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8 Mar
Student Media in the News
WKNC raises $6,000 at Double Barrel Benefit 13 WKNC 88.1 FM raised $6,000 from its Double Barrel Benefit 13 event, an annual two-night concert that serves as one of the station’s primary fundraisers. Money raised from events like this account for about 14% of WKNC’s annual operating budget. Double Barrel Benefit 13 was held Saturday, […]
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Student Media in the News
TUNED IN: BU’s college radio station turns 50 Fitting, then, that at the very moment marking a half-century since WHRW’s first FM transmitter hummed to life — 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, to be exact — current station members were strategizing about the upcoming semester as part of a spring general interest meeting. A cheer went […]
READ MORE24 Feb
Board Blog: Welcome Student Rep Evan Boyd
It’s been roughly two months since taking over the Station Manager position at WSUM. And I’ll be honest – it still feels kind of weird. But taking the challenge of running a college radio station not only is educational and a good thing to put on my resume, but I can’t think of a better […]
READ MORE16 Feb
Student Media in the News
WSUM continues to share music and more with UW-Madison area Hands-on experience with media production offers students involved in WSUM a leg up in applying for jobs post-college, Black explained. He said students involved in WSUM get more experience on the air and are able to make more important decisions for the station than what […]
READ MORE10 Feb
Board Blog: College radio is a vital part of students’ college lives
Earlier this week, WPTS-FM aired a special program memorializing a former Music Director who recently passed away at the age of 27. A group of fellow WPTS alums hosted a two-hour show filled with memories of Jeff and music that he loved. Dozens more listened to the show over the air or online. It is […]
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Student Media in the News
College radio stations support N.C. music venue The Pinhook The “Save the Pinhook” concert series, hosted by the college radio stations, is part of this massive effort. On Wednesday, WKNC presented the first show in the four night series. The stacked lineup that night included the highly-danceable headliners, Sylvan Esso, and bluegrass maestros, The Chatham […]
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Student Media in the News
This Is Why We Exist The following Tuesday, addressing media-writing students in class, I described the crime as the biggest local-news story in Geneseo in a quarter century or more (according to police, the village’s last murder was 23 years ago). But the unfolding story occurred when much of WGSU’s staff had not yet returned […]
READ MORE27 Jan
Board Blog: We Learn by Doing
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In his blog post of January 6th of this year, author, entrepreneur, and brilliant marketer Seth Godin touched on the importance of being involved in activities like student electronic media. He […]
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Student Media in the News
Seton Hall’s WSOU Bests Blizzard WSOU(FM) remained on the air, despite campus’ closure. Student staffers, as well as Program Director Steve Varsanyi, Technical Operations Director Brian Kane, Assistant News Director Katie Fatzler and Assistant Program Director Holly Fitzpatrick worked in shifts to provide weather and traffic reports, news updates and other updates during Winter Storm […]
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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 […]
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CBI is a member-driven organization serving students and advisers of student media. Through events, programs and a network of expertise, CBI fosters experiential learning, professional opportunities and advocacy for the success of student media programs.