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12 Oct
101 sessions, an award-winning Keynote Speaker, the River Walk and the Alamo. It’s CBI San Antonio 2017! We are just weeks away from CBI San Antonio and the National Student Electronic Media Convention! I am very excited to get there for all that this offers, including great sessions, networking, an awesome location and, as always, […]
READ MORE25 Sep
“Looks amazing! I can’t wait to go and check out some of these panels with the rest of the staff.” That is an actual quote from one of my students. It was in an email this student sent me after taking a look at the schedule for the National Student Electronic Media Convention (NSEMC). It […]
READ MORE19 Aug
The FCC, in conjunction with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). This will have an impact on all FCC licensed stations that participate in EAS. If this test applies to you, pay attention. You must complete the 2017 ETRS Form One on or before August […]
READ MORE19 Jul
CBI hosted the first-ever Broadcast Management track at the College Media Mega Workshop last week in Minneapolis and the results exceeded even our most optimistic projections. Thirty students and advisers gathered on the beautiful campus of the University of Minnesota for an intensive, three-day workshop designed to give them the tools to hit the ground […]
READ MORE17 May
It’s summer, a time for the newly graduated to fill out scores of applications in hopes of landing that first full-time job. For those who worked in student radio and television, don’t forget to add that role to your resume. Regardless of your major or career plans, your student media experience has taught you a […]
READ MORE2 May
WUML hits airwaves in renovated studio Up until a few weeks ago, WUML broadcasted from a tiny room beside their office for 24 hours a day. The closet that held some of the radio station’s extensive music collection had an irrigation system that spurted water mere weeks after they moved. Radio staff and interns sent […]
READ MORE19 Apr
I recently had a student come to my office asking if I would help them put together an aircheck for a potential job. While I am always happy to help our students, the cold hard fact was that this person has neglected many opportunities to work on our campus radio station — no regular air […]
READ MORE5 Apr
We are getting to that time of the school year where everyone seems to be focusing on just one thing: getting to the end of the semester. Hopefully, as you are nearing the end of the school year, you are doing so with success. But as you plan for the last few months of school, […]
READ MORE29 Mar
There’s an old joke that management consultants like to tell: Q. What are the seven words that will destroy any successful organization? A: But we’ve always done it that way. Even student media — with its transient staffs and “underground” ethos – fall prey to the tendency to resist change. It can be very difficult […]
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In 2nd grade, on a school project for South Carolina history, I misspelled the name of the state of “Georgia.” All of our posters were hung in the hallway, and there was mine, with my teacher’s big red circle around my mistake, for all passers-by to see. Granted, this was a small elementary school in […]
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