Category CBI News
11 Jul
Student Media in the News
This Rare Recording of WRAS in Atlanta Shows Why the 1980s Really Were The Golden Age of College Radio Before the explosive growth of commercial “alternative rock” networks, college stations like WRAS provided access to music one could hear no where else on the dial. Listening to this recording reveals the Cambrian-Explosion-like variety of styles […]
READ MORE4 Jul
Student Media in the News
After 42 years, WUMD has its final FM show Just before noon on Monday, current and former WUMD DJs made their final sign offs prior to going completely online after 42 years of broadcasting. “We will come back out on the other side,” said Jennifer Mulcare-Sullivan, station manager, on the air before sign offs. “We’re […]
READ MORE27 Jun
Student Media in the News
Chicago radio thrives at the left of the dial I have my issues with the student DJs on college radio—they’re sometimes maddeningly inarticulate and sometimes ridiculously self-indulgent, whether they’re trying to entertain themselves or affect some sort of detached cool. But I still love the stations where they work, because the programming there has the […]
READ MORE20 Jun
Student Media in the News
KWVA Customizes Workflow to Fit Students’ Needs Fast forward to 2016 — and now working with part of a $95 million budget — KWVA is firmly reimagined as a state-of-the-art broadcast facility located in the newly reconstructed student union. There is a large open performance space outside the studios wired for broadcasting live shows, two […]
READ MORE13 Jun
Student Media in the News
Submit session proposals for CBI San Antonio College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) is accepting session proposals from all interested parties for the CBI 2017 National Student Electronic Media Convention to be held Nov. 2-4 at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio. CBI will consider all proposals from students, advisers, managers and industry professionals and gives strong preference […]
READ MORE6 Jun
Student Media in the News
Emerson College to induct four into Hall of Fame Emerson College in Boston is well known for its award-winning, student-run station, WERS 88.9. On Saturday, June 3, this will be further acknowledged when the station hosts its Ninth Annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and honors alumni who have gone on to contribute significantly to […]
READ MORE16 May
Student Media in the News
On Air Next: Graduation means a switch at the switchboard The time has come. This is my last column as music director for Radio 1190. I hope I turned you on to some rad bands this year and you enjoyed my ramblings about the music I love. The best is yet to come. Jolie Klefeker […]
READ MORE9 May
Student Media in the News
Open Internet back in the Crosshairs It’s a very real concern that without network neutrality provisions some internet broadcasts and podcasts could find speedbumps in their route to listeners, while larger, more well-resourced broadcasters get an express lane. This could harm independent broadcasters and podcasters, community and college radio stations, and potentially impede innovative and […]
READ MORE2 May
Student Media in the News
WUML hits airwaves in renovated studio Up until a few weeks ago, WUML broadcasted from a tiny room beside their office for 24 hours a day. The closet that held some of the radio station’s extensive music collection had an irrigation system that spurted water mere weeks after they moved. Radio staff and interns sent […]
READ MORE25 Apr
Student Media in the News
(Re)Introducing WMHB, Colby’s popular radio station On the ground floor of Bob’s, down a hallway and past a bulletin board littered with radio stickers, lives Colby’s on-campus radio broadcasting office. WHMB, headed by Sam LeFeber ’17, airs a variety of student-run shows all week. Programs range from talk shows and “epic banter” to hour-long classic […]
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