Student Media in the News

Student DJs file Board of Regents appeal over GSU’s role in WRAS deal

The fight for Album 88’s future doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. After months of protests, heated meetings, and unsuccessful negotiations, Georgia State University student DJs have filed an appeal with state officials to contest the deal that handed over most of the radio station’s airtime to Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Read more from Atlanta’s Creative Loafing.

KBVR-FM broadcasts marathon send-off for Snell Hall

The broadcasting booth for Oregon State University’s student radio station KBVR-FM was crowded with sound boards, schedules of shows and sponsors, computer monitors and microphones, but one of the most noticeable features of the room in Snell Hall was its graffiti. Drawings of cartoon characters, band names, random doodles and, yes, a few profanities, covered the walls, doors and pretty much every flat surface in the small room.

Read more from Corvallis Gazette-Times.

KRNU celebrates its 45th year of providing experience for young broadcasters

“The best thing about broadcasting is that everybody looks forward to change,” Walklin said. “People in broadcasting have to move very quickly with that kind of process.”

Read more from The Daily Nebraskan.

WSOU Becomes the Only College and New York Radio Station Reporting to Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart

Seton Hall University’s WSOU 89.5 FM is now the only radio station in the New York radio market reporting to Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Indicator new music chart. This also makes WSOU the only student-run college radio station in the nation to submit its weekly new music spins to the Billboard tally.

Read more from Seton Hall University.

Henry Ford College’s radio station hosts benefit holistic fair

Henry Ford College’s independent, alternative radio station WHFR (89.3 FM) will host its third annual holistic fair, The Festival of Enlightenment, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 21 in the Student and Culinary Arts Center (Building M), located on the main campus.

Read more from the Press & Guide.

Plus, Radio Survivor tours Georgetown’s WRVG-LP and UC Santa Barbara’s KCSB and what Sung-Min Kim learned as a DJ at WMUC.