College Radio Watch: Election Coverage and More News
With the mid-term elections this week, it was great to see that a number of college radio stations were providing special coverage. University of Southern California’s Annenberg Media as well as Hofstra University and Ithaca College did extensive reporting. Additionally, the radio station at Hillsdale College has introduced a new talk show focused on politics. […]
Podcast #166 – The FCC’s Effort To Decimate Community Media
The FCC has proposed to de-fund community media through an arcane rule that determines how contributions from cable companies to public-access, educational and government (PEG) stations are counted. Because it’s arcane, the effort is flying under the radar. But we have two community media advocates to help explain what’s at stake. Martin Jones is the […]
Listening Notes: KXCJ-LP in Cave Junction, Oregon
This past weekend I accompanied my wife for a short trip to Oregon’s Illinois Valley where she facilitated a Conversation Project for Oregon Humanities. Of course I tuned around the FM dial in search of something interesting and local. Quickly I stumbled upon KXJC-LP at 105.7 FM broadcasting from Cave Junction, an eclectic and artsy […]
College Radio Watch: CBI Panel on the Podcast, KFJC in Berlin and More News
I had a wonderful time at the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) convention last week in Seattle! It was great to see my long-time college radio friends and fun to meet so many other student broadcasting colleagues. We recorded a college radio-centric edition of the Radio Survivor show during the conference. Take a listen to the […]
Rough notes: thoughts on the post-“Radio is Dead” era
“If I am alive, what am I doing here? And if I’m dead, why do I have to go to the bathroom?” – Thomas Dewey, 1948
Podcast #165 – College Radio Is Truly Local Radio
Live from the College Broadcasters, Inc. Convention in Seattle we take on college radio’s place in the contemporary media landscape. After deciding not to sell its radio station 13 years ago, the University of Evansville administration said, “we are once again examining the relevancy of the medium and exploring opportunities to enhance our curriculum through […]
UbuWeb’s Treasure Trove of Avant-Garde Radio and Sound
What if I told you there’s an online archive of hundreds of avant-garde media works that exists with little regard for copyright, though it respects the wishes of artists and their estates? Would you believe it’s been there for 22 years, without fail? That archive is UbuWeb. I’m pretty sure I first learned about it […]
Dash Radio Investment Demonstrates Interest in ‘Real’ Internet Radio
News about Dash Radio crossed my transom the other day, as the growing internet radio operation announced that it secured $8.8 million in seed funding. It’s interesting to see this sizable of an investment made in pureplay internet radio operation that isn’t attached to an on-demand service, like Spotify, or a personalized service, like Pandora. […]
College Radio Watch: Radio Survivor at CBI, Culture Wars, and More News
On this week’s episode of Radio Survivor, the topic is college radio and the culture wars. Our guest, historian Kate Jewell, shares with us her research delving into college radio history and its intersections with activism, controversies, and institutions. She also reveals some of her research finds, including stories that she’s unearthed from university and […]
Podcast #164 – College Radio and the Culture Wars
When Tipper Gore and the PMRC called rock and rap stars to testify in front of Congress about explicit lyrics, did this affect college radio? How could it not? Prof. Kate Jewell is examining the relationship between college stations and the culture wars as part of a new book project. Jewell is Associate Professor of […]