Archive

9 Feb

Z88.9 to Broadcast from Haiti

The BCC college station, WBZC-FM, will be broadcasting live Tuesday through Saturday from a South Jersey relief mission in Haiti according to this article in the CourierPostOnline.

20 Jan

FCC Ownership Reports Due

February 1 noncommercial radio stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and New York, and noncommercial television stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma must prepare and file electronically a biennial Ownership Report with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) using the current noncommercial FCC Form 323-E. For more details, see the Broadcast Law Blog.

19 Jan

Radio Survey Results

Thank you to all of you that responded to the recent survey request.  Jim Hayes of Vanderbilt University recently provided the results of the survey in PDF form for those that are interested. RadioSurvey_Jan2010

17 Jan

1/31 Deadline for Webcasting Fee Payments and No/Reduced Recordkeeping Option Deadlines

If your radio station is webcasting sound recordings without having obtained royalty waivers, your station must make some decisions and pay the annual minimum fee prior to January 31, 2010. Royalty Fees for the webcasting of sound recordings are paid on an annual basis each January.  The minimum fee is $500. Stations also need to […]

17 Jan

CBI Spring 2010 Convention Sessions Announced!

The preliminary list of sessions and speakers for the Spring 2010 convention is now available!  The Spring 2010 convention is coming up quickly and so are the early bird deadlines for registration and the reserved hotel block.  Details are available on the convention page. The convention is a product of College Media Advisers with the […]

2 Dec

Photo Slideshow from the 2009 National Student Production Awards

26 Nov

FCC Deadlines

Certain FCC reports are due 12/1.

25 Nov

KWSC has “smashing success” with 14th Annual Turkey Drop promotion

Inspired by a promotional stunt gone awry on the 1970s television situation comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” Wayne State University’s KWSC 91.1 “The Cat” combined a canned food drive with the spectacle of seeing objects dropped off a three story building, as reported by the Sioux City Journal: “It’s become a fall tradition in which a […]

24 Nov

WBCX – Brenau radio begins streaming online

According to the Gainsville Times, WBCX has started webcasting.  The article does indicate that the station has received funding from NPR, but it is not clear how much programming is from NPR and how much is student/community oriented.  If the article is correct and the station is NPR/CPB funded, then its webcasting operations are likely […]

2 Nov

Entries Sought for 31st College Television Awards

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is now accepting entries in the 31st College Television Awards. Categories include Animation, Children’s, Comedy, Commercial, Documentary, Drama, Interactive Media, Magazine, Music (Best Composition), Music (Best Use), Newscast Series – Narrative and new this year, Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship. The deadline for submission is Jan. 13, […]