Archive October 2008
28 Oct
KFJC: Student Radio or NPR Training Ground?
According to this article, KFJC, a radio station where “(P)articipation in the radio program is open to Foothill students and requires enrollment in the broadcasting class and “students within the radio program suggest they are content with the present format, and see no reason to add or subtract from a station that has been growing […]
READ MORE26 Oct
KCOU “Ownership” Change
According to themaneater.com the Missouri Students Association (“MSA”) “would also gradually give up ownership of the radio station” after it agreed to fund a new tower for its transmission facilities. It appears that this means that the MSA will gradually stop funding the radio station operations, because the station license is actually held by the […]
READ MORE26 Oct
Heidelberg College gains radio station
From advertiser-tribune.com – Donors Doug Stephan and Tony Paradiso are in the process of giving Tiffin’s 500-watt AM station, 1600 WTTF, to Heidelberg, and at least 50 people gathered Friday afternoon in Herbster Chapel to hear about the gift… Heidelberg was the first place where Stephan, who has a national talk radio show called “Doug […]
READ MORE26 Oct
TV Students Produce Political Debates & More
From the AuburnPub.com site, ““And the students produce the shows, and (then the shows) go out to air on real television and people really see them,” Keeler said. “This is the only real local television produced and broadcast here.” For the past several weeks the focus has been on the production of the various debates. […]
READ MORE24 Oct
New keynote speaker for Thursday
Rich Beckman of the University of Miami School of Communication will give the opening keynote address at the National College Media Convention in Kansas City. He replaces Brian Storm. During his talk, titled “It’s Our Time to Lead: The Changing Role of the Collegiate Journalist,” Prof. Beckman will discuss how multimedia storytelling, social networks and […]
READ MORE18 Oct
Student Covers Presidential Race
Here is a Q & A from the Tewksbury Advocate with Kim Saltmarsh, a 22 year-old student who “watched and reported live as the first African American presidential nominee both delivered his nomination acceptance speech and spoke in his final debate in just three months.”
READ MORE17 Oct
WMTS Holds Fund Raiser
WMTS holds a fund raiser at a local club with performances by Nashville groups Canon Blue, Cactus’s, the Champion and his Burning Flame and Murfreesboro’s own Zombie Bazooka Patrol according to MTSU Sidelines.
READ MORE12 Oct
Coyote Radio now on iTunes
Cal State San Bernardino’s Coyote Radio station has been added to i-Tunes according to this article.
READ MORE11 Oct
CBI Convention Program Available
The program for the upcoming KC convention is now available. There are sessions concerning radio, TV, Internet, Webcasting, legal issues, royalty issues, careers, and lots, lots more, including the CBI National Student Awards program! This FIVE day conference offers a ton of value, more than any one day conference!
READ MORE11 Oct
Major $$$$ for EAS replacement?
As discussed on the CBI email list, there are changes coming to EAS. This article outlines many of the potential outcomes and problems with how the new emergency alert system will be implemented. As the article discusses, the required time frame for FCC licensed stations to acquire and install the required equipment is also problematic. […]
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