Category Broadcasting News
6 Mar
Student Media in the News
Seton Hall’s WSOU Enters Hall Of Fame WSOU 89.5 FM, Seton Hall University’s much-heralded, student-run radio station, received a surprise at the annual Kilpop Radio Convention and Rock Radio Awards in Las Vegas: The station was inducted into the Rock Radio Hall of Fame during the Rock Radio Awards Ceremony, the evening of February 23. […]
READ MORE27 Feb
Student Media in the News
Hopelessly late but worth the wait No more “big old speaker” outside blasting neighbors or faulty and exposed wiring from 20 years ago – just a couple of the issues radio station KJCC has endured over the years. At least, according to Station Manager Jeff Ochoa, who can breathe a sigh of relief these days, […]
READ MORE20 Feb
Student Media in the News
Yale radio suspends operations According to Section 118 of the United States Copyright Act, noncommercial broadcasting entities are required to obtain a compulsory license for the use of published music in works that, unlike visual performances or theatrical plot lines, are not dramatic. Keyes softened her stance in a follow-up email on Saturday evening, apologizing […]
READ MORE13 Feb
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WVBR to Bring Alternative Music to Ithaca WVBR 93.5 FM Ithaca’s “real rock radio” is out and “Ithaca’s Alternative” is in. This change of genre for the independent, Cornell student-run radio station comes after increasing confusion as to what constitutes “real rock.” In the recent years, the station has failed to focus its efforts on […]
READ MORE6 Feb
Student Media in the News
‘Thank God For Monday’ to Present Special Series on Sexual Harassment “As a program dedicated to helping people improve their work environment and careers, ‘Thank God for Monday’ has dealt with sexual harassment since the show’s beginning,” said Brother Greg Cellini. “As the #MeToo movement has shown, there is still much work to be done […]
READ MORE30 Jan
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Attempting to shed “white” label, WBAR takes steps toward improving diversity Nevertheless, WBAR’s long-standing reputation as a space for white students—albeit those with unconventional music taste—has proven difficult to shake. Although it was founded in the early 1990s as an alternative to Columbia’s student radio, WKCR, WBAR has often been a space dominated by white […]
READ MORE23 Jan
Student Media in the News
William Paterson students visit Vieques, forge radio partnership Nearly four months after Hurricane Maria touched down, battering the secluded island and knocking out its only radio station, nine communications students from William Paterson University traveled to Vieques this month for a weeklong humanitarian mission. The students, including members of the college radio station’s staff, donated […]
READ MORE16 Jan
Student Media in the News
Z88.9 WBZC To Go Online Only The station’s programming will relaunch online on January 22 as “RCBC Radio“. While the new incarnation of the station will be focused on the school’s students and prepare interested students to transfer to the affiliated Rowan University, the community volunteer DJ’s have been offered to remain on RCBC Radio. […]
READ MORE9 Jan
Student Media in the News
Radio Survivor podcast recaps 2017 2017 was a year of ups and downs, from the continued growth of LPFM to the loss of net neutrality. All four Radio Survivors gather to review the year that was, assessing what happened in college radio, community radio and podcasting, with stops along the way in Istanbul, conspiracy theories […]
READ MORE2 Jan
Student Media in the News
Conservative students’ ‘Deplorable Radio’ show remains banned from university airwaves The “Deplorable Radio” show at the University of Minnesota-Morris remains suspended indefinitely from the university’s radio station, prompting the student hosts of the show to argue they were booted because they’re conservative and politically incorrect. The university, meanwhile, maintains the show was suspended for “multiple […]
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