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5 Jun

Spotlight: University of California Berkeley’s KALX

  Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? Sandra Wasson, General Manager: In 1962 a group of students in one of the residence halls started an AM carrier current station — Radio KAL — that reached several UC Berkeley campus housing units. The first broadcast board was a […]

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30 May

Out in Radioland

News from WRAS about their impending agreement with Georgia Public Broadcasting This morning (May 30) Georgia State University Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Douglass Covey, met with the leadership of Georgia State University’s student-programmed radio station, WRAS, to inform them that the university and Georgia Public Broadcasting are postponing to June 29 the implementation […]

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29 May

Station Spotlight: Stanford University’s KZSU

Special thanks to George Lu, assistant GM, for answering the questions! [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”] Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? We started in 1947, as a […]

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29 May

Arkansas AM station that launched legends returns

Decades ago, unknown blues musicians paid $15 to appear on an east Arkansas radio station, hoping a few minutes of exposure would help them become the legends they now are: B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Ike Turner. KWEM-AM fell silent in 1960 after more than a decade in the Mississippi River town […]

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27 May

Barbara Walters Gives Archives to Sarah Lawrence College

Ms. Walters, the veteran broadcaster, said she would donate her archives, including papers, recordings and photographs from her television career, to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., her alma mater, The Journal News reported. Ms. Walters, who recently signed off from the ABC daytime talk show “The View,” and has previously been a co-host of […]

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22 May

Station Spotlight: Rowan University’s Rowan Television Network

Special thanks to Joe Ponisi, President/Station Manager of Rowan Television Network, for answering the questions!  Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? The Rowan Television Network (RTN) is a fully student-run organization at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. We are a fully operational 24/7 college TV station. In […]

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22 May

WRAS offers one-hour simulcast for college stations around the country

From College Radio Day: On June 2, WRAS, the student-run college radio station of Georgia State University, will lose their daytime FM programming to Georgia Public Broadcasting. In response to this, WRAS invites college radio stations across the country to broadcast a special hour of their programming in support of their fight to stay student-run […]

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20 May

Statement on WRAS 88.5 FM

Since its inception, College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) has sought to foster, support and expand student-run broadcasting operations on campuses across the country. That is why CBI College Broadcasters, Inc. stands with the students and alumni of WRAS-FM involved in the recent announcement of an agreement between Georgia State University and Georgia Public Broadcasting. This agreement […]

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15 May

Station Spotlight: Muskingum University’s WMCO

Special thanks to Program Director John Clevinger for answering the questions! Plus congratulations to WMCO for being awarded the 2013 Ohio Communication Association’s Distinguished Student Organization Award! Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now

. WMCO’s official sign on date was January 28, 1961. A group of students led […]

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15 May

WPSC recognizes Elvis Duran with Bravery In Radio award

“For his efforts in producing creative and exciting radio over the course of his career, the students of WPSC are delighted to recognize Elvis Duran with this year’s Bravery In Radio award, said Rob Quicke, a West Milford resident, professor of communications and general manager of 88.7FM. “Elvis is a broadcaster who creates undeniably compelling […]

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