Out in Radioland

News from WRAS about their impending agreement with Georgia Public Broadcasting

This morning (May 30) Georgia State University Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Douglass Covey, met with the leadership of Georgia State University’s student-programmed radio station, WRAS, to inform them that the university and Georgia Public Broadcasting are postponing to June 29 the implementation of broadcasting by GPB on the university’s 88.5 frequency. The implementation was originally scheduled for June 2, and the date is being moved back to allow the university to continue to work on resolving issues raised by the WRAS leadership in a May 16 meeting with President Mark P. Becker and university leaders, and for GPB to finalize production plans for new local programming.

From their Facebook page, facebook.com/wrasalbum88.

College stations in N.C. unite for ‘Play it SAFE’

The Pinhook will host “Play it SAFE,” a benefit concert to raise money for the Durham Crisis Response Center, Friday beginning at 8 p.m. Local bands Gross Ghost, See Gulls, and T0W3RS will perform.

College radio stations WKNC 88.1 FM (N.C. State University), WXDU 88.7 FM (Duke University), WUAG 103.1 FM (UNC Greensboro), and WXYC 89.3 FM (UNC Chapel Hill) are sponsoring the event, with help from The Pinhook. Organizers want to promote a safe community for women and to raise awareness of the problem of sexual assault.

Read more from the Herald Sun.

Radio Survivor’s Jennifer Waits heads to Haverford College for the 90th anniversary of student radio on campus

This weekend I’ll be immersing myself in college radio history during some special events honoring the 90th anniversary of student radio at Haverford College (see the full alumni weekend schedule here). I’m hopeful that many alumni will attend, as I’m looking forward to learning even more about the storied past of the many stations at Haverford.

Read more from Radio Survivor.

And, in one of the weirder things I’ve read lately:

College radio hosts offer pictures of their genitals for fundraiser

I’ll spare you the details, but here’s a link for more information from Opposing Viewpoints about what allegedly happened.