Seton Hall deejays hunker down to cover east coast blizzard
As of Monday evening, 13 staffers at WSOU, the student-run radio station of Seton Hall University, have sequestered themselves in their East Orange, New Jersey HQ to cover the Great East Coast Blizzard of 2015. WSOU 89.5 FM will be “live and local throughout the storm,” its station manager Erica Szczepaniak promised in a press […]
Visiting University of Washington, Bothell’s College Radio Station – and soon to be LPFM – UWave
During my trip to Seattle in October, 2014 for the College Broadcasters Inc. conference, the third station that I visited was UWave at University of Washington, Bothell. Currently an online-only station, UWave is also the holder of a construction permit to build a new low power FM college radio station. (more…)
FCC Tells WXNY-FM that it’s Not Funny to Broadcast Emergency Alert Tones
New York radio station WXNY-FM is being asked to pay a $20,000 penalty because it aired Emergency Alert System (EAS) tones as part of a comedy sketch on the January 28, 2014 episode of the Luis Jimenez Show. (more…)
Despite the Internet, the UK will still regulate radio formats
The United Kingdom’s broadcast regulator Ofcom is running a consultation about the state of analog radio formats in that country. In the UK radio licensees must file a “character of service” description that defines the kind of content they promise to provide. This includes the music associated with the station. These formats can be described […]
College Radio Watch: LPFM for WRVU supporters, Mountaineer Radio to go FM, and WRAS Battle Continues
It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since the shutdown of college radio station KUSF 90.3 FM at University of San Francisco. As I prepared for my visit to see KUSF-in-Exile (aka San Francisco Community Radio) on Sunday, I spent some time looking through our coverage of the whole KUSF saga. It’s been […]
LPFM Watch: Numerous Time Shares Awarded, College Radio LPFM to move to full power, and More News
In the world of low power FM (LPFM) this week, news centers around some current and former college radio groups, a few license cancellations, and a number of construction permits granted for stations that will operate with time-share arrangements. The total number of construction permits granted from the 2013 window is now 1,622. (more…)
Podcasting News: The Pub Podcast for Pub Media; Viral Audio Update
In this week’s podcasting news: Current debuts new podcast about public media; NPR Labs gives an update on viral audio experiments; are audiobooks benefiting from the podcast boom? Current Invites You to the Pub Current, the print and digital news source covering public media, just launched its own weekly podcast, The Pub. It’s hosted by […]
WRVU of Nashville reborn as WXNA-LP
The organization that fought Vanderbilt University’s sale of WRVU-FM has good news. WRVU Friends and Family says it is moving as fast as the non-profit can to get its newly won 100 watt Low Power FM radio station running: WXNA-LP of Nashville, Tennessee. The plan is to place a transmitter around Germantown, a bit to […]
Visiting KUSF-in-Exile aka San Francisco Community Radio Four Years after the KUSF Shutdown
In honor of Sunday’s 4-year anniversary of the shutdown of University of San Francisco’s college radio station KUSF’s 90.3 FM signal, it seemed like the perfect occasion to visit KUSF-in-Exile/San Francisco Community Radio (SFCR). (more…)
In Media Res Features the Radio Preservation Task Force, Plus Some Upcoming Radio Studies Conferences
Happy New Year and welcome back to the Radio Survivor Academic Series! For this first post of 2015 I want to call attention to a recent online series on archives by members of the Radio Preservation Task Force and pass on some information about four upcoming conferences related to radio studies, that focus on radio […]