Student Media in the News

WREK Celebrates 50 Years of Music Radio at Georgia Tech

“It wasn’t what you’d expect on a college radio station. It got really strange for a while there. People used to make jokes about — if you turned on WREK you might hear punk rock or you might hear bricks being bashed against each other, and you might enjoy the bricks more than the punk rock because they would’ve found the ‘really difficult to listen to’ punk rock.”

Read more from WABE.

WHFR-FM hosts ‘Radiothon 2018’ to support non-commercial radio

Tune in and get your groove on to support WHFR-FM (89.3 FM) – Henry Ford College’s non-commercial, independent radio, and Internet broadcast station – during its its annual pledge drive this week.

“Radiothon 2018” runs through April 14, with a variety of live concerts and special on-air events scheduled throughout the week.

Read more from the Press and Guide.

BSC TV 3 ready to make return with new leadership

SUNY Buffalo State’s campus television station is producing a variety of new content after semesters of inactivity. Buffalo State College TV is looking to release new material starting the first week of May.

Elijah Muhammad is the showrunner of the new BSC TV series The Negropedia.

“We were going to call it ‘Ethnically Challenged, but we didn’t want to offend anyone,” Muhammad said. Muhammad wants the show to be an entertaining and educational program about African American culture and history.

Read more from The Record.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2018 National Student Production Awards

The National Student Production Awards provide a great opportunity for students to showcase their work in a nationally recognized competition, with 27 categories in audio, video and multimedia — including promos, news reporting, comedy, entertainment, sports, best DJ, station imaging, website design and more.

For competition rules and submission information, visit the 2018 National Student Production Awards Page.

Plus, Radio Survivor’s College Radio Watch column and Podcast #136.