“Keep Nanaimo Weird” reads a piece of artwork on the wall of CHLY 101. 7 FM, a campus and community radio station in Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada. Affiliated with Vancouver Island University (formerly known as Malaspina College) “through its purpose and membership,” the station is located off-campus in Nanaimo’s historic downtown. Situated next to […]
Underground is more than a metaphor for countless college radio stations which may play edgier music but are also housed beneath the earth. I’ve seen many basement digs in my travels, but none quite like the subterranean space occupied by University of Victoria’s campus and community radio station CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria, British Columbia […]
Jennifer Waits reports back from the Grassroots Radio Conference, held in Spokane Washington from September 11 to September 14, 2025. We recap FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s keynote address, in which she spoke forcefully about recent actions by the FCC that threaten freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Gomez talked about the importance of […]
The magic of college radio lies not just in the sounds that are transmitted over the airwaves, but also emanates from the spaces from which stations operate. Often these are in obscure locales, tucked away in basements or on the edge of a campus. And sometimes the buildings themselves have their own unusual story, like […]
