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Last Updated on November 17, 2015 by askcbiorg

Fonky Fresh: One Radio DJ’s Megnificent Origin Story

When I came to college, however, I realized that my casual hipsterdom just wasn’t cutting it at a university where most every student is at least marginally hipster. So, how do you step up your game when being a normal college hipster just isn’t enough anymore? You become a supreme college hipster, and sign up for DJ training classes at the campus radio station.

Read more from New University.

CMJ takes College Day on tour

This past Saturday, November 7, CMJ took Portland, Oregon, by storm. We hosted the first inaugural leg of College Day On Tour. Unsurprisingly comfortable rain greeted us, and we then proceeded to have a blast with partner stations KDUP and KPSU.

Read more from CMJ and Radio Survivor.

Editorial: Chicago’s public television drama: What to do with WYCC

Maybe you never noticed that Chicago has two public television stations: WTTW-Ch. 11 and WYCC-Ch. 20. That means twice as much “Downton Abbey.”

Two channels broadcasting one British upper-class melodrama? Sounds a bit posh. Well, it’s daft if it continues because the smaller station, WYCC, is owned by City Colleges of Chicago, which has a chance to sell the channel in a government auction for as much as $474 million.

Read more from the Chicago Tribune.