Library of Congress Launches Local Radio Preservation Project
I mentioned this initiative a few months ago when I first heard about it, but the details have only recently been released. Can you help us assemble a national archive of local radio broadcasts? The official name of this project is the Radio Preservation Task Force, being conducted under the auspices of the LoC’s National […]
Sunday tweet tracker: @maledor’s 200th show, psychedelics, iPod Classic luv, and blues scales
Here’s are some Sunday tweets from our 1,753 Radio Survivor Twitter feed followers. Over at Radio Valencia in San Francisco, deejay @maledor celebrated his birthday and 200th show with a guest, Ben from the Humboldt Psychedelic label, Captcha Records. Captcha has a free sampler, BTW. Around the same time G-Town Radio (the Sound from Germantown) […]
Feature Story News announces Oct. 3 end of FSN Reports
Feature Story News, which had launched its FSN Reports in the wake the demise of Free Speech Radio News, announced plans to end the program, effective October 3. In a Sept. 23 email to the radio stations carrying the daily half-hour program, Simon Marks, president of Feature Story News explained FSN had underwritten some of […]
College Radio Watch – KFJC in Liverpool, WXDR History, Spotify’s Musical Colleges, and More College Radio News
As I write this post, I’m glued to the live stream of Foothill College radio station KFJC-FM, awaiting the beginning of its broadcast from the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. As I wrote earlier this morning and also explained to College Media Matters, KFJC (the station where I’ve been a long-time DJ and volunteer) is […]
Foothill College Radio Station KFJC to Broadcast from Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia
As a long-time volunteer and DJ at Foothill College radio station KFJC-FM, I’m eagerly anticipating the station’s ambitious live remote broadcast from Liverpool, England, which begins today (within minutes of when I’m posting this article at 6:20AM Pacific time). On Friday, September 26th and Saturday, September, 27th, the station plans to broadcast up to 30 […]
Zapp Seattle renews open hours at Hollow Earth Radio
If I was in Seattle in October I would drop by Hollow Earth Radio just to talk to Zapp Seattle in person about whatever it is that Zapp Seattle is doing these days. Zapp is the Zine Archive and Publishing Project, and it possesses 30,000, yes, that’s right, 30,000 archived zines. Starting next month Zapp will relaunch […]
Ripon College Turns Back License for College Radio Station WRPN-FM
Last week, the license for Ripon College radio station WRPN 90.1 FM in Ripon, Wisconsin was cancelled. In a letter dated September 11, the Ripon College Board of Trustees wrote, “The college has made the decision to cancel the license and the station will officially go off-air at 5:00pm on Monday, September 15, 2014. We […]
LPFM Watch: Hollow Earth Radio Granted in Seattle, Pasadena May Get Punk Rock LPFM + Details about New San Francisco Station
In Southern California, there was some interesting LPFM news this week. Light Bringer Project (Altadena, CA), Newtown Pasadena Foundation (Altadena, CA), Side Street Projects (Pasadena, CA) and Razorcake/Gorsky Press (Pasadena, CA) filed a “joint request for approval of settlement” with the FCC, asking for the FCC to grant the Razorcake application for 92.7 FM and […]
Community radio: grappling with the new digital ecosystem
The country’s oldest and largest community radio association has seen a major shift in public media over the last 20 years, and is exploring its way forward following recent controversies and a change in leadership. Founded in 1975, the National Federation of Community Broadcasters has seen momentous changes in media since it began. From early […]
Podcasting News: Report Says Podcasting Is Bigger than You Think
Last week Edison Research highlighted some data from its Share of Ear study which indicates that “podcasting is bigger than you think.” Although the Share of Ear study shows that podcasting only represents 2% of all audio listening in the US, those who do consume podcasts are “super listeners” who listen to more audio overall. […]