio and digital radio San Francisco, CA & Portland, OR – Radio Survivor, an independent news website devoted to all things radio […]
Radio Survivor Podcast #2: Facilitating LPFM with Sabrina Roach
On this episode hosts Paul Riismandel and Eric Klein talk with Sabrina Roach, a “doer” with Brown Paper Tickets who has focused her efforts on helping to coordinate and encourage low-power FM stations in Washington State’s Puget Sound region. First, Eric tries to define “great radio.” Then Paul and Eric catch up on news from […]
UK announces 1st winners for “small scale” digital radio trials
Ofcom, the United Kingdom’s broadcast regulator, has handed out temporary licenses to ten applicants for the agency’s experiment with “small scale DAB.” These winners will receive licenses to a “digital multiplex” area—”discrete chunks of the airwaves,” to use Ofcom’s language, allowing them to stream a more affordable version of “digital audio broadcast” (DAB) technology. The […]
Mangelore U. of India launches campaign for community radio station
Mangelore University is located on the west coast of India, about 400 miles south of Mumbai. The Times of India reports that its journalism department is pushing to open a community FM radio station: “Radio Mangala.” Judging from the description provided to The Times by G. P. Shivaram, Chair of Mangelore’s J. School, Radio Mangala […]