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Podcast #128 – The FCC Is Creating the Clear Channel of TV

The nation’s largest TV station owner is about to get even bigger, threatening to create the equivalent of Clear Channel for local television. New ownership rules passed by the FCC’s Republican majority in November are set to take effect Feb. 7, paving the way for Sinclair Broadcast Group to acquire Tribune television stations. Prof. Christopher […]

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Julius Eastman

Julius Eastman we hardly knew you

Julius Eastman was a brilliant black/gay composer whose lamentably short life is explored on WBUR’s Here and Now. His music was beautiful, but its presentation was not for the faint of heart. I hear Bach’s C-minor Passacaglia in Eastman’s controversially titled work, “Evil Nigger.” You listen and decide for yourself. According to interviewed historian Tiona […]

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fan letter from former WTBU college radio DJ. Photo: J. Waits

College Radio Watch: College Radio Community Storytelling Project and More News

Former college radio participant Lindsy Goldberg is doing an interesting graduate school project about college radio and community. On her College Radio Community Storytelling site, she is seeking hand-written stories from current and former college radio folks. Goldberg writes, “I am seeking handwritten stories from anyone who has ever been a member of a college […]

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WBAR DJs in 2009

College Radio Watch: College Radio Station List, WBAR Works on Diversity, and More News

On this week’s Radio Survivor Podcast (#126), Matthew Lasar, Paul Riismandel, Eric Klein and I discuss some of the most frequently asked questions that we get at Radio Survivor, including some focused on college radio. In addition to the most popular question of “How do I start a radio station?,” I’m regularly asked “How many […]

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Podcast 126 - FAQ

Podcast #126 – We Answer Your Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get a broadcast radio license? How can I find all the LPFM or college radio stations? Will you visit and write about my favorite station? Every week the editors of Radio Survivor receive, and answer, queries like these from readers and listeners. While we enjoy corresponding with people, we thought we shouldn’t […]

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Oregon Historical Society Commemorates 50 Years of KBOO Community Radio

“I can’t even imagine my life without KBOO.” That’s what Shaheed Haamid told the audience assembled January 20 at the Oregon Historical Society to celebrate the opening of “50 Years of KBOO,” an exhibit marking the Portland community radio station’s first half-century. Haamid is a long-time KBOO volunteer, programmer and current board member. He recalled […]

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On the year 1933 when it’s 3:33 pm . . .

I have started something called the “Hybrid Highbrow Network.” It is at this point mostly only a figment of my imagination, a matrix of people who don’t know they’re in the matrix  but who mix classical, jazz, showtunes, world music and whatever into whatever comes out the other end, radio-wise. Undaunted by the fictional nature […]

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