Complete coverage of what is news in college radio every Friday.
While in San Diego for a conference this summer, I visited a handful of college radio stations. My tour reports launched this week with a visit to Griffin Radio at Grossmont College. Stay tuned for more and peruse our archive of 159 station tours and counting. In other news, College Radio Day is coming up […]
After a bit of a summer vacation, we are back with some college radio news. Earlier this week, I shared Princeton Review’s new “Best College Radio Station” list, a ranking of 20 schools based on student surveys asking about the popularity of their school radio stations. On the list are some old favorites as well […]
It’s been an exciting week, with readers and listeners chipping in to help Radio Survivor with our Patreon campaign. A whole slew of you donated at least $5 a month by the August 1st deadline and will be getting a copy of our hand made ‘zine. We’ve had so much fun crafting it, that we […]
I love it when folks share vintage college radio documentaries with me and the latest to make its way to my inbox is a circa 1992 look at Rice University’s KTRU. It’s wonderfully post-modern, with nods to 2001: A Space Odyssey and some clever usage of expert interviews. The discussion of the station’s former hair […]
At Radio Survivor, we’re in the midst of a Patreon campaign, with a goal of having at least 100 monthly donors to Radio Survivor by August 1st. If you chip in at least $5/month, we’ll send you our inaugural ‘zine. You may not realize that Radio Survivor is a lean, volunteer effort and our work […]
What if college radio was an integral part of every student’s college orientation activities? Sounds amazing to me. This week I learned about Hamilton College’s mandatory “orientation trips,” which provide students with an immersion into various topics and activities as part of their transition to college life. One of the 4-day trips, Stay “Tuned”, focuses […]
It’s been a decade that I’ve been covering college radio on Radio Survivor, which was one of the topics that we discussed on our 200th episode of the podcast/radio show this week. It was a treat to have another rare episode with all four Radio Survivor principals: Matthew Lasar, Paul Riismandel, Eric Klein and myself. […]
I’m back from some college radio travels in San Diego and can’t wait to share more tour reports in the coming weeks. It’s always such a treat to meet fellow college radio participants and fans and with each visit, I find myself wandering down research rabbit holes as I hunger to learn more about the […]
Touring KSPU at Seattle Pacific University I love visiting college radio stations and it’s been awhile since I’ve had a new report. Last week I published an article about my tour of Seattle Pacific University’s KSPU. The online station has a tiny, but active staff who oversee big projects like quarterly campus events, concerts, and […]
I’m saddened, but not surprised to hear that University of Evansville has announced plans to sell the 91.5 FM license for college radio station WUEV-FM in Evansville, Indiana to a religious broadcasting group. Once a station that I held up as an inspiring example of how to fight an impending license sale, WUEV is in […]
