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Bowdoin College radio station WBOR sticker on wall of the station. Photo: J. Waits

Radio Station Visit #174: WBOR at Bowdoin College

As we chatted over lunch in the dining hall at Bowdoin College on a late August afternoon, Mason Daugherty, one of the Station Managers of college radio station WBOR-FM, said quick “hellos” to friends who he hadn’t seen in months. The verdant campus in Brunswick, Maine was coming to life, as students were beginning to […]

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Photo of Williams College's radio station WMS-WCFM doing a remote sports broadcast from the early 1970s. Photo from WCFM archives

Podcast #340 – College Radio History at Williams College

Williams College student Josh Picoult arrived on campus with a fascination for both history and radio. Four years later, he’s about to graduate after completing his undergraduate thesis on the history of college radio station WCFM, where he’s also the general manager. On this edition of Radio Survivor, we are joined by Josh, who talks […]

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Newsroom sign at WHIP. Photo: J. Waits

Podcast #337 – Catching up on Radio News including LPFM, a College Radio Archive, Documentaries, and More

The Radio Survivor team returns for a new episode, during which Jennifer, Eric and Paul recap some of the latest radio news. Topics this week including LPFM, college radio history, radio documentaries, expanding and returning radio stations, and a slow radio broadcast for Earth Day. Jennifer talks about her new gig working on a college […]

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Wall of college radio station WSVA. Photo: J. Waits

Radio Station Visit #172: College Radio Station WSVA at The School of Visual Arts

With killer views from the 7th floor of a building in the heart of New York City, it’s no surprise that DJs at The School of Visual Arts’ (SVA) college radio station WSVA joke about wanting to live at the station. “I would love to have this as my apartment,” said Michelle Mullin, WSVA’s Manager […]

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Photo of pole with white round college radio sticker on it that says WSLC Radio. Photo: J. Waits

Radio Station Visit #171: College Radio Station WSLC at Sarah Lawrence College

I felt nostalgia for so many different eras of college radio during a visit to Sarah Lawrence College’s student-run radio station WSLC in Bronxville, New York. Located in beautiful Bates Hall, built in 1928 as one of the college’s first buildings, the station’s large windows afford DJs fresh air and a view of the lush […]

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photo at college radio station BSR. Banner reads BSR Brown Student and Community Radio. Shelves of CDs are behind the sign. 2023 Photo: J. Waits

Radio Station Visit #170: College Radio Station BSR at Brown University

Tucked away on the 3rd floor of the Campus Center at Brown University is a college radio station with a fascinating history. BSR (Brown Student and Community Radio) currently broadcasts online and over 101.1 FM in Providence, Rhode Island, with call letters WBRU-LP, but it is the descendant of likely the first AM carrier current […]

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