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It didn’t take long for Hastings College to decide to sell the license for college radio station KFKX-FM. As we reported, the student radio station was shut down and went silent a month ago. At the time, the school was vague about its plans for the license. This week, however, the college submitted paperwork to […]
Radio station road trips are a highlight of any vacation for me and I was lucky to take a few while visiting Denver earlier this month. On Tuesday, July 12, I drove north to Fort Collins in order to check out Colorado State University’s college radio station KCSU-FM. After a quick stop for breakfast in […]
On my final day of radio station tours in Colorado (July 13, 2016), I took a road trip from Denver south to Colorado Springs. My first stop was to Colorado College in order to see online-only college radio station The SOCC. General Manager Eboni Statham met up with me at the station, which is tucked […]
I’m catching up on my radio station tour reports and this week published a piece about my visit to college radio station Met Radio at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Be sure to catch next week’s Radio Survivor Podcast to learn even more about that field trip and hear audio from my tour. (more…)
When we started thinking about a family vacation to Colorado, I knew that I’d want to make room in the schedule for some radio station tours. So, on Thursday, July 7, my first full day in Denver, I walked in 90+ degree heat to Metropolitan State University of Denver in order to see college radio […]
I’ve been out and about, visiting radio stations this week while on my summer vacation. Unfortunately, summer is not the best time to try to connect with college radio stations, as quite a few of them are empty over the seasonal break. I try my best to reach people at college radio stations, sometimes exhibiting […]
Some good news this week, with a new college radio station, a new radio degree program; as well as some interesting programming ranging from a Prince tribute to coverage of student protests in Papua New Guinea. Here’s a quick recap of the week in college radio: WKCR Resumes Online Streaming (WKCR) After several months without […]
Is it really summer? Feels like a busy week for radio news. Hastings College radio station KFKX in Hastings, Nebraska left the air this week. When I tuned in to check it out yesterday, I saw the message, “off the air.” We also got word that some former KUSF-FM programmers may soon be back on […]
We first reported back on May 16, that plans were in the works for college radio station KFKX 90.1 FM at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska to leave the air. Well, the day has come this Thursday, June 30th. Over the weekend, alumni came back to celebrate the station (see video here) and prior to […]
I hope you caught this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast (episode #51), in which I talk about the history of carrier current college radio. Dating back to 1936, college radio carrier current stations starting popping up on campuses in earnest throughout the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond. At one point there were rumored to be […]
