Over the weekend I had the most amazing time at the What is Radio? conference in Portland, Oregon. Scholars and radio practitioners from all over the world convened in order to talk about the past, present, and future of radio. One of the most powerful panel discussions was Friday’s “Making Waves Behind Bars” session. Phil […]
On Friday I continued my Spinning Indie radio station field trip series with a visit to Northeastern Illinois University’s college radio station WZRD 88.3 FM. With this trip, I was happy to check another Chicago college radio station off my list of stations to visit. Last summer I toured WLUW 88.7 FM at Loyola University, […]
Stanford University’s college radio station KZSU 90.1 FM is a few hours away from the conclusion of its 11th Day of Noise. Despite the “noise” moniker, the music being played today isn’t necessarily noisy or discordant. According to the KZSU website, the Day of Noise is “Twenty-four hours straight of live experimentation and improvisation, featuring […]
Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, will take place all over the world on Saturday, April 20th. Non-commercial radio and independent record stores often have a synergistic relationship, so it makes sense that they would be natural partners for this event. Over the years I’ve heard about interesting collaborations between radio […]
Saturday was a fun day of radio immersion for me, as I attended the spring University of California Radio Network (UCRN) conference at KZSC at University of California, Santa Cruz. Around 115 people, including volunteers, students, DJs, staff, and advisers from numerous California college radio stations headed to the lovely station in the woods in […]
At a meeting of the Mount Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) on Monday night, the school board approved a recommendation to “explore the potential multi-year lease of” high school radio station KVHS-FM. At the meeting, it was stated that preliminary estimates indicate that a lease of the FM signal could bring between $10,000 and $25,000 […]
In 2012, the first annual High School Radio Day took place on May 16. The day was established in order to celebrate high school radio and raise awareness about the small number of remaining high school radio stations. This year, High School Radio Day is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24. According to a press release, […]
Last year, the independent radio website Soundtap launched a listening competition pitting independent radio stations against one another in a series of head-to-head battles that coincided with March Madness. Dubbed Soundtap Madness, this year’s edition will include a series of two-day competitions taking place between April 1st to April 12th. Sixty-four college radio stations will […]
At a ceremony which aired on Sunday, March 17th, KSUA 91.5 FM from University of Alaska, Fairbanks was awarded the 2013 mtvU College Radio Woodie award. After an initial nomination round, the most popular college radio stations (by online vote) were culled to 25 finalists. Additional online voting reduced the field to the final list […]
With the music portion of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival launching today, there are numerous panels, films, and events for radio fans to choose from. In addition to that, many radio stations have traveled to Austin in order to curate music showcases, interview bands, and broadcast live performances. Starting tomorrow (Wednesday, March 13, […]
