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19 Apr
Board Blog: Celebrate Your Squeaky Violin
I recently had a student come to my office asking if I would help them put together an aircheck for a potential job. While I am always happy to help our students, the cold hard fact was that this person has neglected many opportunities to work on our campus radio station — no regular air […]
READ MORE18 Apr
Student Media in the News
Scott Van Pelt promises to fund college radio station while playing golf The University of Maryland’s student-run radio station needed help, so one of its staffers reached out to one of the school’s most famous alums. Luckily that alum, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt, checked his phone while on the golf course. Someone affiliated with the […]
READ MORE12 Apr
Spotlight: UPTV
Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? Our station started as the collaboration between one student and the Film Studies department in 2001. At the time it was called Creation Station and debuted with shows ranging from sitcoms to cooking shows. Eventually, around the time we got […]
READ MORE11 Apr
Student Media in the News
Nominations open for CBI’s Joel Willer Award The Joel Willer Award is named for one of CBI’s most influential members, and is presented in recognition for exceptional dedication and service to student electronic media. Nominees should be active CBI members in good standing who have made a substantial and long-standing impact on student electronic media […]
READ MORE5 Apr
Board Blog: Pitch in this fall in San Antonio
We are getting to that time of the school year where everyone seems to be focusing on just one thing: getting to the end of the semester. Hopefully, as you are nearing the end of the school year, you are doing so with success. But as you plan for the last few months of school, […]
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Student Media in the News
Join CBI in July for the Summer Megaworkshop Registration is now open for the Broadcast Management track of the College Media Mega Workshop! Registration fee for the Broadcast Management track is $199 for four days of workshops, training and special programs tailored specifically for student leaders and advisers for broadcast media outlets. Lodging and parking are […]
READ MORE29 Mar
Board Blog: No Sacred Cows
There’s an old joke that management consultants like to tell: Q. What are the seven words that will destroy any successful organization? A: But we’ve always done it that way. Even student media — with its transient staffs and “underground” ethos – fall prey to the tendency to resist change. It can be very difficult […]
READ MORE28 Mar
Student Media in the News
WRFL celebrates 29 years of college radio The UK’s student run radio, WRFL celebrated its 29th anniversary on Tuesday, March 7, with a birthday bash coming in April. Almost three decades later, a continuously improving WRFL still strives to bring the Lexington community together by promoting independent musicians, constantly building on Lexington’s art and music […]
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Student Media in the News
The Debate Over RIPR’s Expansion Earlier this year, Rhode Island Public Radio went public with a proposed plan to acquire UMass Dartmouth’s 45-year-old college radio station, 89.3 WUMD. Rhode Island Public Radio, still a relatively young station currently renting small public access frequencies to air both locally produced news features as well as NPR programming […]
READ MORE14 Mar
Student Media in the News
College Radio Day set for Oct. 6 We were delighted to set a new record for college radio registrations in a single day when we opened up registration for College Radio Day 2017 on Friday. Over 40 stations registered in one day. We are also still very excited about our upcoming Vinylthon next month. Stations […]
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