Podcast Survivor: The Week in Podcasting News
In this week’s podcasting news: a look at Transom’s new “This Is Radio” video series, a comparison between digital magazines and podcasts, and a Kickstarter update. The online and IRL public radio workshop Transom.org just premiered the This Is Radio video interview series. The first installment profiles Roman Mars, producer of the podcast and radio […]
Mobile sports radio apps: the heavyweights
Mobile sports radio applications don’t always get the attention they deserve. We screened four heavyweights to see which are worth your time when on the run: ESPN Sports Radio 1080 The Fan Features: archives, sports ticker, call-in, text-in, alarm clock Notable hosts: Colin Cowherd, Scott Van Pelt, Mike & Mike (more…)
FCC Approves Assignment of Former WRVU License to Nashville Public Radio
In a letter dated today (PDF), the FCC approved the renewal application and assigned the license for WFCL to Nashville Public Radio. The non-commercial FM station was formerly Vanderbilt University’s college radio station WRVU-FM (see my profile of the station from 2010). Back in 2011, students were taken off the air at WRVU and the […]
Pacifica Board Fires Exec Dir Summer Reese; Is This a War with no Winner?
Last Thursday the national board of the Pacifica Foundation fired Executive Director Summer Reese, who was hired for the position in November after serving on an interim basis for more than a year. The how and why of Reese’s ouster are unclear. According to the New York Times article that broke the story, board members […]
Copyright, stocks, and the Pandora mystique
Pandora fans (and presumably Pandora) breathed a sigh of relief on Friday when a federal judge left the music streamer’s copyright tithe percentage unchanged. From back in 2011 through next year (2015) Pandora must fork over 1.85 percent of its revenue to ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), which represent copyright holders. […]
The secret to great online music room communities: real off line connections
Plug.dj, the online music/chat room service, has a great blog post on making online communities work. The seven tips go as follows: help your visitors feel welcome from the start; use social media to promote your room; make sure your staff are nice people; post clear community rules and guidelines; be multilingual; stage events for […]
Russian radio station drops dissident blogger to keep website open
The New York Times reports that Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) has stopped publishing the posts of a dissident blogger on its website to avoid a government initiated shutdown. The blogger in question is Aleksei A. Navalny. Station editor Aleksei A. Venediktov told a news service that he had been warned by Russia’s general prosecutor […]
College Radio Survivor: IBS and mtvU Woodie Award Winners, WSOU Documentary and Other College Radio News
Over the weekend the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) concluded its annual conference in New York City, honoring exceptional student broadcasters and college radio stations with its IBS Golden Microphone Awards. Winners were announced across 40 different categories, with a wide range of stations taking home trophies. WERG (Gannon University in Erie, PA), WONC (North Central […]
LPFM Watch: FCC Rescinds 12 Application Grants and Other LPFM News
There was more action on LPFM applications this week (especially compared with last week), with more than 30 granted since March 6, bringing the total count to 1078 construction permits granted this year for new LPFM stations. A few applications were also dismissed this week, including those for the Global Service Center for Quitting Chinese […]
At last, audio clip goes viral (and of course it’s about a cat)
Late last month Paul Riismandel wondered why audio so rarely goes viral, especially in comparison to videos. “Will audio ever go viral like a cat video, and what would it take?” he asked Radio Survivor readers. Well, Paul’s answer has arrived. Here is a recording of a Portland, Oregon family calling 911 in fear of […]