Every week we share dozens of interesting radio and community media stories from all over the web on Twitter. Because we don’t want you to miss them, here’s some of the best, for the week ending May 13, 2018:
A new exhibition in Dublin is to officially commemorate the 30th anniversary of the closure of the golden era of Irish pirate radio https://t.co/LDGf43WpFm
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 7, 2018
College radio station @requestWONC celebrates 50 years on the air https://t.co/d4USITOftc
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 8, 2018
“I challenge my public radio colleagues to conduct a comprehensive analysis of racial inequities in our content, past and present.” https://t.co/1vdWOEpGa6
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 8, 2018
“No one should have to pay or bribe someone to get funding for their community radio station, because it is a free service provided by government and the only thing radio stations need to receive funding is to comply with the rules and regulations.” https://t.co/QRcOCIoEXc
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 8, 2018
Radio Hauraki was “the first pirate radio station to broadcast from a ship in the whole southern hemisphere.” https://t.co/3QET9naZut #pirateradio
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 9, 2018
MeTV FM goes from low-power TV station to top-10 Chicago radio station https://t.co/AkLsb4seET
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 9, 2018
“Rollins College’s radio station has been off the air since Hurricane Irma. The storm damaged WPRK’s antenna, and getting a new antenna up and running at a location off campus has not been easy.” #collegeradio https://t.co/kkdeGBcfLF
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 9, 2018
Kansas State is looking for a journalism instructor/advisor to KSDB-FM, a student-run radio station. https://t.co/JB5EEnB12C
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 9, 2018
Retiring owner hoping to keep African-American radio station local https://t.co/7F946SEpyz
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 10, 2018
“Ofcom has today announced the award of eight new community radio licences in England and Scotland.” https://t.co/hoso9U1b5q
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 10, 2018
FCC on Pirate Radio: From Paper Tiger to Puffer Fish – @diymediadotnet tries to track down the facts between two #pirateradio stations the FCC claims it raided.https://t.co/MhPbsjCLQr pic.twitter.com/rLfFP9m8Av
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 10, 2018
24-hour Radio Free Palestine special happening over @ckut and other stations on May 15 https://t.co/58xmQWZ09Z
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 12, 2018
At least 100 more community radio stations to hit the airwaves in India https://t.co/rAcGjdsff1
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 12, 2018
Radio station manager arrested – “Hammond also had allegedly violated FCC rules by engaging in multiple instances of unauthorized operation of unlicensed radio stations in California, Louisiana, and Texas.” https://t.co/F99IwHSAUU
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 11, 2018
Ofcom reveal new community radio licences for Scotland https://t.co/Smz0mItGER
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 11, 2018
Portland community radio station KBOO had its computer servers hacked by cryptocurrency miners https://t.co/WGnezZLc0W
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 11, 2018
High school student spinning the oldies from his own radio station https://t.co/w6IYfmn6sH
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 11, 2018
WMMR still rocking after 50 years #radiohttps://t.co/O5PxiofXmz
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 14, 2018
ESPN broadcaster Adam Amin has a college radio past at WVUR https://t.co/5rkbd8hJX9
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 14, 2018
What’s the difference between public radio and community radio?https://t.co/Bs9LsLI18f
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 12, 2018
Campus Broadcasting Association of Ghana canvasses support for campus radio stationshttps://t.co/5TWtq2g3jo
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 13, 2018
“University of Oklahoma Libraries…received a ‘Recordings at Risk’ grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources for ‘Preserving Native Voices from the Airwaves: Digitizing the Indians for Indians Hour Radio Program Recordings, 1942-1976.’https://t.co/hn1krEZJzH
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 13, 2018
