Radio Survivor
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Website and podcast produced by Eric, Jennifer, Matthew and Paul. We're here for the love of radio and sound. radiosurvivor.com
Our latest college radio station field trip report focuses on B-Rad, the cheerfully-named college radio station at Bennington College in Vermont. Since the history of student radio on campus was mysterious, @spinningindie.bsky.social researched and learned about B-Rad's fascinating predecessors.
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...
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 ...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Our latest college radio station field trip report focuses on B-Rad, the cheerfully-named college radio station at Bennington College in Vermont. Since the history of student radio on campus was mysterious, @spinningindie.bsky.social researched and learned about B-Rad's fascinating predecessors.
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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...
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 ...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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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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...
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...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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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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...
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 ...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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...
Read our report on the shutdown of Cleveland State University's student-run radio station WCSB. Student leaders spoke to a packed crowd at the CBI conference @askcbi.bsky.social on Friday and are voicing their desire for FM to be returned for their use. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/wcsb...
WCSB Student Leaders and Supporters Fight Against Takeover of Cleveland State University's Student-Run College Radio Station - Radio Survivor
On Friday, October 3, as World College Radio Day was being celebrated across the country and around the globe, students were locked out of their long-time home at college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM at...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Read our report on the shutdown of Cleveland State University's student-run radio station WCSB. Student leaders spoke to a packed crowd at the CBI conference @askcbi.bsky.social on Friday and are voicing their desire for FM to be returned for their use. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/wcsb...
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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.
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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 ...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
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Our latest college radio station tour focuses on WZLY at Wellesley College. Tour #180 from @spinningindie.bsky.social !
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...
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...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Our latest college radio station tour focuses on WZLY at Wellesley College. Tour #180 from @spinningindie.bsky.social !
Our radio station tour series resumes with a visit to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University. Highlights include shelves of vinyl, crafty zines and Ron Burgundy cut-out adorned with station swag! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
Radio Station Visit #179: WBRS-FM at Brandeis University - Radio Survivor
“The station’s in a bit a flux,” WBRS co-General Manager Ella Thanik said apologetically, after enthusiastically greeting me at the Brandeis University college radio station around lunchtime on a Thur...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our radio station tour series resumes with a visit to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University. Highlights include shelves of vinyl, crafty zines and Ron Burgundy cut-out adorned with station swag! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
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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
This #CollegeRadioDay, stations worldwide are celebrating student radio’s past & future. Discover 9,000+ artifacts—station flyers, playlists & more—in the College Radio Collection, part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications at Internet Archive. 📻 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/03/h...
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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
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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...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy College Radio Day! College radio inspires me every day of the year. I share some words on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social
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New episode alert! At the Grassroots Radio Conference, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez critiqued recent actions by the FCC that threaten freedom of speech and freedom of the press. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/09/podc...
Podcast #345 - Catching up with Community Radio at the Grassroots Radio Conference and NCRC - Radio Survivor
Jennifer Waits reports back from the Grassroots Radio Conference, held in Spokane Washington from September 11 to September 14, 2025. We recap FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s keynote address, in which s...
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September 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New episode alert! At the Grassroots Radio Conference, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez critiqued recent actions by the FCC that threaten freedom of speech and freedom of the press. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/09/podc...
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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...
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...
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August 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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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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...
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...
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May 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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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@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...
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...
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April 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@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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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.
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...
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April 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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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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...
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...
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April 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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...
Our very own @spinningindie.bsky.social resumes her radio station tour series with a visit to @ucriverside.bsky.social's college radio station KUCR. Home to a wide range of shows and two Leo Blais signs! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radi...
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-...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Our very own @spinningindie.bsky.social resumes her radio station tour series with a visit to @ucriverside.bsky.social's college radio station KUCR. Home to a wide range of shows and two Leo Blais signs! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/04/radi...
Our own @spinningindie.bsky.social brings the scoop on the latest Princeton Review "Best College Radio Station" list.
Better late than never! On @radiosurvivor.bsky.social weigh in on the latest "Best College Radio Station" list from Princeton Review. Just realized that the school topping the list doesn't seem to have a student radio station anymore (that I can find...). www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/03/2025...
2025 Princeton Review List of "Best College Radio Stations" - Radio Survivor
What are the best college radio stations? That’s an impossible question to answer, but each year Princeton Review publishes a list based on student surveys about station “popularity” taken at hundreds...
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March 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Our own @spinningindie.bsky.social brings the scoop on the latest Princeton Review "Best College Radio Station" list.
New episode alert! Jennifer, Paul and Eric chat about college radio, podcasting, and @wetlandproject.bsky.social's slow radio Earth Day broadcast.
The @radiosurvivor.bsky.social crew got together to do radio/podcast again. I recap news from college radio and the IBS conference and @mediageek.bsky.social shares podcasting wisdom and @sxsw.com highlights. Plus details on how to join the @wetlandproject.bsky.social slow radio Earth Day event.
Podcast #343 - Catching up on College Radio and Podcasting News (March 19, 2025) - Radio Survivor
Eric, Jennifer and Paul return with a new episode of Radio Survivor, recapping some of the latest news from our travels. Jennifer shares highlights from the annual student media conference hosted by I...
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March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New episode alert! Jennifer, Paul and Eric chat about college radio, podcasting, and @wetlandproject.bsky.social's slow radio Earth Day broadcast.
In a twist on our annual tradition, @spinningindie.bsky.social shares tips on how to find "Alice's Restaurant" on your radio dial this Thanksgiving. www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/11/alic...
Alice's Restaurant on the Radio Thanksgiving 2024 - Radio Survivor
Thanksgiving 2024 is a bit sadder this year, with the news that Alice Brock has passed away. What a cruel irony that the woman who inspired the Thanksgiving-themed Arlo Guthrie folk song “Alice’s Rest...
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November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
In a twist on our annual tradition, @spinningindie.bsky.social shares tips on how to find "Alice's Restaurant" on your radio dial this Thanksgiving. www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/11/alic...
What sad timing to hear of the passing of Alice Brock, just before Thanksgiving. She was the inspiration behind Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" and we had the pleasure of speaking to her for our Thanksgiving 2020 episode of the podcast. www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/11/podc...
Podcast: Remembering Alice Brock of Alice's Restaurant - Radio Survivor
Several years ago, Radio Survivor had the pleasure of speaking with artist and restaurateur Alice Brock, the woman who provided much inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s inadvertent Thanksgiving Day radio s...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:33 PM
What sad timing to hear of the passing of Alice Brock, just before Thanksgiving. She was the inspiration behind Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" and we had the pleasure of speaking to her for our Thanksgiving 2020 episode of the podcast. www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/11/podc...