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Archive
23 Jan
Webcasting Rates for 2011-2015 Almost Final (Again)
Rates and terms for webcasting are set in five year increments through a federal rate setting process. CBI negotiated a settlement which was available to any student station and asked the Copyright Royalty Board to adopt those rates and terms as applicable to all student stations and it did. Another organization objected to many facets […]
READ MORE22 Jan
Newly Granted College and High School LPFMs are Next Wave of Student Broadcasters
Last week the FCC began granting new LPFM applications and so far, it has granted several applications for new LPFM college, high school, and middle school radio stations. I profiled two of the college stations, Washington College and York Technical College, in College Radio Survivor on Friday and in this post I will run through […]
READ MORE16 Jan
Station Spotlight: Colgate University’s WRCU
Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? Colgate University’s WRCU transmitted its first broadcast in February of 1951. Over the years, the station has physically moved all over campus until it settled in a state-of-the-art facility—the Blackmore Media Center—in Colgate’s O’Connor campus center in 2009. The station has […]
READ MORE9 Jan
Station Spotlight: Montclair State’s WMSC
Special thanks to station manager Michael Claudio for answering the questions. Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? WMSC is a station that began in 1966 and was dubbed “The Voice of Montclair State.” It began as a student club and as a way to get commuter students […]
READ MORE8 Jan
2014 World Radio Day to Celebrate Women in Radio
With this year’s emphasis on gender equality, UNESCO hopes “to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment” by encouraging stations and organizations to work on alleviating stereotypical portrayals in radio, to develop youth radio programs particularly focused on girl producers, and to promote safety of women journalists. Read more from Radio Survivor and the World Radio […]
READ MORE3 Jan
Seton Hall’s WSOU Sends Two On-Location in Jamaica
Seton Hall University’s student-run radio station WSOU(FM) will cover the Seton Hall University College of Arts & Sciences annual servant-leadership trip to the Alpha Boys’ School and Orphanage. The station made a point of announcing it this week in a press release. News Director Elizabeth Pavlovsky and staff member Jenna Romaine will report daily from Kingston, […]
READ MORE2 Jan
Station Spotlight: University of La Verne TV
Special thanks to Don Pollock, adviser, for answering! Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? The University of La Verne Communications Department has contracted with the city of La Verne to run their cable access channel for over 20 years. Four years ago the university took over operation […]
READ MORE19 Dec
Algonquin College students spread Christmas cheer
With a dash of decorations, a pinch of Christmas cheer and an elf, the students surprised unsuspecting OC Transpo bus riders last Friday night. The television broadcasting students captured the Christmas commute to the Rink of Dreams on hidden cameras for a video they hope will go viral. Watch their video. Read more from the […]
READ MORE15 Dec
WKNC Double Barrel announces 2014 headliners, sends one night to Carrboro
88.1 WKNC may be the college radio station for N.C. State University, but its signal is powerful enough to reach past Raleigh to most every point in the Triangle. This February, the station will try to leverage this broad territory, stretching its annual Double Barrel Benefit into two weekends in two different cities. On Feb. […]
READ MORE13 Dec
Stillman College freshman lays groundwork for Web-based radio station
When Stillman College’s WSTL The Den begins broadcasting early next year, it will mark the return of student radio to the campus after a 10-year hiatus. While the Internet-based station will offer a new source of music, sports, topical discussions and news, the student and college officials behind the launch hope it will also strengthen […]
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