Category CBI News
19 Jan
Student Media in the News
BMI Foundation announces BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting The BMI Founders Award is an annual scholarship competition open to radio broadcasting students nationwide. The award commemorates the group of radio industry leaders who founded Broadcast Music, Inc. in 1939 with an unprecedented and enduring mission: to provide a competitive source for music licensing and […]
READ MORE12 Jan
Student Media in the News
Honolulu’s College Radio Station Shifts Frequencies for the First Time in 40 Years The new gear will boost signal strength from 3,000 watts of power to 7,000. That puts KTUH among the strongest 1 percent of college radio stations across the United States. However, it requires KTUH to shift frequencies for the first time in […]
READ MORE5 Jan
Student Media in the News
Catawba College Foundation, 2B Productions, purchase WTIX Records from the Federal Communications Commission indicate that 2B Productions, affiliated with the Catawba College Foundation, has purchased Concord radio station WTIX. Catawba College is located in Salisbury, N.C. The sale was approved on December 17, according to FCC records. 2B Productions is also the owner of Salisbury […]
READ MORE29 Dec
Student Media in the News
University of Hawaii radio to double power, expand reach in January The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s student-run radio station will install a new transmitter and antenna on Tantalus on Oahu in January. The new equipment will increase the station’s power from 3,000 watts to 7,000 watts and extend its reach to more than 870,000 […]
READ MORE22 Dec
Student Media in the News
UMass radio station WMUA to refocus on students with less community involvement Pearson said, “Our main goal is to reaffirm the mission of WMUA as a student-run radio station to provide educational opportunities (for them) to learn about broadcasting and all of the skills that can be acquired (through the running of the station.)” Read […]
READ MORE15 Dec
Student Media in the News
Titan TV students explore new genre with show Rosemary Park “Titan TV likes to try new things, which is why I was intrigued to work on this project,” Alden Frautschy, the show’s sound editor, said. “I thought a crime drama was a fun and new project.” Read more from the Advance Titan. Students get experience […]
READ MORE8 Dec
Student Media in the News
WSOU/South Orange, NJ Launches Food Drive As ‘Students Change Hunger’ Seton Hall University Rock WSOU (89.5 Pirate Radio)/South Orange, NJ has teamed up with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to participate in this year’s “Students Change Hunger” program. Staff members from WSOU brought in nearly 350 pounds of food for those in need […]
READ MORE1 Dec
Student Media in the News
NPR acquisition of UNLV radio station possible Nevada Public Radio is poised to assume immediate control of UNLV radio station 91.5-FM The Source this December. The public service operating agreement is finally on a Board of Regents meeting agenda after years of deliberation. Read more from The Rebel Yell. Use Amazon Smile to give back […]
READ MORE24 Nov
Student Media in the News
CCC launches campus-based radio station Coahoma Community College Radio WCQC 91.3, a new 50,000-watt FM station, will soon be broadcasting from the campus of CCC in Clarksdale, Miss. Read more from the Press Register. College Radio Stands With France The program originally played on the one-week anniversary of the attacks on French college radio stations […]
READ MORE17 Nov
Student media in the news
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 […]
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