I was lucky to be able to visit quite a few college radio stations in 2014 and have shared some of those field trips on Radio Survivor and Spinning Indie. Next week I’ll write up a comprehensive “2014 year in review” post about the state of college radio, but as I reflect back on the year, I wanted to highlight some of my favorite moments from my radio station tours.
I also hereby vow to continue visiting radio stations and hope to do my best to post my field trips in a more timely manner (I still have a back log of trips from October to write up!) in 2015. With that, here are some of the more unusual items that I spotted while touring college radio stations in 2014:
1. Vintage 16″ Records at Swarthmore College radio station WSRN (read more about my visit here)
Vintage 16″ Record at College Radio Station WSRN (Photo: J. Waits)
2. Two-Story Record Library at University of Maryland’s WMUC (read more about my visit here)
Record Library at WMUC. Photo: J. Waits
3. AM Transmission Equipment at WHRC from Haverford College’s Carrier Current Days (see more here)
AM carrier current transmission equipment at WHRC at Haverford College. Photo: J. Waits
4. Swear Jar at University of Washington-Bothell’s radio station U-Wave (field trip post coming soon…)
Swear Jar at U-Wave Radio at University of Washington, Bothell. Photo: J. Waits
5. Neon Sign at Northeastern’s WRBB (read more here)
Neon sign at WRBB at Northeastern University. Photo: J. Waits
6. Album cover on the ceiling at WHRB at Harvard University (read more about my visit here)
Album cover on the ceiling of one of the lounges at WHRB. Photo: J. Waits
7. Framed Needlepoint at WMBR at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (see my complete visit report here)
Ohm Sweet Ohm needlepoint at WMBR at MIT. Photo: J. Waits
8. Bathroom Graffiti at WMFO at Tufts University (read more about my field trip here)
Graffiti in the WMFO bathroom at Tufts University. Photo: J. Waits
9. ‘N Sync Bobbleheads at WLOY at Loyola University, Maryland (read more here)
‘N Sync bobbleheads at WLOY at Loyola University, Maryland. Photo: J. Waits
10. This Amazing Red Telephone at KXSU at Seattle University (field trip post coming soon…)
Phone in studio at KXSU at Seattle University. Photo: J. Waits
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