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Category Broadcasting News

3 Feb

Digital Radio at Montgomery County Community College

The Times Herald in Montgomery County, PA recently wrote a story highlighting the radio talent coming out of Montgomery County Community College.  Montco Radio, the student-operated Internet radio station, has been around for five years and has a direct link to their live feed on the school’s homepage. Morgan Betz, associate professor of communications and […]

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1 Feb

KCSM TV Put Up for Auction

San Mateo County Community College’s TV license, KCSM, was put up for auction last month with bids due on February 14, 2012. Unsuccessful in raisingadditional revenue and reducing expenditures, the school sees no other way to continue to support the station. The KCSM FM station will not be affected by this sale. KCSM put out an […]

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27 Jan

KXDS Moves from Classical to Mainstream

Dixie State College’s KXDS has made a major format flip this month when it switched from classical to Top 40. One of the main reasons for the change was to increase student interest and involvement. Radio Director Shawn Denevan said in a Dixie Sun article that “An outlet like this needs to be utilized by […]

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25 Jan

iHeartRadio Adds College Radio Stations

  Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announced this week that it will add college radio stations to the New iHeartRadio. In the official press release from Clear Channel Media and Entertainment the President and CEO, John Hogan said, “Bringing college radio stations to iHeartRadio is a great source of local and independent programming that offers […]

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24 Jan

NAB Spot Center Website

    NAB’s Public Service division is pleased to launch the new Spot Center website, featuring broadcast-quality radio and television public service announcements for stations to download at their convenience and run on-air, immediately. Users will need to register before downloading.

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23 Jan

Important FCC Dates – February 1

FCC licensed radio stations in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi need to file their license renewal application and EEO reports (with noncommercial stations also needing to submit their Biennial Ownership Report) by February 1. Stations licensed in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee should start their pre-filing announcements on February 1.  For more information about the license renewal […]

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22 Jan

FCC Fines Clear Channel for Contests

The FCC has fined clear channel for violating the regulations concerning broadcast contests.  If your FCC licensed station conducts contests, it must be familiar with the rules in order to stay out of trouble.  One of the more interesting aspects of this decision is that the contest was promoted over the air, but conducted via […]

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21 Jan

Help Keep Video Remixes and Clips Legal

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is looking for people to send comments to the Copyright Office about why it’s important to be able to use clips from DVDs and online video services to make video remixes.  Comments are due Feb. 10. A longer explanation and instructions are at here.  

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17 Jan

WSGE’s Inaugural Socks for Seniors Drive

This article from the Charlotte Observer talks about Gaston College’s radio station, WSGE, and its inaugural Socks for Seniors drive in December. “Gaston College radio station WSGE (91.7 FM) collected more than 500 pairs of socks in its inaugural Socks for Seniors drive in December. WSGE listeners and Gaston College students, faculty and staff donated new socks […]

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29 Nov

Confusing Email or Letter from SoundExchange?

Did you receive an email or letter from SoundExchange that contains a lot of legal gibberish like this: According to our records, you are the contact for a noncommercial educational webcaster that is currently relying on the statutory licenses set forth in Sections 112 and 114 of the U.S. Copyright Act (the “statutory license”) and […]

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