Category Member News
1 Jun
More than 80 college and high school radio stations from 29 states urge U.S. Congress to oppose record-label supported legislation
The letter states, "One oft-cited straw man argument made by recording industry lobbyists is that...educational institutions would fall within a special accommodation. Though, in the context of record industry profits, company executives might believe their proposal to be reasonably low, in the real world those proposed fees represent large portions of annual budgets for student-operated radio stations."
READ MORE13 Apr
CBI National Production Award winner now up for Jim Nantz Award
Adam Cavalier of Marshall University is continuing his award-winning ways as a finalist for the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America Jim Nantz Award. The STAA All-America program recognizes the most outstanding collegiate radio sportscasters in the country and encourages collegiate sportscasters nationwide to strive to achieve their best. Each June, the nation’s most outstanding collegiate […]
READ MORE15 Mar
Shorter radio station gets upgrade
College Radio stations exist in many various forms. The station at Shorter College is no exception, the station “SC 49”, is broadcast through local channel 49 and is available to students on campus. It recently gained “a professional 13-channel audio mixer board thanks to the generosity of several local individuals”, according to an article .
READ MORE26 Feb
South Dakota newspaper story examines webcasting at area college stations
The Argus Leader newspaper in Sioux Falls, SD reports on the area college stations in “Rules complicate webcasting efforts” by Bryann Becker. “Noncommercial broadcasting stations such as college radio already pay copyright fees for musical works to three different national organizations, according to College Broadcasters Inc. A separate set of webcasting fees to cover the […]
READ MORE21 Feb
WDBM (88.9-FM): 20 years of Impact
WDBM’s history is discussed an article as the station celebrates a birthday. The article offers some interesting perspectives on college radio.
READ MORE21 Feb
KTRU requests support for blanket tax
KTRU, the student radio station at Rice University is requesting an increase in the “blanket tax” collected by the University. The blanket tax is a fee collected by the University and forwarded directly to the student organization. The current student blanket tax is $5.50 per student. KTRU is asking the student body to vote to […]
READ MORE30 Jan
Webcasting Developments 2009
On December 30, 2008, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking . The notice contained at least three substantial changes to the current recordkeeping procedures used college and high school webcasters that do not pay any more than the minimum fee to SoundExchange. One of these changes include a switch from […]
READ MORE22 Jan
Lake Forest Internet College TV
According to the The Stentor, an initiative at Lake Forest College will result in a new campus TV station that will run exclusively over the Internet. It appears from the article that programming will initially be comprised of movies via a contract with Swank. The movies could be supplemented with student programming. The article mentions […]
READ MORE17 Dec
KTXT – Gone apparently w/o warning!
KTXT, the student station at Texas Tech University went silent as it was announced that “Control of the radio station’s FCC license, which is maintained by the university, is being shifted from the Student Media department to Texas Tech’s other educational radio station, KOHM-FM”, according to http://www.ktxt.net/home/, as of this writing. From reading various sources, […]
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