This week’s podcast is a rare treat, featuring all four Radio Survivors: me, Matthew Lasar, Paul Riismandel and Eric Klein. In the college radio segment, we discuss the pending sale of the FM license for University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s college radio station WUMD. When we recorded the podcast, I hadn’t heard from many WUMD participants, […]
2017 has begun with the news this week that the FM license for college radio station WUMD will likely be sold to a public radio group. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announced its plans to sell the WUMD license to Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR) a few days ago, while students and faculty were away on […]
In the past week, I’ve been amazed by the amount of Christmas music that is emanating from sound systems in the local businesses that I’ve been frequenting. Coffee shops, medical offices, shopping malls, and clothing stores have been some of the places where I’ve heard familiar holiday tunes. College radio is a mixed bag, with […]
I’m already itching to visit more college radio stations, but first I need to write up all of my recent field trips. With that goal in mind, I just posted a piece about my visit to college radio station KHDX at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Staffers there have been busy since my visit and […]
My journeys to Arkansas continue on the Radio Survivor Podcast this week. Take a listen to episode 70 hear about my visit to college radio station KHDX-FM at Hendrix College. I also give a recap of some of the College Radio Day festivities that took place last week. In a nice Arkansas station tour/College Radio […]
Happy College Radio Day, everyone! Today marks the 6th edition of this annual celebration of college radio. Over the years the event has expanded to include college radio stations from all over the world, which means that today’s festivities began at midnight local time in far-flung locales. A special streaming World College Radio Day Global […]
Well, I’m back from my travels and am full of even more college radio wisdom thanks to both the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) conference and my numerous radio station tours. I’ll be recapping my trip to the CBI conference for Radio World in a forthcoming issue and will also share some tidbits from the event […]
I’m having a great time immersing myself in all things college radio while in Philadelphia this week for the College Broadcasters Inc. conference. Visiting college radio stations is always a priority and I never miss an opportunity to pop by my alma mater, Haverford College, to continue with my ongoing research about the history of […]
I’m in the midst of my fall travels, having just returned from a trip to Arkansas for the Grassroots Radio Conference (GRC). Along the way, I squeezed in several college radio station visits, including trips to KXUA-FM at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, KUOZ-LP at University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, and Hendrix College’s class […]
On this week’s Radio Survivor podcast, I delved into a couple of FM college radio stations, KBPK at Fullerton College and KEPC at Pikes Peak Community College, that are extensions of academic departments. Additionally, I wrote up another radio station tour (WCAS Radio, which is my 114th!) that also fits into that category, as WCAS […]
