Happy College Radio Day 2019
Today is College Radio Day 2019, a day set aside to celebrate student radio around the globe. This year more than 500 stations are participating. One of the organized events is the World College Radio Day marathon, in which stations from all over the world take turns broadcasting on the official College Radio Day stream. […]
Podcast #213: Four Strikes for the FCC’s Media Ownership Policy
The FCC lost in court for the fourth time on September 23, in what’s become a really bad habit in the case known as Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals keeps sending the Commission back to do homework to justify with evidence the changes it wants to make in loosening […]
The FCC’s Score in Media Ownership Policy is 0 – 4
Prof. Christopher Terry also guests on this week’s podcast to review the FCC’s recent court loss in detail. -Ed. “Here we are again.” That is the opening of the recent decision written by Judge Thomas L. Ambro in the latest judicial review of media ownership rules, in what is now Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC […]
College Radio Watch: 1983 vs. 2019 and More News
Happy Fall! I’m wrapping up my summertime college radio station tour reports, with new write-ups on my visits to San Diego City College radio station SDS Radio and KCR Radio at San Diego State University. I love checking out stations and it was a treat to get to see four college radio stations in the […]
Podcast #212 – Border Radio in North America
Radio waves don’t obey borders, and stations have been taking advantage of this fact since the dawn of the medium – often despite the rules of government regulators where the signals go. Dr. Kevin Curran of Arizona State University has been studying border radio stations extensively, making it the subject of his doctoral dissertation. Everyone […]
Radio Station Visit #161: SDS Radio at San Diego City College
On a beautiful morning in June this summer, my day of San Diego college radio immersion began with a stop at San Diego City College’s student radio station SDS Radio. When I entered the building where it was housed, the presence of a radio station was immediately discernible by signage and logos on the doors […]
Podcast #211 – Surveying Community Radio’s Deep Archives
More than 600 community radio recordings from 1965 – 1986 are archived at the University of Maryland. These tapes were shared through a program exchange operated by the National Federation of Community broadcasters. The breadth of programming contained in these programs is remarkable, and underscores the still-active mission of the NFCB to support and promote […]
Radio Station Visit #160: KCR at San Diego State University
During my full day of radio station tours in the San Diego area in June, 2019, I visited college radio station KCR at San Diego State University. On a sprawling campus with a student population of more than 36,000, the station was a bit tricky to find. After a few missed turns, I parked atop […]
At last a US history survey that really gets radio
I expected the usual cursory treatment of radio from These Truths: A History of the United States. Instead I found a deep discussion about the subject that every media history lover should read.
College Radio Watch: San Diego Tours and More News
While in San Diego for a conference this summer, I visited a handful of college radio stations. My tour reports launched this week with a visit to Griffin Radio at Grossmont College. Stay tuned for more and peruse our archive of 159 station tours and counting. In other news, College Radio Day is coming up […]