Good Vibrations! a conversation about Açık Radyo of Istanbul, Turkey
The credo of Açık Radyo of Istanbul, Turkey begins as follows: “We have apparently lost our ability to have fun! Radio, TV, newspapers, and the like are all so terribly tedious and boring; mainstream media mainly serving nothing but a magnanimous mediocracy; being full of sound and fury, signifying nothing but a deafening cacophony. Paradoxically, mass […]
College Radio Watch: Chef Competition, Radio Drama, and Return of WPRK
Happy Winter Holidays! With holiday break happening on many campuses, there isn’t too much college radio news to report. In lieu of a year-end wrap-up, stay tuned for a future Radio Survivor Podcast in which I’ll be talking about some of the big college radio stories from 2017. College Radio News WPRK Has Been off […]
Is FM Radio Norway’s Network Neutrality? Majority Still Opposes Shutdown
Norway’s FM radio won’t go away that easily. Two years ago the world press reported, often breathlessly, on the Scandinavian country’s plans to end its national radio services on the FM dial, switching them over to digital broadcasting. Lost in most of the reportage was the fact 200 local FM stations would remain on the […]
Podcast #121 – What Happens After Net Neutrality; Open Signal Public Access TV
Why didn’t the internet just stop working the day after the FCC voted to end network neutrality? Prof. Christopher Terry from the University of Minnesota joins to answer that question, and explain what happens next. He also lays out where is the fight over internet freedom going next, and what the real threat is for […]
College Radio Watch: Strike at WWVU over Alleged Sexual Harassment, Station Tours and More News
On December 7, students at college radio station WWVU (aka U92) at West Virginia University held a three-hour strike, protesting alleged sexual harassment by the university employee who manages the radio station. On Monday, December 11, it was reported that while the investigation is ongoing, the station manager will not report to work at the […]
Radio Station Visit #142 – College Radio Station WIIT at Illinois Institute of Technology
With so many college radio stations in the Chicago area, it can be tough to decide which to visit first. WIIT 88.9 FM at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) jumped to the top of my list when I learned that it was potentially one of the oldest college radio stations in the country. Coupled with […]
Podcast #120 – Have Your Own Tiny Radio Station
First conceived in the 1930s, there is a type of tiny little radio station that anyone can operate legally, without a license. Bill DeFelice of HobbyBroadcaster.net joins the show to tell us about so-called ‘Part 15’ radio stations, and how you can get on the air today, to broadcast around your house, or even your […]
Radio Station Visit #141 – College Radio Station WKCR at Columbia University
On a rainy New York City day this spring, I headed to Morningside Heights in upper Manhattan for a visit to Columbia University’s college radio station WKCR 89.9 FM. The 76-year-old station has a deep respect for its history and I was delighted to see numerous reel-to-reel players, an entire room full of vintage audio […]
College Radio Watch: 50th for KZSC, Farewell WSGR, Free Speech, and more News
A mysterious situation is brewing at St. Clair County Community College’s college radio station WSGR-FM, where word has it that the station has been shut down after 43 years on the air. According to the Port Huron Times Herald, The radio station was originally intended for students in the broadcasting degree program, which was discontinued […]
Podcast #119 – Chicago Independent Radio Project
The Chicago Independent Radio Project launched as an internet radio station nearly a decade ago, with a mission of bringing a truly independent music- and arts-focused community radio station to Chicago. Thanks to the Local Community Radio Act, which allowed the growth of low-power FM stations in the nation’s biggest cities—and a lot of hard […]