Student Media in the News

Last Updated on March 1, 2016 by askcbiorg

TUNED IN: BU’s college radio station turns 50

Fitting, then, that at the very moment marking a half-century since WHRW’s first FM transmitter hummed to life — 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, to be exact — current station members were strategizing about the upcoming semester as part of a spring general interest meeting. A cheer went up among the students assembled, they shared slices of a small cookie cake — then they got back to the work at hand.

Read more from Press Connects.

Students Bring WCUA Radio Back on the Air

After a brief hiatus last semester, WCUA is back on the airwaves under new management, featuring a new variety of disc jockeys and talk show hosts.

Joseph D’Antonio resurrected the radio station after a shut down by University officials for faulty licensing. D’Antonio is WCUA’s head Station Manager and is very excited to be back on the air.

Read more from The Tower.

Partners in Progress: Making a Scene

“You need to know something,” he says in all seriousness. “Nothing in this town happens until it happens.”

This is something Samuel has learned repeatedly as the general manager of WGCS-FM, Goshen College’s student-run radio station otherwise known as 91.1 The Globe. It’s something he’s lived, something he’s overcome and something for which he has prepared.

Read more from Goshen News.

An eventful semester on the way for WSYC

88.7 WSYC, whose call letters stand for We Serve Your Community, is the student-run radio station at Shippensburg University. For those unaware of SU’s radio station, which broadcasts from the Ceddia Union Building (CUB), now would be a good time to start paying attention. According to General Manager James Bailey and Public Relations Director Matthew Trust, this is going to be a big semester for WSYC.

Read more from The Slate Online.

WXOU brings old-school dating back

On a Monday, night one lucky lady had the chance to find romance in a fair, easy way. The catch? The three men she had to choose from to go on a night out to the movies were hidden away in a separate studio. No names and no titles were provided, just answers to her personal questions.

In a retro game show style, Oakland’s radio station, WXOU gives Oakland students a chance at love, or at least a free date with an interesting person, with the WXOU Dating Game.

Read more from the Oakland Post.

Rider University’s 107.7 The Bronc WRRC FM to broadcast live from 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show

In 2013, 107.7 The Bronc made history, becoming the first college radio station in the 184-year history of the Philadelphia Flower Show to broadcast live from this world-renowned event. At the time, The Bronc was selected over many of Philadelphia’s notable commercial and college radio stations, primarily because of the station’s programming and audience, which is complementary to the event. The same reasoning is true today, and why The Bronc has been selected to return each year.

Read more from Rider University.

Remembering WCFM: 40 years ago, a Columbus High School student ran a radio station out of his basement

Just a junior in high school at the time, Hermanson became something of a local celebrity as he broadcast nightly on 89.9 FM — dubbed “The Super CFM” — with help from his friends and others who were intrigued by his little station.

Read more from the Columbus Journal.

A look back at WMPG and sports on the airwaves

“WMPG has had several sports programs throughout its history,” said Lisa Bunker, the radio station’s program director for the past 14 years.

Although WMPG does have an extended history of working with USM athletics in this regard, the station does not currently cover campus athletics, and hasn’t for some time now. This is the result of a mutually-beneficial agreement between WMPG and the athletic department on campus

Read more from the Free Press.

Plus, episodes 34 and 35 0f the Radio Survivor podcast, college radio is older than you think and the College Radio Watch column.