The Beeb’s top ten classical list for kids
BBC Two has released a list of ten classical music pieces that it hopes will prompt children to listen to the genre more often. Here they are: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) Britten: “Storm” Interlude from Peter Grimes Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King […]
So Long, Casey Kasem, and Thanks for All the Hits
Broadcasting legend Casey Kasem passed away Sunday at the age of 82. For those who grew up in the 70s and 80s Kasem is an icon of classic pop radio. His passing is sad, but causes me to reflect on how a single weekly broadcast so neatly encapsulated American music culture for a time, and […]
How to comment on and keep track of FCC proceedings
It has been a relatively quiet week in social media radio-land. Don’t worry, Pandora, Spotify, Last.fm . . . they’re all puttering along. Gazillions of listeners are listening and clicking “like” buttons, or not, but nothing earth shaking has happened over the last few days. So instead of the regular updates we schedule for Mondays, […]
College Radio Watch: WRAS Embraces Viral Video in Fight for FM, plus other College Radio LPFM News
In this week’s college radio news, the fight over the future of student broadcasting over Georgia State’s WRAS-FM continues with an all-encompassing campaign. The #SaveWRAS crew has already embraced social media, created stickers and flyers, and has been encouraging supporters to voice their grievances by contacting officials at Georgia State University and Georgia Public Broadcasting. […]
Photo diary: KZSC, WFMU, McSchmormac, KPOO, KPFA/Pacifica
You have here before you a small variety of badly taken cell phone photographs, documenting my radio station travels over recent months. I apologize for the red-eyed out-of-focusedness of it all, but I thought I’d post some of them anyway. WFMU: Back in March, Radio Survivor friend Kenya Lewis let me know that WFMU of […]
A Glimpse at Community Radio in San Francisco
The Exploratorium, the long-time hands-on science museum in San Francisco, just put together a short documentary about the plethora of community radio stations in the city of San Francisco. It’s a fun look at four different stations and it made me anxious to plot out more radio station field trips. The community radio stations profiled […]
LPFM News: New College LPFMs Find Interference on Campus
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it was another slow week in LPFM news, with just 6 low-power FM construction permits granted. As Jennifer reported last week, the MX groups of applicants competing for frequencies will start being processed soon, beginning with 260 applicants in states west of the Mississippi River, excluding […]
Podcasting News: Pesca has “Earned Opinions” & the “Spielberg” of Podcasts
There are a couple of nice recent articles focusing on podcasting. One takes a long look at Mike Pesca and his new Slate podcast, the other has Kevin Smith let loose about his podcasting career. Current Profiles Slate’s The Gist Public radio journalist Adam Ragusea wrote a nice profile of Slate’s The Gist with Mike […]
Classical radio notes: what would Brahms have thought of Sir Mix-A-Lot?
Here’s this week’s classical radio news. It starts dour but gets better, so please keep reading. In the United Kingdom, a retrenchment plan to pare down 15 percent of BBC radio staff will result in two divisions, administrators say: ‘pop music’ and ‘classical and speech.’ These “hubs” will constitute the framework of BBC radio following […]
Grassroots Radio Conference Coming to Ames, IA for 2014
The Grassroots Radio Conference has been held almost annually since 1996, hosted by community radio stations whose staff and volunteers invite broadcasters from across the continent and around the world for a few days of skill-sharing, discussion and cooperation. After a year off, the GRC is back for 2014 thanks to the great folks at […]