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Musings about college radio, pop culture, and audio culture by Jennifer Waits
WESU at Wesleyan University is the final stop on my flurry of 2025 east coast college radio station tours. For those with a station tour bingo card: I spotted a Leo Blais sign AND a Steve Keene painting!
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Radio Station Visit #190: WESU-FM at Wesleyan University - Radio Survivor
It’s no surprise that the home of one of the oldest still-operating college radio stations, WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, is full of typical student radio artifacts. ...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radio-station-visit-190-wesu-fm-at-wesleyan-university/
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A match made in heaven: library + radio station. My latest
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
tour is of community radio station KYRS-FM, which is located in the Spokane Central Library.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #189: KYRS-FM in Spokane - Radio Survivor
“Get Loud in the Library” reads the headline on a flyer posted on a table in front of KYRS-FM, a community radio station located inside Spokane Central Library in Spokane, Washington. Promoting a seri...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radio-station-visit-189-kyrs-fm-in-spokane/
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WYBC has an amazing history, with student radio initially launching at Yale with a carrier current station in 1941, before expanding to licensed FM & AM stations that reach the broader New Haven community. See my tour of student-run college radio station WYBCx.
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Radio Station Visit #188: WYBCx at Yale University - Radio Survivor
Around lunchtime on a warm day in September, WYBC General Manager Jules Morris and I comb through stacks of paperwork from the Yale University radio station’s files. Car horns, traffic noises, and the...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/12/radio-station-visit-188-wybcx-at-yale-university/
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Glad to finally get to see Williams College radio station WCFM. Thanks to Josh Picoult for already doing the archival work to trace the station's history. Student amateur radio broadcasts in the late 1930s led to the creation of carrier current station WMS in 1940 and then FM station WCFM in 1957.
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Thanks to
@hclibraries.bsky.social
for the support and for preserving college radio history!
www.haverford.edu/marketing-an...
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Tuning Into History
Decades after spinning records at WHRC, Jennifer Waits '89 returned to campus to preserve the history of Haverford's student-run station.
https://www.haverford.edu/marketing-and-communications-libraries/news/tuning-history
20 days ago
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I was happy to get Alison and Liam from
@xcsbcleveland.bsky.social
on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
to discuss the latest news about to the shutdown of Cleveland State's student-run college radio station WCSB. Sad footnote: WCSB used to air the Radio Survivor show.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/podc...
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Podcast #346 - The Fight for College Radio at Cleveland State Station WCSB - Radio Survivor
On October 3, 2025, while World College Radio Day was being celebrated all over the globe, Cleveland State University’s nearly 50-year old student-run college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM was shut down ...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/podcast-346-the-fight-for-college-radio-at-cleveland-state-station-wcsb/
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I was so charmed by WRMC's colorful space. Lavender and pink walls lead to hallway containing a sweet mural. The personality-filled walls hinted at the treasures to come throughout my visit to the 75+ year old college radio station at Middlebury College.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #186: WRMC-FM at Middlebury College - Radio Survivor
This year, College Radio Day began for me in the best possible way, with a visit to Middlebury College’s student-run radio station WRMC 91.1 FM in Middlebury, Vermont. From the second that I walked in...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radio-station-visit-186-wrmc-fm-at-middlebury-college/
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From
@cnn.com
: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved
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Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved | CNN Business
The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/business/video/internet-archive-wayback-machine-church-digvid
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What a pleasure to unearth details about a 1950s Bennington College radio station while completing my latest radio station tour piece. B-Rad is the station today and it is the latest in a long line of fascinating student-built stations.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #185: B-Rad at Bennington College - Radio Survivor
As I was plotting out my fall vacation to New England, I imagined chilly days, falling leaves and colorful foliage. While hot weather was the norm for much of the trip, the first bit of crispness was ...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radio-station-visit-185-b-rad-at-bennington-college/
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I loved visiting Bates College radio station WRBC. The station has it all: sticker-covered walls, thrifted furniture, oodles of history, and a signal that artfully bleeds into a religious station as you enter or leave town. Article on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #184: WRBC-FM at Bates College - Radio Survivor
One of my favorite things about tuning in to terrestrial radio is hearing unlikely juxtapositions as stations fade in and out of each other. With religious radio covering much of the left side of the ...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radio-station-visit-184-wrbc-fm-at-bates-college/
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I continue to be amazed by the cool projects undertaken by college radio participants. KXDU operates from a tiny space at University of Denver and does a ton to promote the vibrant music scene on campus. Read my tour on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #183: KXDU at University of Denver - Radio Survivor
In 2009, a University of Denver Magazine profile of the school’s student radio station bore the headline, “The nine lives of DU radio.” It’s a fitting description for the ebb and flow of radio activit...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radio-station-visit-183-kxdu-at-university-of-denver/
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I went down a serious rabbit hole to find the origins of the claim that Regis University is home to Denver's oldest college radio station KRCX. Learn more in my tour report on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #182: KRCX at Regis University - Radio Survivor
A sentence on the KRCX website, “Regis University is home to Denver’s oldest college radio station,” piqued my interest and led to a journey not only through the radio station, but down many archival ...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radio-station-visit-182-krcx-at-regis-university/
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Read my report on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
about the recent shutdown of college radio station WCSB at Cleveland State. Students and supporters are fighting this deal, which puts jazz programming on the formerly student-run station's FM channel. They share updates at
@xcsbcleveland.bsky.social
.
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about 2 months ago
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Jennifer Waits
Internet Archive
about 2 months ago
Happy Internet Archive Day! Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built! If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library! 🎟️ ➡️
blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
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College/community radio is alive and well! My new tour report features
@wmpg.org
at University of Southern Maine. WMPG has been in the limelight thanks to a documentary making the festival circuit. The buzz within the station was also palpable during my visit.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #181: WMPG-FM at University of Southern Maine - Radio Survivor
One of the first things that I noticed when I arrived at WMPG-FM in Portland, Maine was a familiar-looking three-dimensional grey cardboard sign perched in the lobby window. Hidden behind a chair and ...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radio-station-visit-181-wmpg-fm-at-university-of-southern-maine/
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I was psyched to finally get to visit Wellesley College radio station WZLY. What a history! It began as carrier current station WBS in 1942 and went FM in the 1970s. At 83 years old, it is most likely the longest running women's college radio station in the U.S.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #180: WZLY-FM at Wellesley College - Radio Survivor
“Walk to the front between the two large turrets!” read the text message from WZLY historian Berit Raines, directing me to the entrance of Billings Hall, a gothic 1904 building that is home to the Wel...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radio-station-visit-180-wzly-fm-at-wellesley-college/
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Thanks to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University for the fun tour last week. College radio is alive and well!
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Keeping the college radio positivity going...Here's a great read from Sounding Out! In honor of College Radio Day, they shared "a special post devoted to the intergenerational relationships that power college radio and keep it lit."
soundstudiesblog.com/2025/10/03/a...
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“A Long, Strange Trip”: An Engineer’s Journey Through FM College Radio
Ferdinand “Freddie” Montalvo on the Binghamton community airwaves in the 1980s and in the 2020s. Images courtesy of Montalvo. Today is World College Radio Day, and it’s more impor…
https://soundstudiesblog.com/2025/10/03/a-long-strange-trip-an-engineers-journey-through-fm-radio/
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Especially in light of the shutdown of
@wcsb.bsky.social
yesterday, it's important to know that college radio IS thriving and plays a vital role in many students' lives. Thanks to
@emwhitenoise.bsky.social
for this great piece that takes a closer look at why Gen Z is excited about college radio.
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Sad situation at Cleveland State
clevelandstater.com/news/news/cs...
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CSU shuts down student-led WCSB, hands control to Ideastream | Cleveland Stater
Cleveland State University handed over control of the university’s student-led radio station to Ideastream on Friday, effectively shutting down 49-year-old WCSB 89.3. Perhaps unintentionally, CSU shut...
https://clevelandstater.com/news/news/csu-shuts-down-student-led-wcsb-hands-control-ideastream?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadkc_IuIP_c-68SmQvGoiaruwxxRSlqPr6PWK-0XKsXHUzqOjdbNAHPLt8VcA_aem_hM2n6tKK_xTTK49a5gCvZA
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For
#CollegeRadioDay
, here's an update about the 9000+ item college radio collection that I curate within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
@dlarc.bsky.social
on
@archive.org
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Happy College Radio Day! College radio inspires me every day of the year. I share some words on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love...
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Love to College Radio on College Radio Day 2025 - Radio Survivor
Over the years there have been so many reports about the ebb and flow of college radio and I’ve tried my best to not feed into narratives of decline. With that in mind, I was pleased to read a piece t...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love-to-college-radio-on-college-radio-day-2025/
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Latest episode of Radio Survivor show/podcast
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
couldn't be more timely, as we discuss the FCC and recent challenges to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was the keynote speaker at the Grassroots Radio Conference and we share our report!
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3 months ago
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Jennifer Waits
Internet Archive
3 months ago
🎙 College & community radio have shaped generations. Jennifer Waits, Curator of the
#InternetArchive's
DLARC College Radio Collection, speaks on SAVING COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO HISTORY at GRC 2025. 🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM 📍 Spokane, WA 📅 Details ➡️
grc2025.com
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4 months ago
In the latest Future Knowledge
#podcast
, IN THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR, author & UI designer
@ErinMalone.bsky.social
joins designer Abby Covert to spotlight the women who shaped UX, from the dawn of desktop computing to today. 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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Per tradition, I dig into the latest "Best College Radio Station" list from Princeton Review. Psyched to see a handful of brand new entrants to the list: Washington and Lee University, Rollins College, John Carroll University and University of Portland.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/08/2026...
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2026 "Best College Radio Stations" List from Princeton Review - Radio Survivor
The annual Princeton Review “Best College Radio Stations” list is here, just in time for the 2025-2026 academic year. Appearing within The Best 391 Colleges – 2026 edition, the “best college radio sta...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/08/2026-best-college-radio-stations-list-from-princeton-review/
4 months ago
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Nice to see this deep cut reference to a
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
piece about baseball on the radio.
www.news-gazette.com/arts-enterta...
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Records & Radio | When baseball ruled the dial
Once upon a time, the marriage between baseball and radio enabled franchises to create an unbreakable bond with their fans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/music/records-radio-when-baseball-ruled-the-dial/article_3e0c65e3-1969-4b6d-923a-3d2e0dbb1644.html
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Looking forward to connecting with campus and community radio folks in Canada this week! I'll be speaking about radio history and preservation and my work with
@archive.org
@dlarc.bsky.social
on Tuesday June 18. PLUS, I'll be on hand for a screening of
@35000watts.com
that night.
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6 months ago
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Jennifer Waits
Internet Archive
6 months ago
🎉 Big update! The
#InternetArchive
has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more! Check it out ➡️
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Need to relax? The Internet Archive is livestreaming microfiche scans to a lo-fi beats soundtrack
www.fastcompany.com/91340395/int...
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Need to relax? The Internet Archive is livestreaming microfiche scans to a lo-fi beats soundtrack
The archive helps make millions of newspaper, court, and government records publicly available to researchers. Now you can watch the magic happen.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91340395/internet-archive-live-stream-lo-fi-beats-microfiche-scans
7 months ago
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Internet Archive
7 months ago
📄 The scanners are humming, the film is flowing. The microfiche livestream is up—digitizing government docs in real time for Democracy’s Library. Perfect second-screen vibes: Preservation in progress. 🕢 Live M-F, 7:30am–3:30pm PT (except U.S. holidays) ➡️
www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
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lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
YouTube video by Internet Archive
https://www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5RVh7U
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Josie
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Please RT! Radio/sound scholars: June 15 is LAST CALL to sign up for the
@rptf.bsky.social
/BEA/RAMP SIG mentorship program. Senior scholars looking to mentor grad students/ECRs for a 1 year term are especially encouraged to join. Sign up at the BEA website:
bea.memberclicks.net/login#/login
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Broadcast Education Association
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Here's the moment that 1000+ participants in
@neal.fun
's Internet Roadtrip finally reached the studios of WBOR, the student-run college radio station that they've been listening to (and interacting with) all week while traveling at a snail's pace through Maine.
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Cool grant opportunity if you've got audio archives!
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Satellite radio is the topic of our latest
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
radio show/podcast episode! Thanks to
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
for schooling us about the history of satellite radio and its connections with the music industry.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/05/podc...
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Podcast #343 - Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age - Radio Survivor
While the work of radio stations using terrestrial transmitters is a typical discussion topic on Radio Survivor, for this episode we find ourselves examining music and talk beamed down from satellites...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/05/podcast-343-music-in-orbit-satellite-radio-in-the-streaming-space-age/
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Jennifer Waits
Internet Archive
7 months ago
Welcome to the public domain, UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929), the surrealist short from Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalà that shocked cinema with dream logic, stark imagery & one gruesome eyeball. More. ➡️
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Thank you, Dr. Carla Hayden, for your leadership and commitment to ensuring access to knowledge for all. Your service as Librarian of Congress has inspired a generation of librarians, archivists, and readers. Photo: Dr. Hayden meets with Internet Archive founder
@brewster.kahle.org
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Hooray for the important work of Common Frequency, supporting new community and college radio stations. Some great quotes from Todd Urick in this
@radioworld.bsky.social
piece.
www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus...
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Common Frequency Is a Fierce Radio Activist - Radio World
CF is an activist group that assists noncom and LPFM broadcasters, community groups, educational institutions and other nonprofits with radio opportunities.
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/common-frequency-is-a-fierce-radio-activist?utm_term=62C64F3B-9C05-4701-8DD9-3FE1783D5E02&utm_medium=email&utm_content=24553382-EC6D-44D5-A281-56057322FD7C&utm_source=SmartBrief
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Jennifer Waits
Internet Archive
7 months ago
📺 Just released by the BBC: a powerful video on the mission of the Internet Archive & the Wayback Machine. “A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish. 🔗 Explore:
web.archive.org
🎥 Watch ⬇️
youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k
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Can the Internet Archive save our digital history? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
https://youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k
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OK… I’m intrigued. Radio cameo in the Stranger Things musical on Broadway per this photo in a
@wsj.com
review.
8 months ago
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San Francisco Chronicle
8 months ago
A journalism teacher and student newspaper adviser at San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School says administrators removed him from these roles over student work, including a published article that quoted students complaining that they had been verbally harassed by teachers.
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S.F. journalism teacher says he was reassigned over a controversial story in Lowell’s student paper
S.F. journalism teacher says he was reassigned over a controversial story in Lowell’s student paper
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/lowell-journalism-teacher-says-he-was-reassigned-20288287.php
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Frog party on
@kfjc.org
right now!
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@cjsrfm.bsky.social
is my first station tour in Canada and it was an amazing visit! A campus and community radio station at University of Alberta, its studio is located in an old bank vault. Full story on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
:
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #178: CJSR-FM at University of Alberta - Radio Survivor
The magic of college radio lies not just in the sounds that are transmitted over the airwaves, but also emanates from the spaces from which stations operate. Often these are in obscure locales, tucked...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radio-station-visit-178-cjsr-fm-at-university-of-alberta/
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The
@wetlandproject.bsky.social
Earth Day broadcast of nature sounds is a lovely dose of calm.
@kfjc.org
is airing it most of the day. Listen at
kfjc.org
8 months ago
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I finally made it to the pre-dawn San Francisco earthquake commemoration on April 18. It was a very inspiring event, showcasing the resilience of our hardy citizens past and present.
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Had a lovely chat with
@planetbones.bsky.social
about music discovery, college radio, and independent media. Thanks for inviting me to chat after my tour of KUCR!
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in conversation with jennifer waits: algorithms, archives, & radio archaeology - planet bones
My conversation with archivist, journalist, and radio host Jennifer Waits (of Radio Survivor + KFJC 89.7 FM), following the tour I gave her of KUCR 88.3 FM. We sat in the station across from each othe...
https://planetbones.com/2025/04/12/in-conversation-with-jennifer-waits-algorithms-archives-radio-archaeology/
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Another college radio tour is posted on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
. I was excited to return to Bowling Green, OH to check out my old haunts, including college radio station WBGU. I have fond memories of my time there in the 90s: going to shows, tallying playlists for CMJ & making lifelong friends.
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Radio Station Visit #177: WBGU-FM at Bowling Green State University - Radio Survivor
It was a surreal experience to return to one of my college radio alma maters, WBGU 88.1 FM at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), and encounter an unrecognizable radio station and campus. Granted i...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radio-station-visit-177-wbgu-fm-at-bowling-green-state-university/
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What did I do on my summer vacation circa 2023? On a fun road trip, I popped in to see a few college radio stations, including WONY-FM at SUNY Oneonta. Thanks to
@abottomley.bsky.social
for being my tour guide. Article now posted on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #176: WONY at SUNY Oneonta - Radio Survivor
One version of my radio nerd dream vacation includes a cross-country road trip, with numerous stops at college radio stations along the way. With family in tow, it’s a tough sell; however over the yea...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radio-station-visit-176-wony-at-suny-oneonta/
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It was such a treat to finally visit college radio station KUCR at UC Riverside. My tour is now posted on
@radiosurvivor.bsky.social
.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radi...
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Radio Station Visit #175: KUCR at UC Riverside - Radio Survivor
On a Sunday morning, when most college students were likely asleep, KUCR Music Director Diya Anantharaman cheerfully greeted me at University of California, Riverside’s college radio station. Off-the-...
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radio-station-visit-175-kucr-at-uc-riverside/
8 months ago
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Cheers to all the human curators and to independent radio stations who are still an important force in music, news, and so much more...
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