Chicago Tribune chronicles Sam Zell’s and Randy Michaels’ mismanagement
I had intended to post about this last week, but dealing with some website stability issues, and then moving our site to a new host, kept me from getting this up. But the article series is so good and well researched that it deserves a look. The Chicago Tribune practiced a bit of self-analysis last […]
Pacifica radio elections supervisor: end elections at Pacifica
The man in charge of overseeing the election of board delegates to Pacifica radio’s five Local Station Boards (LSBs) has asked the network to end these contests once and for all. “Almost everybody agrees that the elections at Pacifica are too costly, time consuming, factionalized and factionalizing,” concludes Pacifica National Elections Supervisor Terry Bouricius in […]
College Radio Day Survey Respondents Optimistic about Future of College Radio
A recent survey of college radio participants indicates that college radio DJs are still enthusiastic about the medium and believe that college radio has a bright future. In the first online survey conducted by College Radio Day, most of the 134 U.S. college radio DJs surveyed indicated an appreciation for new music and a strong […]
Podcast Awards honor a diverse array of shows
The simply named Podcast Awards apparently have been going on for eight years, though I have seen little coverage of the event. This year’s ceremony happened at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, just ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show. With such timing, it seems like news of the award winners was lost within […]
Looking for great folk/country/rock radio? Go Indigenous
I’ve forgotten exactly how I stumbled on the National Indigenous Radio Service of Australia, but I am glad I did. It has one of the best folk/country/rock streams I’ve ever heard. Faith Hill . . . Neil Young . . . under-appreciated songs like Warren Zevon’s Splendid Isolation, mixed in with a foundation of wonderful […]
Student Radio is Back at Texas Tech’s KTXT
One of the most chilling college radio stories of 2008 was the sudden shut-down of student radio station KTXT at Texas Tech University. A post on the station’s website in December, 2008 included a quote from Susan Peterson, the director for Student Media in which she stated, “The overwhelming financial demands of operating an FM […]
Maintenance… be back soon!
Hi there Radio Survivor reader. We’re doing a little site maintenance this weekend. We are moving to a new, better host with more resources in order to resolve some recent issues with the site that have caused intermittent outages and errors. We expect to complete this work Sunday, bringing the full site back online for […]
Voice of America opens up FM signal to Mali
The Obama administration has not decided whether it should provide support for France’s air strike campaign against rebels in Mali. But the US’s Voice of America is on the scene with a new FM transmitter, “part of a stepped up response to the Malian crisis,” according to a press statement. The transmitter will broadcast content […]
Sprint to add FM radio to smartphones – too little, too late?
The biggest radio news to come out of CES this week was Sprint’s announcement that it struck a deal to integrate FM radio tuners in some of its smartphones. Radio listening will be available through the forthcoming NextRadio tuner app on Android and Windows devices, which Sprint says will offer, “a wide range of interactive […]
Latest FCC Statistics Show Increase in Number of Licensed Radio Stations in 2012
Today the FCC released its quarterly list of the total number of licensed broadcast stations in the United States. Based on FCC statistics through December 30, 2012, the number of licensed broadcast radio stations is still on the rise, continuing the trend that we’ve seen every quarter this year. Based on this list, there are […]