KFJC: Student Radio or NPR Training Ground?
According to this article, KFJC, a radio station where “(P)articipation in the radio program is open to Foothill students and requires enrollment in the broadcasting class and “students within the radio program suggest they are content with the present format, and see no reason to add or subtract from a station that has been growing and working on its own without any major setbacks” may become a an NPR training program under a proposal from a school trustee, Hal Plotkin. Such moves are not without precedent. Discuss this issue on the CBI email list.
KCOU “Ownership” Change
According to themaneater.com the Missouri Students Association (“MSA”) “would also gradually give up ownership of the radio 
station” after it agreed to fund a new tower for its transmission facilities. It appears that this means that the MSA will gradually stop funding the radio station operations, because the station license is actually held by the Curatoros of the University of Missouri according to the FCC web site and the article. Read more
Heidelberg College gains radio station
From advertiser-tribune.com - Donors Doug Stephan and Tony Paradiso are in the process of giving Tiffin’s 500-watt AM station, 1600 WTTF, to Heidelberg, and at least 50 people gathered Friday afternoon in Herbster Chapel to hear about the gift… Heidelberg was the first place where Stephan, who has a national talk radio show called “Doug Stephan’s Good Day,” was on the air. Stephan said he came to Heidelberg in 1964 with a New England accent. He went to WHCR – known as “Heidelberg College Radio”.
TV Students Produce Political Debates & More
From the AuburnPub.com site, ““And the students produce the shows, and (then the shows) go out to air on real television and people 
really see them,” Keeler said. “This is the only real local television produced and broadcast here.”
For the past several weeks the focus has been on the production of the various debates.
These, like the other shows produced at the college, are part of the television broadcast students’ labs on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
In every regard, these are student produced broadcasts.”
New keynote speaker for Thursday
Rich Beckman of the University of Miami School of Communication will give the opening keynote address at the National College Media Convention in Kansas City. He replaces Brian Storm. During his talk, titled “It’s Our Time to Lead: The Changing Role of the Collegiate Journalist,” Prof. Beckman will discuss how multimedia storytelling, social networks and citizen journalism have changed today’s media landscape and created tremendous opportunities for the collegiate press and young journalists. See the full text of this announcement at our convention partners web site.
Student Covers Presidential Race
Here is a Q & A from the Tewksbury Advocate with Kim Saltmarsh, a 22 year-old student who “watched and reported live as the first African American presidential nominee both delivered his nomination acceptance speech and spoke in his final debate in just three months.”
WMTS Holds Fund Raiser
WMTS holds a fund raiser at a local club with performances by Nashville groups Canon Blue, Cactus’s, the Champion and his Burning Flame and Murfreesboro’s own Zombie Bazooka Patrol according to MTSU Sidelines.
Coyote Radio now on iTunes
Cal State San Bernardino’s Coyote Radio station has been added to i-Tunes according to this article.
CBI Convention Program Available
The program for the upcoming KC convention is now available. There are sessions concerning radio, TV, Internet, Webcasting, legal issues, royalty issues, careers, and lots, lots more, including the CBI National Student Awards program! This FIVE day conference offers a ton of value, more than any one day conference!
Major $$$$ for EAS replacement?
As discussed on the CBI email list, there are changes coming to EAS. This article outlines many of the potential outcomes and problems with how the new emergency alert system will be implemented. As the article discusses, the required time frame for FCC licensed stations to acquire and install the required equipment is also problematic. From discussion CBI has had with manufacturers, you can expect to spend at least $2,500 to be in compliance. When that money needs to be spent is up to interperation and potentially your input on the matter. Regardless, you need to make sure that your budget includes the money to suppor this unfunded mandate. We will keep you informed as we learn more about this issue. For those attending the convention at the end of the month, we have a session covering this issue on Saturday @ 3:30.
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