Happy belated World Radio Day to my college radio friends. I celebrated by reading about radio, listening to radio, and doing radio. Pretty much a typical week for me. As my colleague Paul Riismandel noted in his post, this year’s World Radio Day had a sports theme.
Although I don’t write much about sports, it’s an integral part of many college radio stations and often provides some of the most highly listened-to content over a given station’s stream or terrestrial signal. Additionally, the opportunity to do sports play-by-play and color commentary can be the first step towards a career in sportscasting for many pro radio hopefuls.
Coincidentally, a few college radio sports stories came across my newsfeed over the past few weeks. Andy Stine writes in The Courier Express, “…the one thing I miss the most from my college days is the sports radio show I had on campus…It turned out to be the best extracurricular activity that I did in my college years…”
Other pieces cover students getting to hang with commercial broadcasters at the Superbowl’s radio row and a story about a long-time Villanova University sportscaster who got his start at the school’s college radio station WXVU (read my 2014 tour report). Read on for more college radio news.
More College Radio News
Sports Radio
Sports Radio is a Great Thing (The Courier Express)
Ryan Fannon Right at Home Broadcasting Villanova (Philadelphia Inquirer)
St. Bonaventure Student Journalists at Super Bowl Media Week (Spectrum News)
Radio House
Saturdays are for the Noise at Yale’s Radio House (Yale Daily News)
Station Profiles
“Radio isn’t Dead”: A Look inside Campus Radio Station CHSR (Brunswickian)
Better Know a College Radio Station: WSUM (Bandcamp Daily)
WVKC Provides Voice for Creativity (Knox Student)
What’s the Buzz? Closed Circuit Station WDSU is Back (The Delaware State University Hornet)
Station Finances
Radio Western’s Student Fee to Be $10.50 Following Referendum (Western Gazette)
Hidden $3 Fee Pays for Student Radio Station (Spartan Newsroom)
WPMD Gets Funds for NY Broadcasting Convention (Talon Marks)
WFNP Nearly Loses Funding (New Paltz Oracle)
New Stations
Letter: WBRU Staff Contributions to New LPFM (Brown Daily Herald)
Providence Organizations Create New Station (Brown Daily Herald)
Awards and Accolades
WRKC Radio Station Receives Several IBS Nominations (The Crown)
West Liberty Student Earns Broadcasting Scholarship, WGLZ Wins Also Honored (WTRF)
WGLZ Wins Award, Grant and Student Lands Scholarship (The Trumpet)
Station Challenges: Programming controversy, Fire, License Sales
UC Davis Station KDVS Catches Flak for Interview with Richard Spencer (Sacramento Bee)
UMaine’s College Radio Station Off-Air due to January Fire (Maine Public)
UMaine’s College Radio Station has been Off the Air for Over a Month (Bangor Daily News)
Fire Damage Leaves UMaine Radio Station Off-Air for a Month (WABI)
Trapper Radio Replaced: License Transferred to Wyoming Public Media (Powell Tribune)
Northwest College Radio Station Transferred (Gillette News Record)
Programming
WVBR to Bring Alternative Music to Ithaca (The Cornell Daily Sun)
DMU Student Lands Interview with Favorite Comedian (De Montfort University)
WRUV Show Broadcasts Native Perspectives (Seven Days)
Radio Theater Department Returns to WHRW (Binghamton University Pipe Dream)
Saint Xavier Celebrates International Clash Day (St. Xavier University Student Media)
KFJC’s Maximum Louie Louie (Arcane Radio Trivia)
Events
WUMD Presents Broken Hearts Smash Battle of the Bands (The Michigan Journal)
Vinyl Fans Dig for Treasure at KUSF Record Swap (San Francisco Chronicle)
KUCI Pop-Up Shop (New University)
Panjab University Radio Turns 7, Records Books for the Blind (Tribune India)
WIUX Announces 2018 Culture Shock Line-up (Indiana Daily Student)
Broadcast Education, Scholarships
CTC Telecommunications Students are Hands-on (Kileen Daily Herald)
BMI Founders Student Broadcasting Scholarship Deadline Extended to April 1 (Radio World)
