Today the Princeton Review released its latest college guide, which is full of college trivia, including the annual “best college radio station” list of the 20 schools with the most popular radio stations based on student surveys. The Best 378 Colleges, 2014 Edition collects the results of mostly online surveys conducted with more than 126,000 […]
Although it’s the dead of summer, here’s a quick summary of some recent college radio news: WBGU DJ and Co-Music Director Wins DJ Competion Brody Ramone, a DJ from WBGU-FM at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, will be heading to Zurich, Switzerland this September in order to compete in the International Radio Festival (IRF). […]
The FCC’s filing window for applicants who are interested in obtaining a new LPFM license is coming up in October and many groups are hopeful that college radio stations will take advantage of this rare opportunity to obtain a spot on the FM dial. At Radio Survivor we are working to connect college radio stations […]
I was doing a random search on Twitter this weekend when I ran across a photo of a radio reception stamp for the first Haverford College radio station WABQ. It turns out that some of the current radio station participants at Haverford College found this gem on eBay, just in time for this year’s 90th […]
This summer I’ve been getting more serious about my radio station field trip project and have been trying to finally visit some of the stations in the Bay Area that have eluded me up to this point. In some cases it’s been a lack of initiative on my part, whereas in other instances my requests […]
Gardner-Webb University’s non-commercial FM radio station WGWG will be transitioning to an online-only station by the end of the year, according to an article in the Shelby Star. The Christian university, located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, plans to keep the station call letters and branding, but is in the midst of negotiations to sell […]
As Matthew has previously reported, the FCC is currently seeking comments from the public about its policies related to the broadcast of indecent material. Lots of folks (apparently there are tens of thousands of comments) have been weighing in with opinions on the subject (the deadline is July 18), and several groups focused on the […]
Wrapping up the radio station scavenger hunt for this week, I’m sharing one more music genre color code sign. This “library legend” sign comes from KFJC, where I’m a DJ. In my travels, I’ve seen incredibly complex systems for categorizing music libraries. There are often many sub-genres and different colors of tape are sometimes affixed […]
As part of my new Radio Station Scavenger Hunt series, I’m highlighting music genre charts this week. Yesterday’s charts were from KBOO-FM and today I turn to some equally detailed charts from college radio station KZSC-FM at University of California, Santa Cruz. Although I’ve visited KZSC twice now, it was on my last trip (for […]
The Federal Communications Commission says that it will ease up on the fines that it issues college radio stations when they violate the Commission’s procedures and rules, such as failure to submit ownership reports or adequately maintain a public inspection file. Now, rather than punish such stations with a Notice of Apparent Liability followed by […]
