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 […]
Pacifica Radio Archives recovers “lost” Martin Luther King Jr. speech
Democracy Now! today ran audio of a largely forgotten speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., released and curated by the Pacifica Radio Archives. Just days before receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King spoke in London, offering a detailed overview of the history of the civil rights movement in the United States and linking […]
Twitch rolls out music streaming for gamecasters
Twitch is the online streaming video site that lets you watch the pros play big online games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft, or Counter Strike. Now the service is setting up a music database system so that gamers can add their own soundtracks as they impress viewers with their fighting prowess or webcam commentaries. The “Twitch […]
College Radio Watch: LPFM Launches, Student Radio History in the U.S. and New Zealand, and More College Radio News
Welcome to 2015! Hopefully you caught my recap of the year in college radio last week and my field trip reports about my visit to University of Washington’s college radio station Rainy Dawg Radio and former student radio station KEXP this week. I also reported on a student-run radio station WDJM’s deal with the FCC […]
Touring University of Washington’s College Radio Station Rainy Dawg Radio
On October 22, 2014, I had a busy day of radio station visits in Seattle, Washington. After visiting KEXP, I ventured to University of Washington to see student-run college radio station Rainy Dawg Radio. (more…)
NPR to FCC: Channel 6 FM station proposal is “misguided”
NPR has weighed in on the Federal Communications Commissions proceeding on whether to let digital Low Power TV stations run FM signals off of the 87.7 frequency, which dovetails with channel 6. The FCC has folded the question into a larger discussion about DTV spectrum use, but NPR calls the FM proposal “misguided” and “premature and […]