September 22, 2015
Student Media in the News
Session Schedules Posted for NSEMC 2015
Visit the CBI Minneapolis website for complete session listings, schedules, speakers and more.
• Complete session listing(alphabetical by session title)
• Wednesday, Oct. 21
• Thursday, Oct. 22
• Friday, Oct. 23
• Saturday, Oct. 24
Early-bird registration pricing lasts through Oct. 1. To register, click here. For hotel reservations, click here.
A Radio Station Becomes Two: KNDS keeps 96.3 FM, KRFF goes down to 95.9 FM
North Dakota State-run KNDS is the low-power station of 96.3 FM. The radio station shared its frequency with Radio Free Fargo, a community partnership, for 12 years.
Read more from the NDSUSpectrum.
KCR founder dies at age 69
The founder of San Diego State’s KCR College Radio station Jerry Zullo died recently, leaving behind a student organization that continues today. He was 69.
Read more from The Daily Aztec.
WMUA hosts, student staff clash over changes
Longtime radio DJs and students who make up the executive staff of the WMUA 91.1 college radio station at the University of Massachusetts Amherst clashed at the station’s first general body meeting of the school year Monday over schedule and staffing changes.
Read more from Gazettenet.com.Building Radio’s Farm Team
Mark Maben is the General Manager of WSOU-FM, the radio station at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. Maben is one of the Best Managers in Radio today and he’ll be featured in our October 12 issue of Radio Ink magazine. Maben is helping shape the future of radio with his mentoring of radio broadcasters of the future.
Read more from Radio Ink.
Cayuga Community College’s radio station to visit White House, will meet VP Joe Biden
Jeff Szczesniak, the award-winning staff adviser to Cayuga Community College’s radio station, is heading to Washington — and he may get to meet President Barack Obama. Five college radio stations, including WDWN, have been invited to the White House on Thursday, Sept. 24, one week before National College Radio Day on Oct. 2.
Read more from auburnpub.com.
Campus View: Radio Lives!
Read the first installment of Campus View, a new commentary on the world of college radio, brought to you by Radio World and CBI, an organization dedicated to serving student electronic media outlets. Campus View will be a regular column on Radio World with college-radio news and perspectives.Read more from Radio World.
FCC Denies Applications for Review Related to Sale of College Radio Station KUSF’s License
The FCC released a memorandum and order (PDF) denying the final Applications for Review that were filed in regards to the sale of the KUSF-FM license (the CPRN-owned station is now known as KOSC-FM and airs classical music programming under the brand name KDFC) and the simultaneous Consent Decree against both University of San Francisco and the purchaser, Classical Public Radio Network.
Read more from Radio Survivor.
Plus, Radio Survivor’s latest podcast, LPFM news and college radio watch columns.
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