Radio Review Follow-Up: The Tivdio V-115 – Still Great, But Not a DX Champ
Back in March I released a video review of the Tivdio V-115 portable digital radio. I praised it for being very nice sounding – especially for being so small – having decent reception, and for being able to record airchecks to a microSD card. After using the radio during some travels I decided to record […]
Minnesota’s classical safe harbor hour; cellos and weddings (sacred and profane)
On Wednesday, into my classical/radio newsfeed fell this notification about Minnesota Classical Radio (MPR)’s playlist for May 23, 2018. Through the day you get the usual stuff: Schubert, Elgar, Vivaldi. Then the 10 PM hour arrives, and . . . KABOING: Refuge Baljinder Sekhon Robert McCormick McCormick Percussion Group Gumboots David Bruce Carducci Quartet Julian […]
College Radio Watch: WUEV Sale?, Radio Conferences, and More News
In 2011, I wrote about the heroic efforts in 2006 that resulted in college radio station WUEV being saved from a potential sale by University of Evansville. It was a shining example of how an open-minded university president involved students, alumni and fans of college radio station WUEV in the discussion about its future. The […]
Podcast #143 – The Fight for an Open Internet Advances on Many Fronts
The future of all communications is at stake, explains Tim Karr, Senior Director of Strategy and Communications for Free Press. On May 15 the Senate voted to restore Net Neutrality by overturning the FCC’s decision to undo the 2015 Open Internet order. Now the fight turns to the House. While victory is uncertain, Karr says […]
The Podcast Patent Troll Is Dead and Buried
The final nail in the coffin of the so-called “podcast patent troll” has been struck. Last week the Supreme Court declined the petition for review filed by Personal Audio, the company holding the original patent for “a system for disseminating media content” that it claimed applied to all podcasts. Personal Audio was challenging a 2015 […]
KGNU, KMUD Celebrate Big Anniversaries; BBC Head Says Streaming Could Kill Radio; Prison Radio Exhibit | Around the Web May 13 – 20, 2018
Every week we share dozens of interesting radio and community media stories from all over the web on Twitter. Because we don’t want you to miss them, here’s some of the best, for the week ending May 13, 2018: "The co-founder and owner of the only African American radio station in east central Illinois announced […]
College Radio Watch: WONC at 50, Radio Journalism, and More News
My tour of college radio station WHPK at University of Chicago is one of the main topics on this week’s Radio Survivor podcast/radio show, so take a listen to hear more about this historic station in a Gothic bell tower. Also this week, Radio Survivor has started a new “Around the Web” feature, highlighting interesting […]
Podcast #142 – Touring WHPK’s Bell Tower & YouTube’s ‘Pirate Radio’
Kanye West and Common had an epic freestyle rap battle on WHPK. That’s just one reason why the University of Chicago’s station is interesting and historic. Jennifer Waits takes us on a virtual tour of the studios, located in an actual working bell tower. Jennifer, Eric and Paul also discuss how college radio has played […]
30th Anniversary of Irish Pirate Closure; 24-hour Radio Free Palestine Special – Around the Web May 7 – 13, 2018
Every week we share dozens of interesting radio and community media stories from all over the web on Twitter. Because we don’t want you to miss them, here’s some of the best, for the week ending May 13, 2018: A new exhibition in Dublin is to officially commemorate the 30th anniversary of the closure of […]
College Radio Watch: The 2000 KTRU Shutdown, CKUT Radio Camp, and More News
With the spring semester rapidly drawing to a close, college radio stations are wrapping up the year, hosting spring concerts (WHPK’s Summer Breeze festival is tomorrow, Saturday, May 12 in Chicago), and making preparations for the fall. With finals, papers, and graduations; it’s a hectic time. Some stations are also running summer camps for kids […]