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 and teens. I’m always thrilled to hear about radio opportunities for young audio producers, so do let me know if your station has camps in the works. McGill University’s campus community radio station CKUT in Montreal is hosting radio camps for 10 to 13 year olds and for 14 to 17 year olds in multiple sessions this summer and I’m green with envy. Highlights from the 2017 CKUT Summer Camp are on SoundCloud.
Before leaving town for summer break, students may want to submit proposals for fall radio conferences, including College Broadcasters Inc.’s National Student Electronic Media Convention in Seattle in late October and the Grassroots Radio Conference in Portland, Oregon in early October. Both events are actively seeking session proposals, which can be an excellent way to help bring some interesting topics to the forefront. I’m always eager to hear about local music/college radio scenes, stories and histories; so, if any of you folks in the Pacific Northwest have panel ideas, I’d encourage you to pass them along to the decision-makers at CBI and GRC.
More College Radio News
College Radio History
“Bumper Stickers over Their Mouths”: A Podcast on the 2000 KTRU Shutdown (The Rice Thresher)
Station, Staff and Alum Profiles
WLIV-WLMU, How Rick Roberts Came to Le Moyne (The Dolphin)
WONC at 50: North Central Radio Station Celebrates 5 Decades on the Air (Chicago Herald)
Music Director of the Month: Molly Robins, WRUR Rochester (NACC Chart)
Genre MD of the Month: Brazos Ebner, WFCS The Edge (NACC Chart)
Restaurateur Stephen Starr’s College Radio Past (Food & Wine)
College Radio in Popular Culture
“Dear White People” Season 2 is Timely and Timeless (The Atlantic)
Storms and College Radio
Knocked out by Irma, WPRK Works to Return to the Airwaves (WMFE)
Rain Knocks Out College Radio Station (CBS Denver)
Awards and Accolades
Pennsylvania Broadcasters Association Honors Excellence in Broadcasting Awards Winners (All Access)
CBI Awards Submissions due by 11:59pm Eastern Time Tonight (College Broadcasters Inc.)
Marshall’s WMUL wins Associated Press Broadcasters Awards (Huntington News)
College Radio Jobs
College Radio Advisor/Journalism Instructor Job at Kansas State (Kansas State University)
College Radio Culture
C-BAG Canvasses Support for Campus Radio Stations (Ghana News Agency)
College Radio Events
Session Proposals Being Accepted for CBI Seattle (College Broadcasters Inc.)
CKUT to Host Youth Radio Camps for 10 to 17 Year Olds (CKUT)
WHPK Summer Breeze Concert Happening May 12 (Chicago Reader)
Programming
CKUT’s Radio Free Palestine Airs on May 15 (CKUT)
KFJC’s 38th Month of Mayhem (KFJC)
