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31 Aug
Station Spotlight: Oregon State University KBVR FM 88.7
Kurt Hagan – Station Manager 1. Tell me a little history about your station and where your station is now? Our station started in 1965 broadcasting with 10 watts of power. Now we are able to broadcast within a 40 mile radius of Corvallis and reach Albany. And we are streaming live 24/7 at kbvr.com. […]
READ MORE28 Aug
Princeton Review’s 2013 List of the ‘Best’ College Radio Stations
As I mentioned two years ago, a survey question asks students to assess their school radio station’s popularity. This year’s question reads: “How popular is your college radio station?” and the respondents are allowed to choose from the following multiple choice options: “we have a college radio station?”, “we occasionally tune in,” “popular in some […]
READ MORE23 Aug
College radio shows provide creative outlet for students
“It’s whatever I see in my iTunes that would go well next,” Parets, who may turn it into a seasonal show, said. “I try to capture songs that encapsulate a summer feeling, so more light-hearted things.” Read the story at The Dartmouth.
READ MORE17 Aug
College Radio Day a Grassroots Movement as Much as a One-day Celebration
Just as Record Store Day was started by struggling brick and mortar record shops round the country who joined forces, College Radio Day was begun in a somewhat similar vein. The main man responsible for College Radio Day is Rob Quicke of New Jersey’s William Paterson University station WPSC who, in celebration of the second […]
READ MORE15 Aug
Finalist announcements for Student Production Awards
We’re announcing the finalists daily (Mondays through Thursdays) on the Atlanta convention site for the Student Production Awards. Winners will be announced, of course, at the conference itself, but check back daily through Aug. 30 to see the finalists.
READ MORE15 Aug
Loyola University Maryland completes HD production transition
The HD upgrade of the studio and field production equipment was a top priority of the department. Student involvement and digital media course enrollment has grown by more than 30 percent over the last few years … Read more from Broadcast Engineering.
READ MORE10 Aug
College Radio DJ’s 24-Hour Physical Music Marathon on KUOI
Radio Survivor: How will you stay awake? Well, this is technically my eighth day of work in a row. To stay awake, I’m just going to play the music that I love – not to mention ingestion of copious amounts of caffeine. Read more at Radio Survivor.
READ MORE9 Aug
Dickinson College’s WDCV celebrates a milestone
Fifty years ago, Dickinson College’s WDCV (88.3) took to the airwaves. At the time the station could only be heard around campus but students found it hip that Dickinson College was pumping out sounds from a radio station it could call its own. Read the whole story on The Sentinel’s entertainment blog.
READ MORE9 Aug
FCC explains its rejection of plea for fine cancellation at Toccoa Falls
Toccoa Falls College radio station WXTR-FM in Toccoa Falls GA was hit with a $10K Notice of Apparent Liability for a file fine omission. The Commission took the time to explain why TFC’s pleas for clemency were being rejected when it upgraded the finding to a Forfeiture Order. TFC said its omission of issues/programs lists […]
READ MORE7 Aug
Radio K celebrates a ‘Century of Cool’
Take one lonely professor of technology and engineering, one dark stormy night, mix in a few errant sparks from a gap transmitter and the legendary Radio K is born.* And now the oldest station in the state — is like, really old. And still really cool. Radio K is taking an entire year to say […]
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