Amherst, University of Massachusetts campus radio station WMUA-FM is having a Polka crisis. The Daily Hampshire has the deets. Apparently the signal is sunsetting some Polka shows, among them “Polka Bandstand” and “Early Bird Polka.” Plus there will be a general scaling back of Saturday Polka programming from twelve to four hours. This has not gone well […]
I am loving these holiday contemporary music and choral music polls run by WQXR in New York City and Minnesota Public Radio.
It has been a while since I checked in on Earbits, the commercial free online music application that encourages you to become an active fan of the bands and musicians on your stream. Since then, it has greatly improved and I have constructed a hybrid classical radio channel via its excellent Chrome extension feature. For those […]
I continue to be fascinated by Riverwest radio, the Milwaukee Low Power FM station where everything gets videoed and you can just sit back and watch. Here’s a Riverwest radio deejay bopping to the music in his deejay chair: Your browser does not support iframes. There’s a whole feature about Riverwest in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. […]
Live365 has sounded the alarm regarding the Copyright Royalty Board’s latest proposed copyright royalty rate schedule. Layoffs and worse are in the offering. The CRB’s latest tithes: (1) Commercial Webcasters: $0.0022 per performance for subscription services and $0.0017 per performance for nonsubscription services. (2) Noncommercial Webcasters: $500 per year for each channel or station and […]
Good news (or at least sort of) on the India community radio front. That country’s Rajya Sabha (Council of States) recently received some kind of report-back from India’s Minster of State for Information and Broadcasting. According to India’s Business Standard, the Minister said that “so far” his office has received no formal complaints about the […]
The latest radio news from Austria is a bit unexpected. The other day one Joe Kohlhofer, a morning show host on the Antenne Kärnten hits radio station, barricaded himself in his studio and played Wham’s Last Christmas no less than 24 times. (more…)
KVNF-FM, community radio service for western Colorado and eastern Utah, has auctioned off Joe Cocker’s Jaguar for a little over 25,000 dollars. The happy couple (below) who purchased the item look deservedly pleased with themselves. Grand Junction Couple Takes Home Joe Cocker’s Jaguar https://t.co/SBNCNWXSV3 pic.twitter.com/dRAJCJMafM — KVNF Community Radio (@KVNFradio) December 11, 2015 The Jaguar in question is a 1995 […]
Like a lot of people making their way through the KUSP-FM in Santa Cruz transition saga, I am listening patiently to the new sound. And this, apparently, is what I am supposed to do. “I would love for people just to have some patience,” Nikki Silva of the legendary Kitchen Sisters (which got its start […]
I am digging several just beginning and just concluding local ensemble / amateur contests being run by classical public signals WQXR-FM in New York City and KDFC-FM in San Francisco. KDFC-FM has just finished its Local Vocals High School Choir sing-off, and the prize goes to the Monte Vista High School Chamber Singers from Danville […]
