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Last Updated on November 3, 2015 by askcbiorg

WKNC’s ‘Fridays on the Lawn’ series continues

WKNC 88.1 FM will host the next installment of its “Fridays on the Lawn” concert series on Friday, November 6. The event will feature a distinctly pop feel, with performances by Chapel Hill’s Sunshine Faces and Charlotte “post-internet emotive indie pop” quartet The Mineral Girls. The event begins at 5 p.m. on NC State’s Harris Field and is co-sponsored by the NC State Inter-Residence Council, Student Government and Panoplay.

For more information, check out the flyer.

Music Director at WJCU Breaks with National Association of Broadcasters in Letter to Congress Supporting Artist Pay for Radio Play

“A computer can never replace the power of the human touch. When I listen to music for The Heights I have only one focus: what will make my listeners sit up in their chair and reach for their phone to Shazam what they’re hearing? I play music that I think represents Cleveland. I measure my success in my job by the phone calls and emails I get from our listeners. Nothing else.”

Read more from The Huffington Post.

Private Iowa university launches Internet radio station

“We do not have a shortage of programming ideas coming in from the students,” said graduate student Ryan Bubulka, one of three student managers of the radio station.

Read more from The Daily Nonpareil.

Hillsdale College dedicates radio station

“The new campus radio station offers another great opportunity for our students here at Hillsdale,” John Miller, director of Hillsdale College’s Dow Journalism program, said. “This station will give our students first-hand experience in the art of communicating over the airways to large audiences. We are extremely grateful to Vince Benedetto and his team for their gracious efforts in making this possible.”

Read more from Hillsdale Daily News.

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