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28 Feb

Article: “The Case for College Radio”

Olivia Yankey from CollegeMagazine.com wrote an article asking “When was the last time you listened to your campus radio station?” and stating that “College students are a part of the age group that’s abandoned radio faster than anyone else in the U.S. With iPods, music-enabled smart phones and websites like Pandora and 8tracks, it isn’t […]

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22 Feb

mtvU Best College Radio Woodie Award

It is that time of year again … time to vote on the mtvU Best College Radio Station Woodie Award! There are 25 stations in the running until February 27 at 12pm EST.  The stations will then be narrowed down to the Top 10 and the final vote will take place for the Woodie Award! CBI […]

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20 Feb

Weekly Showcase: Bowling Green State University

 Our weekly showcase station this week is WFAL Falcon Radio at Bowling Green State University. Founded over 40 years ago in a student’s dorm room, it was originally the campus AM station known as 1610 AM-WFAL. Now known as Falcon Radio, WFAL broadcasts on the web and local radio airwaves.  The station offers a wide variety […]

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14 Feb

College Radio at Coastal Carolina University

WBTW News13 recently produced a story on CBI member station WCCU Radio at Coastal Carolina University.  The story talks about their online station and features one of the station’s shows, “The Real Situation.”  To see the news story, check out the video below or visit the link – College Radio is Alive and Well in […]

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3 Feb

Clemson’s WSBF Recognized by RadioFlag

In November, Clemson’s student-run radio station and a CBI member station, WSBF 88.1FM, was recognized by RadioFlag as a Spirited College Radio Station. RadioFlag, as stated on their FaceBook page, is a live radio search engine where listeners can search their interests, stream stations live, and connect with other radio listeners, all from on device. RadioFlag […]

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3 Feb

Digital Radio at Montgomery County Community College

The Times Herald in Montgomery County, PA recently wrote a story highlighting the radio talent coming out of Montgomery County Community College.  Montco Radio, the student-operated Internet radio station, has been around for five years and has a direct link to their live feed on the school’s homepage. Morgan Betz, associate professor of communications and […]

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30 Jan

Weekly Showcase: Ithaca College – WICB

This week we tried something different to come up with our Weekly Showcase station by using a Facebook poll. We had a great turn out, but our winner clearly ran away with the lead! Thanks to every one who voted. Our Weekly Showcase station this week is Ithaca College’s radio station, WICB 91.7 FM. The station […]

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27 Jan

KXDS Moves from Classical to Mainstream

Dixie State College’s KXDS has made a major format flip this month when it switched from classical to Top 40. One of the main reasons for the change was to increase student interest and involvement. Radio Director Shawn Denevan said in a Dixie Sun article that “An outlet like this needs to be utilized by […]

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25 Jan

iHeartRadio Adds College Radio Stations

  Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announced this week that it will add college radio stations to the New iHeartRadio. In the official press release from Clear Channel Media and Entertainment the President and CEO, John Hogan said, “Bringing college radio stations to iHeartRadio is a great source of local and independent programming that offers […]

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23 Jan

Important FCC Dates – February 1

FCC licensed radio stations in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi need to file their license renewal application and EEO reports (with noncommercial stations also needing to submit their Biennial Ownership Report) by February 1. Stations licensed in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee should start their pre-filing announcements on February 1.  For more information about the license renewal […]

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