March 18, 2014
Out in Radioland
When KDUR officially went on the air (more on that later), the No. 1 song on the Billboard Top 100 was probably Tony Orlando and Dawn’s “He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You).” Incidentally, John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” came just a couple weeks later. (Denver’s son was later a student at FLC, but that’s another story.)
“There’s older college radio stations in the world,” said Bryant Liggett, KDUR station manager. “But … for a small school, in a small town, for a radio station to stick around this long is huge.”
KDUR-FM celebrates 40 years at Fort Lewis College
After three years of radio silence, Farmingdale State College has returned to the broadcast realm with Ram Nation Radio, a newly revamped student-run outlet streaming online music, news and talk shows live.
The station’s previous incarnation, WRAM, had broadcast on 89.3 FM before it went off the air in 2011, following a string of equipment problems and waning participation from students. Now, Ram Nation Radio is back, featuring two dozen different shows—from electronica to metal, sports talk to music history.
“It really hangs in the balance of student participation,” said Russell Patterson, the director of student activities for the college and founding adviser of Ram Nation. “A club is only as good as the student body’s participation.”
Farmingdale State College radio returns after three-year hiatus
An Indie Go Go campaign is working to raise needed funding in order to complete work on the documentary Pirates of the Airwaves: The WSOU Story. The film will chronicle the storied history of Seton Hall University’s heavy metal-oriented college radio station. One of the gifts being offered to donors is a 3-D printed pirate ship that is also a functional FM radio receiver.
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