Category Broadcasting News
11 Jul
Streetsboro High School radio station upgrades in high gear
Four control boards at WSTB 88.9 FM, the Streetsboro High School radio station, will be replaced before the start of the new school year in August. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] On June 25, the Streetsboro […]
READ MORE1 Jul
CBI Update: Student Media in the News
College Radio Stations protest WRAS Deal, GSU considers alternative options From Radio Ink: After a unique radio protest last week, where college stations across the country showed their support for WRAS in Atlanta, Georgia State University now says it is pursuing daytime broadcast options for WRAS Album 88. A release posted by the University Friday […]
READ MORE24 Jun
CBI Update: Student media news
Students, alumni and fans continue to support Save WRAS movement More than 11,000 people have signed a petition in support of WRAS, the student radio station of Georgia State University. The college inked a deal with Georgia Public Broadcasting, a state public broadcasting network of 17 public radio and nine television stations in Georgia, to […]
READ MORE6 Jun
Out in Radioland
College Media Q&A with Jennifer Waits “I think students are just as interested in radio as they have always been. When I go visit stations, I hear they’ve had record numbers of people signing up. A lot of stations have to turn people away because they don’t have enough room in the schedule, which has […]
READ MORE30 May
Out in Radioland
News from WRAS about their impending agreement with Georgia Public Broadcasting This morning (May 30) Georgia State University Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Douglass Covey, met with the leadership of Georgia State University’s student-programmed radio station, WRAS, to inform them that the university and Georgia Public Broadcasting are postponing to June 29 the implementation […]
READ MORE29 May
Arkansas AM station that launched legends returns
Decades ago, unknown blues musicians paid $15 to appear on an east Arkansas radio station, hoping a few minutes of exposure would help them become the legends they now are: B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Ike Turner. KWEM-AM fell silent in 1960 after more than a decade in the Mississippi River town […]
READ MORE27 May
Barbara Walters Gives Archives to Sarah Lawrence College
Ms. Walters, the veteran broadcaster, said she would donate her archives, including papers, recordings and photographs from her television career, to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., her alma mater, The Journal News reported. Ms. Walters, who recently signed off from the ABC daytime talk show “The View,” and has previously been a co-host of […]
READ MORE22 May
WRAS offers one-hour simulcast for college stations around the country
From College Radio Day: On June 2, WRAS, the student-run college radio station of Georgia State University, will lose their daytime FM programming to Georgia Public Broadcasting. In response to this, WRAS invites college radio stations across the country to broadcast a special hour of their programming in support of their fight to stay student-run […]
READ MORE20 May
Statement on WRAS 88.5 FM
Since its inception, College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) has sought to foster, support and expand student-run broadcasting operations on campuses across the country. That is why CBI College Broadcasters, Inc. stands with the students and alumni of WRAS-FM involved in the recent announcement of an agreement between Georgia State University and Georgia Public Broadcasting. This agreement […]
READ MORE15 May
WPSC recognizes Elvis Duran with Bravery In Radio award
“For his efforts in producing creative and exciting radio over the course of his career, the students of WPSC are delighted to recognize Elvis Duran with this year’s Bravery In Radio award, said Rob Quicke, a West Milford resident, professor of communications and general manager of 88.7FM. “Elvis is a broadcaster who creates undeniably compelling […]
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