Do your tweets talk to your website? A college/community radio social networking checklist
I am slowly but surely adding college and community radio Facebook pages around the world to our Radio Survivor Facebook “like” list. Ditto for Twitter accounts—they’re getting added to our “stations we follow” list. In the course of this pleasant but laborious work, I have observed a few sites that could use some updating. Here are […]
Make way for LPFM: FCC dismisses 3000 translator station applications
According to the Fifth Report and Order released in March, the FCC has started dismissing backlogged translator station applications based non ational and local caps. In that Order the FCC established caps for the number of applications a single applicant could pursue in a given market, and nationwide, in order to ensure open frequencies are […]
11-year-old College Radio DJ Hosts Show on Rockford College Radio
Last night, 11-year-old college radio DJ Myles Buchanan hosted his second radio show on Rockford College Radio, an Internet radio station in Rockford, Illinois. Dubbing himself the Radio Kid, Buchanan is behind the mic for The Scoop, a program aimed at kids like himself. On the first episode, which aired on January 22, Buchanan was […]
FCC Will Not Reinstate License for High School Radio Station WLMH
I was sad to learn that the FCC will not reinstate the license for high school radio station WLMH. The 89.1 FM license, licensed to Little Miami Local Schools in Morrow, Ohio, was deleted in August, 2012 after the FCC realized that the station had been off the air for more than a year. Although […]
From underground to the Daily Camera: Boulder, CO pirate broadcaster surfaces in the local paper
The Daily Camera reports on an unlicensed broadcaster in Boulder, Colorado that was previously little heard of outside of Boulder. Boulder was home to Boulder Free Radio, which was famous in free radio circles for playing a long-running cat-and-mouse game with the Denver FCC office, until being busted for the last time in 2005. It […]
One minute radio documentary contest: and the winners are . . .
First Spark has announced the three winners in its One Minute Radio Documentary contest. Here they are: Emma Norman’s The World of Internet Radio (above) won for Best Under 18 category. It is a tight collage of global Internet location identifications, languages, and vital statistics about Internet radio. “An interesting production brought to life by […]
Over two dozen new DJs poised to join Ohio college radio station
College radio station WBGU of Bowling Green University, Ohio, says that no less than 25 new DJs have passed their training exam. “Once they complete their studio observation hours they’ll have a cool new show on WBGU!” the station promises on its Twitter page. That’s quite a lot of DJs joining the current list of […]
SiriusXM and WWOZ deliver the music of New Orleans for Super Bowl weekend
For Super Bowl weekend SiriusXM’s Real Jazz channel 67 is featuring Radio New Orleans with music founded on the roots of jazz from the game’s host city. This special programming was put together in conjunction with community radio WWOZ, which focuses on Jazz and New Orleans heritage music. WWOZ is broadcasting live on Saturday from […]
Ed Koch, talk radio host: 1924-2013
By now everybody knows that Edward Koch, Congressman then mayor of New York City, has died at the age of 88. Koch was an outspoken and controversial man—an advocate of the death penalty in a liberal town, a supporter of invading Iraq, and widely criticized for a lackluster response to the AIDs crisis as it […]
Special Events to Mark World Radio Day on February 13
The 2nd annual World Radio Day is scheduled to take place in less than two weeks, on February 13, 2013. According to UNESCO’s website, World Radio Day is “a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to […]