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19 Aug
U92-FM, West Virginia University’s student-run radio Program
This Daily Athenaeum article talks about the educational value of the station and mentions the stations “opening day” remote. We often see stories about college radio and TV stations at the beginning of a new school year. Tell us what your station does in the way of promotions at the beginning of a school year […]
READ MORE14 Aug
KCR College Radio – Expanded Programming
According to a San Diego Union-Tribune article, KCR is planning to change from an all music Internet station to one that includes a live 30-minute evening newscast entirely dedicated to SDSU news, Monday – Thursday and other new shows will focus on Aztec sports; emerging bands, DJs and musicians not heard on commercial radio; and […]
READ MORE11 Aug
Exciting Fall Convention is Coming Together!
The CBI portion of the annual fall National College Media Convention is coming together and we are excited about the number, quality and diversity of sessions we are able to provide our current and future members! Whether your station is Radio or TV, FCC licensed, webcast or unlicensed, you will find educational and fun sessions […]
READ MORE9 Aug
August EEO Audit
“On August 1, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission mailed the second of its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit letters for 2011 to randomly selected radio stations. In accordance with the provisions of Sections 73.2080(f)(4) and 76.77(d) of the Commission’s EEO rules, the FCC annually audits the EEO programs of randomly selected broadcast licensees and multi-channel […]
READ MORE9 Jul
FCC Main Studio Rules & Meaningful Staff Presence
From Radio Ink: “Last week Vision Latina’s KBPO in Port Neches, TX received a $25K fine from the FCC mother ship. It was for failing to maintain a main studio with a meaningful staff and management presence; and failing to maintain a complete public file. Do you know what “meaningful staff and management presence actually […]
READ MORE20 Jun
Assistance needed for lawsuit concerning radio and music storage
From the NAB Daily Email. A legal battle has been brewing between radio broadcasters and a company named Mission Abstract Data LLC, (doing business as DigiMedia). DigiMedia claims to have patents on a method and system for operating radio stations using a computer hard drives with a digital database of stored music that is programmed, […]
READ MORE3 Jun
Student station moved to HD2
From http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/92231/rhode-island-college-station-to-simulcast-wcrb-bos . “BRYANT COLLEGE noncommercial Variety WJMF/SMITHFIELD, RI will flip to a simulcast of WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Classical WCRB (99.5 ALL CLASSICAL)/BOSTON under a new partnership deal announced THURSDAY (6/2). Under the arrangement, WJMF, which is increasing its power and installing HD RADIO capability, will move its student-run programming to the station’s HD2 multicast […]
READ MORE27 May
Fall Conference Promo Guide
CBI is being pro-active about making its sessions better at the Fall conference and the location this year is Orlando! Sunny Orlando in late October is a great place to be with theme parks and other attractions right outside! We have added some great new speakers, polled our members in order to add new and […]
READ MORE23 May
Fall Convention Roundtable Survey
Every year CBI presents a few sessions which we call “roundtables”. The roundtables are sessions which allow folks to discuss topics in a fairly unstructured environment. The roundtable does have a “moderator” whose role is intended to keep the conversation on topic and to prevent a single person or station from monopolizing the conversation. We […]
READ MORE25 Apr
Minute of Silence to bring attention to the impact of sale of college radio stations.
Press Release PDF For Immediate Release Contact: Candace Walton, cwalton@usd.edu April 26, 2011 A national Minute of Silence will be held on Thursday, April 28 at 12:00 p.m. Central on college radio stations. College Broadcasters, Inc (CBI) is organizing the grassroots effort. The goal of the Minute of Silence is to bring awareness of the […]
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