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7 Nov

Out in radioland

Blue Colt Radio brings its listeners round-the-clock access to a variety of music, many chances to win prizes, interviews with important students and staff members on campus, and all the necessary information about campus news, local weather reports, national sports and current world events, to keep each listener up-to-date and entertained. Read more from Quo […]

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1 Nov

Murrow College to launch new jazz station

A new jazz radio station honoring the legacy of broadcast pioneer J. Elroy McCaw will go on the air at Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication on Nov. 1. The launch of KJEM 89.9 marks the 76th anniversary of the day McCaw, a WSU alumnus, flipped the switch on his first radio station, KELA […]

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29 Oct

Roger on the Radio ready to retire after 33 years behind the mic

Roger Burt was the first voice ever heard on Gaston College’s radio station, 91.7 FM WSGE, in 1980. After 33 years serving the station as a volunteer, he’ll hang up his microphone. … “I was extremely nervous,” Burt recalls. Those nerves never went away. Burt says starting up his radio show, “Roger on the Radio,” […]

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28 Oct

Parkland College seeks Radio Director

Position announcement PDF for Radio Director at Parkland College in Champaign, Ill.

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24 Oct

College radio sees wide growth, digital transition

“99 Rock is one of the largest and most listened to stations in the Upper Valley,” general manager Shane O’Neal ’14 said. Read more from TheDartmouth.com.

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18 Oct

Student-led stations’ decline indicates lost values, experiences, opportunities

For many, musical taste forms a major part of a person’s identity. College radio allows students, as well as college faculty and local community members, to share this identity with the world, or at least with a small chunk of it. Read more from The Cavalier Daily.

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16 Oct

WCRD at BSU Celebrates 25 years of Broadcasting

More than two decades ago, Ball State alumnus David Letterman partnered with former Ball State professor Darrell Wible to create WCRD, a student-run “carrier current” radio station available only on the AM band and only on campus. Twenty-five years later, WCRD 91.3 is a full-fledged FM station that continues to exemplify college radio as “The […]

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3 Oct

College Radio Day news

A note from Rob Quicke on College Radio Day 2013: I am just heading out the door to fly to Colombia to meet the other World College Radio Day leaders – for the very first time. I am utterly exhausted, but this is important. Briefly, I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic College […]

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1 Oct

College Radio Day coverage

Associate Professor of Communication Rob Quicke, general manager of WP 88.7 FM, developed the event. “It’s remarkable how College Radio Day has grown into a global event,” said Quicke. “There has been a tremendous outpouring of enthusiasm and creativity produced by stations worldwide to support this creative medium. Read more from the Wayne Patch. The […]

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1 Oct

Larry Patrick shows his love for college radio

The Managing Partner of media brokerage powerhouse Patrick Communications read a story we penned about The University of Tennessee’s radio station needing some $15K to stay afloat, in the form of a new tower and possible transmitter. He quickly ponied up $5K toward that effort and is inviting others to do the same: “As a […]

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