After a bit of a summer vacation, we are back with some college radio news. Earlier this week, I shared Princeton Review’s new “Best College Radio Station” list, a ranking of 20 schools based on student surveys asking about the popularity of their school radio stations. On the list are some old favorites as well as a few newbies.
We’ve also been busy covering the culture of college radio throughout the summer. I hope you caught my colleague Eric Klein’s interview on Radio Survivor Podcast #207 with Nathan Moore, who heads up college radio stations WTJU and WXTJ at University of Virginia.
In upcoming months, I will also be sharing write-ups from my summer college radio station travels.
More College Radio News
Infrastructure, Expansions, New Stations
- KGLT College Radio Expands into Big Sky (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
- Reunited and it Sounds So Good: KTRU Buys Back Original Call Sign (Rice Thresher)
- KTRU Gets KTRU Call Letters Back (KTRU Facebook)
- Student Radio Channel Launches in Liepaja (LSM.LV Public Broadcasting of Latvia)
- The Challenges Facing Journalism and Broadcasting Programs (Tri States Public Radio)
- VIA Public Media Now Broadcasting on WVBU-FM, Collaborating with Bucknell Education (NorthcentralPA.com)
Disasters
- Rollins College Student Radio Station WPRK-FM Signing Off for Hurricane Dorian (Orlando Weekly)
- Rollins Student Radio Station WPRK-FM Back on the Air Following Hurricane Dorian (Orlando Weekly)
Events
- Post Animal Headlines Studio-A-Rama 2019 (Cleveland Patch)
- Studio A Rama Music Festival, a Cleveland Institution for 52 Years, to Hit CWRU (Cleveland.com)
- Seton Hall Student to Attend College Radio Conference at Cambridge (TAPinto)
- Northern Michigan University’s Radio X Celebrating 50 Years with Music Festival (ABC 10)
Profiles of Stations, Staff, Programs
- College Radio: On Campus and Around the World (Index Journal)
- August MD of the Month: Troy Lemberg, CFUV Victoria, BC (NACC Chart)
- Pleasure Theory, a Sex-Positive FIU Student Radio Show, Airs Fridays at 10am (Miami New Times)
- WSC Professor Airs Podcast (The Wayne Stater)
Awards and Accolades
- Princeton Review’s 2020 “Best College Radio Stations” List (Radio Survivor)
- 107.7 The Bronc Nominated for a “Radio Emmy” (The Rider News)
- WERS and WECB “Best College Radio Stations” in Princeton Review (Talkers)
- WERS, WECB/Boston Named Best College Radio Stations (AllAccess)
- Princeton Review Includes Ithaca College among Best in Nation (Ithaca College)
Music Culture
- Athens Music 101: How to Get Involved with the Scene as a Student (Flagpole Magazine)
Alumni
- Stan Zabka, Who Worked with Hollywood and Late-Night Giants, Lives in Grass Valley (The Union)
- Rod Serling’s College Radio Past (Screen Rant)
- Poignant Marco Collins Doc of Seattle DJ who Broke “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (The Stranger)
- When Watching those First Games, Remember Red Barber (Daily Journal)
- Meet the Man Behind the Sound of Denver Radio (Westword)
- Meet Three of the Artists Featuring Work at Flower Bomb Fest (Washington City Paper)
- Our Favorite MTV VJs of All Time (Insider)
- Drew Appointed to JCC Board (Observer Today)
- Toronto’s Ciel (FACT)
- Free Samples? Not When it Comes to Hip-Hop and Copyrights (Daily Emerald)
- From Keene State Journalism Major to Emmy Award Winner (Keene State College)
- At the Royale, a Neighborhood Bar has become a Political Hub (Riverfront Times)
- ThFctry Brings Retro Flair to Local Radio (On Tap Magazine)
- Jack Clifford, Food Network co-Founder who began in Phoenix, Dies (AZCentral)
- Ryan Hamilton Puts on a “Happy Face” in Thousand Oaks (VC Reporter)
College Radio History
- Alabama Governor Apologizes for Wearing Blackface in College (Associated Press)
- Interview with Ivey and LaRavia on Auburn Student Radio Station (WSFA 12)
- The Hardcore Evolution of Greg Norton (Psychology Today)
- Wavy Gravy’s Woodstock Flashbacks Available to Rock Radio (AllAccess)
- A Motorcycle has now become the Sum of our Fears: 1980s College Radio Memories (Cleveland.com)
- Remembering Our Friend David Berman (Jagjaguwar)
- See 29 of the Greatest Hip-Hop Documentaries (XXL)
Popular Culture
- Black Marble Shares Video for “Feels” with 90s College Radio Imagery (Stereogum)
- Best Going Back to College Movies 2019 (University Magazine)
- The Hero Worship of the New Springsteen Movie Knows No Limits (Pitchfork)
- Jagjaguwar Shares Unreleased David Berman Poem, with College Radio Themes and More (Pitchfork)
