August 21, 2018

Student Media in the News: Aug. 21, 2018

WPRK is finally back on the air

After their tower was damaged by Hurricane Irma, and then not replaced because of upcoming construction, and then they found a new place for the antenna, and then it was taken over by a pair of nesting bald eagles, local college radio station 91.5 FM WPRK is finally back on the air.

Read more from Orlando Weekly and The Orlando Sentinel.

Student Media at UH Compete in a Facebook/Spotify World

“We live in the tweet generation, not the beat generation,” says Tzana Saldania, the slight, bright-eyed 20 year-old opinions editor at Ka Leo O Hawaii, the student paper. A reluctant leader in light of her other success – she has 70,000 followers from the Batman blog she started at age 12 – Saldania has settled in. She came to the paper at the urging of a high school teacher, realizing immediately on arrival, “Oh, they need help.”

Read more from Hawaii Business Magazine.

Wellesley rocks Boston Common

While it seemed most of Wellesley was off somewhere on vacation this weekend, we found a strong Wellesley presence on the Boston Common, where we attended the fantastic Emerson College radio WERS Wicked Good Festival.

Failed bank robber programming UNLV radio station

“Between our student volunteers and our community volunteers we have well over 200 volunteers at different times so we don’t necessarily run a criminal background check on all our volunteers,” Mueller said.

Peterbio: Peterborough’s funkiest radio station, Trent Radio, gives a space for anyone to share their voice

“We’re huge advocates for freedom of expression and the ability to take risks,” says Jill Stavely, deputy general manager at the station.

Students at Trent, or anyone else who wants to become a Trent Radio member, enter the renovated home at the corner of Parkhill and George streets.