Category Broadcasting News
3 Jun
Student station moved to HD2
From http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/92231/rhode-island-college-station-to-simulcast-wcrb-bos . “BRYANT COLLEGE noncommercial Variety WJMF/SMITHFIELD, RI will flip to a simulcast of WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Classical WCRB (99.5 ALL CLASSICAL)/BOSTON under a new partnership deal announced THURSDAY (6/2). Under the arrangement, WJMF, which is increasing its power and installing HD RADIO capability, will move its student-run programming to the station’s HD2 multicast […]
READ MORE25 Apr
Student stations sold/transferred to non-student operations
Here is a draft list of student stations that have been sold or transfer to non-student operations. This list is not complete. If you are aware of another station that should be listed, please email me the call letters, school and new operator, and any other information that will help substantiate the station’s sale. Please […]
READ MORE25 Apr
Minute of Silence to bring attention to the impact of sale of college radio stations.
Press Release PDF For Immediate Release Contact: Candace Walton, cwalton@usd.edu April 26, 2011 A national Minute of Silence will be held on Thursday, April 28 at 12:00 p.m. Central on college radio stations. College Broadcasters, Inc (CBI) is organizing the grassroots effort. The goal of the Minute of Silence is to bring awareness of the […]
READ MORE9 Apr
KUSF Upgrade Meets Opposition
As reported earlier, the initial upgrade to the KUSF signal hit a road bump and was derailed by the FCC even before objections were heard. The Radio Survivor Blog reports that the proposed move of the transmission facilities of the student station sold by the University of San Francisco, is running into new problems. “the […]
READ MORE9 Apr
Missing Mic Causes Station to Go Silent?
WRAM (Farmingdale State College, NY) , according to this web page, the station board decided to turn the station off after a microphone went missing. Perhaps there is more to the story.
READ MORE9 Apr
KGRG 89.9 Goes HD
According to this article, KGRG (Green River Community College – Auburn, WA) turned on its new transmitter on April 7, 2011 with HD capabilities. Nothing in the article offers any insights into HD radio or how the station plans to promote the HD ‘upgrade’. Regardless, congratulations are in order!
READ MORE18 Mar
KUSF Sale Runs into a Problem
Does the FCC action denying the move of the KUSF transmitter mean the sale is dead and if so, what does that mean?
READ MORE26 Feb
CMJ Covers the Possible Sale of WRVU
College radio can’t seem to catch a break lately, even in Music City as Nashville’s Vanderbilt University has proposed selling its WRVU broadcast license and switching to an internet-only format. This comes on the heels of San Francisco’s KUSF announcing its shift to the internet after more than 30 years of being on air. In […]
READ MORE17 Feb
Deal allows Rice’s KTRU to stay on the air
Arrangement lets students broadcast over KPFT-HD2.
READ MORE17 Feb
CBI announces national student production awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2011 CBI announces national student production awards College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) announces the addition of four new categories to its annual national student production awards competition. To better reflect the converging nature of student media operations, CBI now offers best podcast and best vodcast awards for audio and video programming […]
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