College Radio Watch: Is College Radio ‘Almost Public Radio’? and More News
In the provocative piece, WNYU, New York is “Almost Public Radio,” radio veteran Ken Mills posits that college radio station WNYU at New York University (see my 2008 tour) falls into the category of “almost public radio.” Mills argues that stations in this category “copy public radio’s style, represent themselves as a public trust and/or […]
How to Listen to Super Bowl LIII on the Radio
Looking for info on how to listen to this 2021’s Super Bowl LV? Click here. Updated Jan. 31, 2019 Once again it’s time for my annual hunt for the Super Bowl on the radio around the world. Last year I had fun listening to the first Australian to call the big game for his home […]
Podcast #178 – Irish Pirate Radio Archive
For about a decade, ending in 1988, pirate stations dominated the Irish radio bands, exploiting a loophole in the law that made punishments for unlicensed broadcasting on par with a speeding ticket. Now the sounds and artifacts of this cultural movement are being preserved online in the Irish Pirate Radio Archive. Archive co-founders Brian Greene […]
10 Reasons Why CDs Are Still Awesome (Especially for Radio)
Quite a lot of shade is getting thrown at CDs in the press these days. The LA Times reports, “The compact disc era may finally be entering its hospice stage,” while Rolling Stone declares, “CDs Are Dying Three Times as Fast as Vinyl Is Growing.” Putting aside the misleading equivocation of the RS calculation – […]
Retro Vacation Postcards from Radio Station Tours
Jennifer takes beautiful photos on her radio station tours, and we thought it would be great to find new ways of sharing them. We also want to do more to engage with and say “thank you” to our supporters on Patreon. So we created our first sheet of digital postcards. The first edition has four […]
College Radio Watch: Penitentiary Rock and More News
Ever since my stint as a college radio DJ at Pomona College’s KSPC (see my tour), I’ve been aware of college radio’s fan base among the prison population. DJs at KSPC regularly received letters, postcards and phone calls from faithful listeners who resided in a nearby men’s prison. This past summer, I learned about a […]
Radio Station Visit #152: Dance Music-Oriented High School Radio Station C89.5
My marathon day of Seattle radio station visits last October launched with a trip to see high school radio station KNHC-FM aka C89.5. As I approached Nathan Hale High School in my rental car, I tuned in to the dance music station while delighting in the dramatic Pacific Northwest scenery: dark grey skies and vibrant […]
Podcast #177 – Philosophies of Podcast & Radio Editing; Seattle’s Rich High School Radio Scene
In addition to co-hosting the show, Eric Klein edits most episodes, and is a professional freelance audio editor. He put some of his philosophies of editing radio and podcasts in writing for last year’s Grassroots Radio Conference, and for a recent post at Radio Survivor. On this episode Eric elaborates on his advice to “know […]
Julius Eastman comes to town
“When the piece was over the audience erupted with applause and cheers. I’m really happy that I attended.”
G-town radio offers jazz and perspective to Germantown
One of the things I like about G-town radio is that it starts every morning with jazz programming. The internet community station broadcasts to the Germantown section of Philadelphia. From Monday to Saturday the jazz streams from six to nine am, and to ten am on Sundays. “Get out of bed mix featuring classic jazz, mellow pop […]