Radio Station Visit #156: KMGP-LP Space 101.1 FM in Seattle
My 5th and final radio station visit at the end of a long day of Seattle touring brought me to an interesting arts enclave in Warren G. Magnuson Park in northeast Seattle. My destination, the newish low power FM (LPFM) community radio station SPACE 101.1 (KMGP-LP), which is a project of the Sand Point Arts […]
Podcast #192: Saving Radio History with The Radio Preservation Task Force
Radio Preservation Task Force’s Director Josh Shepperd and Conference Director Neil Verma are our guests for a discussion about the work of the Library of Congress initiative. They explain the significance of 2020 for radio history, share some of the accomplishments of the Task Force, and preview the next Radio Preservation Conference Task Force Conference, […]
How a radio show and comic book inspired the FBI’s name
It was 1934, and J. Edgar Hoover was sick of radio mysteries and comic strips that referred to “secret” government agents. We need a better name, he told his minions.
College Radio Watch: Longest Running College Radio Station Quest and More News
My radio station tours resumed this week with a report on my trip to Bellevue College’s community-public radio station KBCS-FM in Bellevue, Washington. Although the station was launched by students who staged a protest in order to get the administration on board; these days there isn’t much of a student presence. It’s another example of […]
Radio Station Visit #155: Public-Community Radio Station KBCS-FM
It’s become somewhat of a station tour cliche for me to write about the homey feel of the radio stations that I visit. But, Bellevue College’s public radio station KBCS 91.3 FM in Bellevue, Washington takes that vibe to another level, as its station is located inside an actual house. Entrance to KBCS. Photo: J. […]
Podcast #191: How an LPFM Produces an Hour of Hyper-Local News Every Weekday
Every weekday an all-volunteer reporting staff produces an hour of original, hyper-local news for WOOC-LP’s “Hudson Mohawk Magazine,” serving the Troy, NY area. A focus on mission and a concentration of resources on journalism helps the station accomplish this daily feat. Steve Pierce is the Executive Director of Media Alliance, which operates WOOC inside the […]
College Radio Watch: WVBU License to be Sold, KHSU Upheaval and More News
There’s some sad news on the college radio front this week, with word that Bucknell University’s student radio station WVBU will be losing its FM signal. VIA Public Media plans to purchase the license for $17,600. The Daily Item writes, that WVBU “will move to a streaming-only platform and VIA Public Media will take over […]
Podcast #190: Radio Spectrum and Transmission Art
Amanda Dawn Christie is an artist enamored with radios and radio waves. The Assistant Professor, Studio Arts at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) joins us on the show to discuss her most recent transmission art project, Ghosts in the Airglow, in which she created work at the HAARP facility in Alaska. Christie also shares with us […]
College Radio Watch: 168 hours of Vinyl, 50 Year Old Trivia Contest and More News
We had a fun chat about college radio’s Vinylthon at the start of this week’s Radio Survivor show. On Saturday, April 13, 2019, more than 140 radio stations played vinyl in celebration of the College Radio Foundation tradition. At Foothill College’s radio station KFJC-FM, where I’m Publicity Director, we ended up playing vinyl for 7 […]
Three reasons not to edit out the ums
Removing “ums” from an interview is a foundational skill of podcast and radio editing, right up there alongside finding the right place to start the show and boosting the volume when it’s too quiet. But not all “ums” are equal. The um as a stand-in for another word: I’ve heard “ums” in audio used intentionally […]