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 […]
College Radio Watch: Saving College Radio History at WMUC and WPRB + More News
It’s no secret that I’m very interested in the preservation of college radio history and I’m happy to see more and more stations taking on projects to ensure that the importance of college radio is shared more widely. Earlier this week, Laura Schnitker wrote a piece for Antenna that beautifully describes her work archiving college […]
Pacifica Radio Archives ramps up its Campus Campaign
The Pacifica Radio Archives launched a new initiative to reach out to educators this week. I’m guessing that a lot of college and high school teachers still don’t know about all the historic audio goodies you can get from PRA. The archives’ “Campus Campaign” started in 2010 as a pilot project to integrate audio into the […]
LPFM Watch: Emergency Permit for LPFM in Texas Flood Area, WJJA-LP Donates License, and More News
There continues to be a slow trickle of newly granted low power FM (LPFM) construction permits this month, with 5 more granted this week. Additionally, a few applications were dismissed, including Greater Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Duncanville, Texas) and Iglesia Pentecostes del Principe de Paz (Grand Prairie, Texas). Also, a LPFM that is still fundraising in […]
K-PLUM: the case for KUSP as a hybrid classical radio station
There’s an old saying in and around community radio stations: “We do meetings.” That’s definitely the situation over at KUSP-FM in Santa Cruz, California, which has been holding a variety of public, Community Advisory Board, official Board, and who knows whatever other kind of gatherings over its uncertain future. Station management, declaring the signal over […]
Radio Survivor Podcast #1: The Free Music Archive
On this first edition of the Radio Survivor podcast we introduce the team: hosts and producers Paul Riismandel and Eric Klein, along with editors and correspondents Jennifer Waits and Matthew Lasar. We review news about community station KUSP in Santa Cruz, CA and discuss the ongoing rollout of new low-power FM stations. We check in […]
Castleton College Radio Station WIUV Penalized by FCC for Public File Violations
The FCC issued a penalty of $1,000 this week to the Board of Trustees for Vermont State Colleges following public file violations at Castleton College’s student-run radio station WIUV-FM. According to a Consent Decree, the station revealed in its 2013 license renewal application that it failed to prepare quarterly issues and programs lists from 2006 […]
Digital Watch: Is Apple Music a Threat to Indie Internet Radio?
On Monday Apple announced its much anticipated music service, called, appropriately enough, Apple Music. It essentially integrates Beats Music, which the company acquired last year, more closely with iTunes and iTunes Radio, and adds more celebrity-curated stations and playlists. Apple Music doesn’t become available until June 30, so nobody has taken it for a spin […]
Digging in to the Early History of High School Radio Station KBPS
A few months back, in honor of High School Radio Day, I wrote about possibly the oldest high school radio station in the United States, KBPS-AM in Portland, Oregon. In the course of researching the Benson Polytechnic High School radio station, I learned that one of its General Managers, Patricia Green Swenson (who led the […]
KUSP: proposed transfer to classical network “hit a nerve”
The community in and around community radio station KUSP-FM of Santa Cruz, California continues to debate its future. When last we visited this crisis KUSP management had posted a variety of possible new formats for the struggling signal, dubbed “Pine,” “Maple,” “Plum,” “Fig,” and “Walnut.” Some of these bucolic scenarios involve all news, or all […]