UCRN Spring College Radio Conference Covers Radio’s Past and Future
Saturday was a fun day of radio immersion for me, as I attended the spring University of California Radio Network (UCRN) conference at KZSC at University of California, Santa Cruz. Around 115 people, including volunteers, students, DJs, staff, and advisers from numerous California college radio stations headed to the lovely station in the woods in […]
Simplify your desktop radio listening with m3u files
Here’s a simple tip for making it easier for you to tune into your favorite radio station as an online stream. That “m3u” file that you sometimes wind up downloading when you click the “listen” button on the station’s web site? Keep it on your desktop and click when you feel like tuning in. That […]
Reports: Pandora rules, AM/FM survives, where is it all going?
Two recent market surveys of Internet music services and AM/FM radio confirm my suspicion that nobody knows where the latter medium is going/staying in relation to the former. If you are an Internet streaming music booster, you will be buoyed by new data from the NDP consumer research group. The survey concludes that in the […]
Citing budget cuts BBC & Voice of America cut back shortwave broadcasts
State broadcasters around the world have been cutting back on their shortwave transmissions over the last few years, typically attributing the reductions to a combination of budget challenges and declining listenership. With the start of April and the beginning of the 2nd quarter the Voice of America and BBC just trimmed shortwave broadcasts. Citing budget […]
Decentralized Dance Party aims to Kickstart documentary & global radio parties
Last year we posted about the Decentralized Dance Party’s appearance at SXSW. The DDP uses a low-power unlicensed FM transmitter worn in a backpack, instead of a PA, to broadcast dance party music in public places to participants carrying boombox radios all tuned to the same frequency. Project founders Tom and Gary call it “The […]
What should college and community radio tell the FCC about its indecency rules?
The Federal Communications Commission is asking the public for input on its indecency rules. Last summer the Supreme Court declared the FCC’s sanctions against “fleeting expletives” to be unacceptably vague, largely because the government didn’t give Fox and ABC TV “fair notice” about the relatively new regulations before fining them for various shows. “Regulated parties […]
Top 40 for white people? What Country radio could learn from indigenous broadcasters
Music lovers everywhere will want to see The Sapphires, a wonderful film about four Australian aboriginal girls who start as a Country music group, transition to Soul, and find fame and fortune entertaining US troops in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Great singing, charming performances, and based on a true story. Which brings me to […]
Mount Diablo Unified to Explore Potential Lease of High School Radio Station KVHS-FM
At a meeting of the Mount Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) on Monday night, the school board approved a recommendation to “explore the potential multi-year lease of” high school radio station KVHS-FM. At the meeting, it was stated that preliminary estimates indicate that a lease of the FM signal could bring between $10,000 and $25,000 […]
2nd Annual High School Radio Day Returns on April 24
In 2012, the first annual High School Radio Day took place on May 16. The day was established in order to celebrate high school radio and raise awareness about the small number of remaining high school radio stations. This year, High School Radio Day is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24. According to a press release, […]
The reddit school of college radio: reader tips for an aspiring deejay
I was reading the posts and comments over at the reddit radio page and came across this interesting request for advice: “Just applied to be a DJ at my university’s radio station. What is something I absolutely need to know about being a DJ? (self.radio)” A lot of interesting and thoughtful responses ensued. Not sure […]