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17 Apr

CBI 2012 NATIONAL STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS

College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) is pleased to present our 11th annual National Student Production Awards. Free to CBI member stations (up to two entries per category), the competition is divided into radio, television and joint divisions.  There are 24 categories in all.  For details, see the contest page.

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4 Apr

CBI Spring 2012 Newsletter

If you are a member you probably have already received our recent CBInsight newsletter filled with tons of great information.  If you haven’t received it or not a member yet, you can still check it out here – 12spring

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2 Apr

Weekly Showcase: Appalachian State University

After a week away we are back with our final month of Weekly Showcase stations for the Spring semester! Who better to start us off than the recently announced mtvU College Radio Woodie award winner 90.5 WASU FM at Appalachian State University! Founded in 1972 WASU is celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year! WASU is […]

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31 Mar

April Fools Gags on Air? Play It Safe, and Remember the FCC’s Hoax Rule

Thinking of doing something fun for April Fools day?  Give this a read before you do.

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31 Mar

Two years after crisis, UVa’s radio station sees listeners, funds up

“Despite what you hear about the demise of radio, it’s a vital part of our mediascape and just as … music websites can do stuff that a terrestrial radio station can’t do, there are things that terrestrial stations are well suited for,” he said. “It demands a certain kind of listening, you know. You have […]

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20 Mar

Reality TV at Mt. San Antonio College

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune wrote a story this weekend about a reality television course at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA. Dan Smith teaches a hands-on approach to 25 students each semester on how to shoot a reality TV show. Reality TV has a very different production style than a typical narrative script […]

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19 Mar

Weekly Showcase: The College at Brockport

Our Weekly Showcase station this week is Brockport Television and Production broadcasting from The College at Brockport: State University of New York. The station started in 1999 with just one show called “Watch This Show”.  Since then, they have grown into a production facility that provides students the opportunity to actively engaged in regular television productions. One […]

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16 Mar

Creation of a Low Power Radio Service (R&O)

The FCC has added two items relating to LPFM and FM translator applications to its March Open Meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in Washington, D.C..  You will be able to watch the meeting live. One article on the topic references a press release saying there could be 10,000 applications for LPFM stations. If your organization is thinking […]

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15 Mar

New 4,000 watt Student Radio Station – KJKR

Jamestown College’s KJKR will go live at 10 p.m. Friday on 88.1 FM, launching a 4,000-watt college radio station reaching a potential audience of 25,000 listeners according to the school’s website. View Larger Map  Map from the FCC web site. This appears to be a long time coming.  The original construction permit was granted in […]

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12 Mar

Weekly Showcase: DePaul University

Our Weekly Showcase station this week is Radio DePaul broadcasting from DePaul University in Chicago! This award-winning student run station plays a wide variety of music from pop, dubstep, indie, retro, and much more; as well as talk, news, and sports shows. Radio DePaul has had some great national exposure this year when iHeartRadio chose […]

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