Jennifer Waits
@spinningindie.bsky.social
Musings about college radio, pop culture, and audio culture by Jennifer Waits
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...
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...
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 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.
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 3:06 AM
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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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...
#Wayback1T
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...
#Wayback1T
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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...
#Wayback1T
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...
#Wayback1T
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.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
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 9:19 PM
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...
Thanks to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University for the fun tour last week. College radio is alive and well!
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 8:34 PM
Thanks to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University for the fun tour last week. College radio is alive and well!
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...
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...
“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…
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October 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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...
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...
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.
College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.
Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.
I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:
emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...
Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.
I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:
emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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.
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
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
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love...
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love...
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!
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 9:28 PM
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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🎙 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
@spinningindie.bsky.social
🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM
📍 Spokane, WA
📅 Details ➡️ grc2025.com
@spinningindie.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🎙 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
@spinningindie.bsky.social
🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM
📍 Spokane, WA
📅 Details ➡️ grc2025.com
@spinningindie.bsky.social
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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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🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/in-...
August 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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 ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/in-...
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/in-...
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...
Nice to see this deep cut reference to a @radiosurvivor.bsky.social piece about baseball on the radio. www.news-gazette.com/arts-enterta...
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.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nice to see this deep cut reference to a @radiosurvivor.bsky.social piece about baseball on the radio. www.news-gazette.com/arts-enterta...
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.
Session Highlight: Saving Campus and Community Radio History with Jennifer Waits, Assistant Curator, DLARC & Aaron Levy, Executive Director of CIVL! Don’t miss out! We hope to see you there! ncrc.ncra.ca?page_id=4699
June 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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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🎉 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 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
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The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🎉 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 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
🧵
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
🧵
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.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Need to relax? The Internet Archive is livestreaming microfiche scans to a lo-fi beats soundtrack
www.fastcompany.com/91340395/int...
www.fastcompany.com/91340395/int...
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📄 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...
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...
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
YouTube video by Internet Archive
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May 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📄 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...
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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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
@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
Broadcast Education Association
bea.memberclicks.net
May 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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
@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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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.
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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.
Cool grant opportunity if you've got audio archives!
Delighted to circulate this call for grant applications in my capacity as the Senior Research Advisor of the National Recording Preservation Foundation, a charter of the 106th US Congress and a partner affiliate of the Library of Congress.
NRPF Grants: 2025 Call for Proposals
www.recordingpreservation.org
May 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Cool grant opportunity if you've got audio archives!