It’s hard to believe that it’s September already and that the fall semester is now well underway on most college campuses. Student radio stations are recruiting new members, hosting events, and preparing for several fall college radio conferences, including CBI’s convention in Seattle and CMJ’s Music Marathon in New York City (both are in late […]
I was sad to learn that the FCC will not reinstate the license for high school radio station WLMH. The 89.1 FM license, licensed to Little Miami Local Schools in Morrow, Ohio, was deleted in August, 2012 after the FCC realized that the station had been off the air for more than a year. Although […]
On May 31, 2012, the license for Ohio Wesleyan’s student radio station WSLN was cancelled after the Delaware, Ohio university turned the 98.7 FM license back to the FCC. Trace Regan, WSLN adviser and Chair of the Ohio Wesleyan Journalism Department told me via email that, “WSLN will continue as ‘OWU Radio’ online. The webcast […]
Reed College’s tiny radio station KRRC struggled to be heard over the Portland, Oregon airwaves and now its terrestrial days may be over. Last week paperwork was filed to transfer the class D license for KRRC to Common Frequency, a non-profit devoted to community and grassroots radio. There’s a silver lining to this story, as the […]
Over the winter holidays, Paul Smith’s College in The Adirondack Park in New York sent a letter to the FCC asking that its class D FM license for college radio station WPSA be cancelled. The December 12, 2011 letter was accepted by the FCC on December 20, 2011 and the 98.3 FM license was deleted. […]
Just before winter break, college radio station KCUI officially ended its life as an FM station when its license holder, Central College, turned its class D FM license back in to the FCC. Although it was a tiny station at just 10 watts out of Pella, Iowa, it had been a fixture at the private […]
