Category CBI News
13 Feb
Student media in the news
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 MORE7 Feb
Board Blog: Easy tips to keep your social media pages active
College broadcasters have to find many different ways to reach and engage their audience. But today, it is crucial to find interaction between your audience and your organization. Social media is one of the most important assets to use at your radio/television station. It gives you a chance to attract familiar, as well as unfamiliar, […]
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
Student Media in the News
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 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 […]
READ MORE19 Dec
Student Media in the News
WVU radio station GM suspended Matthew Fouty will not be the general manager of the West Virginia University radio station, while he is being investigated for sexual harassment allegations made by students working at the station. Read more from The Journal. Plus, Radio Survivor visits WIIT at Illinois Institute of Technology, and the College Radio […]
READ MORE12 Dec
Student Media in the News
WVU student details string of incidents that led to Thursday’s college radio strike “It’s nothing grandiose. It’s all little things like jokes that just kind of crossed the line, comments that have been weird or asking someone out one too many times after they’ve already told you ‘no,’” said Jackson Montgomery, a WVU student and […]
READ MORE28 Nov
Student Media in the News
Lost & Found – The WHAV Call Letters Haverford College was no stranger to radio. In 1923, Haverford was licensed to launch WABQ and built studios and a transmitting tower on campus. The station was an unqualified success, with the 1924 Haverford yearbook noting that the radio station was garnering more press than all of […]
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