It has come to my attention to gather some thoughts on college radio.
"How to Save College Radio", panel at SXSW in Austin, Texas March 19, 2011. The sale of the frequencies of college radio stations KTRU and KUSF has sparked controversy, protest and an examination of the value of radio licenses held by colleges and universities. Why are institutions unloading these assets? Audio only from SXSW site:
http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_MP990206
Ustream (video + worse audio):
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/how-to-save-college-radio
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Saving College Radio Panel, NFCB (National Federation of Community Broadcasters) 2011, San Francisco, June 4, 2011
Moderator: Elizabeth Robinson, KCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
Duane Bradley, KPFT, Houston, TX
Ken Freedman, WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
Marc Hand, Public Radio Capital, Denver, CO
Dorothy Kidd, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
John Murphy, WHUS, Storrs, CT
WRTU and KUSF are two college/student stations that recently were sold/taken over by a larger public radio station—with the help of Public Radio Capital. KPFT, WFMU and WHUS have all been involved in efforts to either save themselves or help other stations. The bottom line for many colleges and universities is the bottom line, and lovers of these stations should prepare themselves for what might be the inevitable chopping block. The point of this session is that you can prepare and our panelists will help you do it:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/saving-college-radio-panel-nfcb-2011-san-francisco
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In a secret three-party deal involving media conglomerate Entercom and the University of Southern California, the University of San Francisco sold 90.3 FM's transmitter behind the backs of our entire community. The parties involved do not serve our public's interest and do not contribute to diversity on the airwaves. HELP US KEEP COMMUNITY RADIO ALIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO!
http://savekusf.org/
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Rice's KTRU:
http://savektru.org/
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A post of mine at Radio Survivor:
Philip Goetz
November 29th, 2010 at 9:03 Pm
The independent voices of student radio are vital. The community around the station and the experience cannot be re-created online or in the classroom. One may think that radio is not a promising career. Finding your voice is priceless. It’s a way of traveling and not necessarily a career path. I was in student radio (KVRX Austin) with students from all walks of college life who proceeded on to careers in all fields. I CANNOT say that about student TV. Unilateral decisions do not create a creative economy. Silent Spring was the book of the 1960s and some think Rich Media Poor Democracy could be a similar indictment of the mental ecology of the 1990s. Smoking causes cancer? What we extinct today has unknown implications. Extinct isn’t a verb. More about me at http://www.lp-fm.org