Yesterday was International Women’s Day and in light of that, this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast raises important issues about how we listen: not only to women, but also to people who come from different backgrounds from our own. Our guest, Jennifer Stoever, is the editor-in-chief of the Sounding Out! blog, which focuses on sound studies and making that field more accessible. She also has some college radio connections, with some of her work heard on WHRW at Binghamton University. Often academic work can be seen as arcane and inaccessible, so it’s been refreshing to see Sounding Out showcasing work by a variety of folks interested in how sound and listening are understood in our culture.
Sounding Out also produces a podcast and one recent episode nicely portrays some of the intersections between sound and power, sharing anecdotes about how sound is used to make women and people of color feel unwelcome (The Sonic Landscape of Unwelcome). Listening to that episode and doing this week’s podcast gave me some great perspective on why I need to pay more attention to how I listen and if I am “stereotyping sound.”
More College Radio News
New Stations
Livingstone College Launches New Radio Station (WBTV Charlotte)
Awards and Accolades
Winners Selected from 600 Finalists for IBS Awards (IBS)
Fredonia Radio Systems Named Best College Station in the Nation (Evening Observer)
William Paterson University Station Wins Big at IBS (William Paterson University)
Brave New Radio Named Best Large Campus College Station (NorthJersey.com)
KCOD Radio Earns 17 National Awards (Palm Desert, CA Patch)
Cape Code Community College Student Broadcasters Win National Recognition (Cape Code Today)
Communication Student Receives National Award for Sports Talk Show (UCCS Communique)
UW Oskosh Radio TV Film Students Honored at State Broadcasting Convention (UW Oshkosh Today)
Governance and Station Politics
Campus Radio Station Faces Criticism for “Undemocratic” Elections Process (The Varsity)
Station Returns to Air, Station Personnel Profile
Getting Personal: WPCD Director Deane Geiken (Champaign-Urbana News Gazette)
WPRK is Returning to the Airwaves, Following Antenna Repairs (Bungalower)
Programming and Events
KSYM Annual Pledge Drive Kicks off on March 5 (The Ranger)
WGSU to Broadcast SUNY Geneseo’s NCAA Hockey Tournament Opener (Livingston County News)
Student Radio Station Raises Money for Former Presenter with Rare Condition (Notts TV News)
30 Never Sounded so Good: WRFL Celebrates Three Decades of Bringing People Together with Music (UKNow)
Delta College Podcasts Honor Contributions by Women who Attend or Work at Delta College (Caravan News)
Student-Led Radio Show Bridges People with Russia, Their Homeland (UKNow)
KEXP Highlights Sub Pop 30th Anniversary and its College Radio Past as KCMU (KEXP)
Richie Faulkner Introduces New Judas Priest Album Track-by-Track on WSOU (WSOU)
Registration open for College Radio Day 2018 (College Radio Day)
Furniture Becomes Art at KDUR Auction (The Durango Herald)
Licensing
Are Higher Music Licensing Costs Cued up? (Radio World)
