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Is Twitter the New College Radio?

When I was a kid in the 1970s my parents would try to pry me away from the television, warning me that it was going to “rot my brain.” Yet, my dad also admitted to me that his parents made the same...

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Radio's Murder of Music

I’m on a quest to document the early history of my college radio station WHRC, which began in the 1920s as a Haverford College Radio Club station known as WABQ. As I was doing a quick search for...

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Top 5 Things Found at every College Radio Station

I LOVE college radio and have been a DJ at four different stations over the years (and I also went through DJ training at a 5th station). In addition to that, in the past two years I’ve visited 20...

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12 Days of Radio Station Signage Recap – Match the Station with Its Sign

Happy Impending New Year! Now that I’ve wrapped up my 12 Days of Radio Station Signage series, here’s an opportunity for you to match each sign with its corresponding station. Some of them are obvious...

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College Radio Survivor: Revealing History of St. Joseph’s Pioneering College...

College radio history is largely undocumented, with much lore locked away in the memories of its participants. Glimpses of the past can be found by digging into the archives of student publications,...

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Haverford College Celebrates 90th Anniversary of Student Radio on Campus

This weekend I’ll be immersing myself in college radio history during some special events honoring the 90th anniversary of student radio at Haverford College (see the full alumni weekend schedule...

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College Radio Watch: Is College Radio Dying? Students at WRAS-FM Get Reprieve

Earlier this week, Salon.com posted an article with the title “College radio is dying — and we need to save it.” In the piece, Garrett Martin outlines the situation at WRAS-FM (in which student DJs...

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Spinning Indie Field Trip – WHRC at Haverford College

My final radio station visit while in the Philadelphia-area this April was to see the station where it all began for me, WHRC at Haverford College. I was actually able to visit the station twice this...

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10 Fascinating Things Spotted at College Radio Stations in 2014

I was lucky to be able to visit quite a few college radio stations in 2014 and have shared some of those field trips on Radio Survivor and Spinning Indie. Next week I’ll write up a comprehensive “2014...

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College Radio Watch: College Radio Scholarship Featured in Special Issue of...

Scholars focused on college radio are a pretty tiny subset of the already small universe of radio scholars, so I am thrilled to see the publication of a student radio-themed issue of Interactions:...

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Lorenzo Milam’s College Radio Days

Lorenzo Milam, who passed away on July 19, led a fascinating life, evangelizing and launching numerous community radio stations and also championing the rights of people with disabilities. Like many...

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Podcast #261 – Remembering Lorenzo Milam

Jennifer, Eric and Paul get the gang back together to remember community radio innovator Lorenzo Milam, who passed away on July 19. We reflect on how he helped to propagate a community access model of...

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Creating Haverford College Radio on Mare of Easttown

Student DJ Anne Harris is on the microphone in the booth at WWXU Haverford College Radio. While back announcing a track by Mannequin Pussy, she looks through a sticker-covered window into the record...

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Is Twitter the New College Radio?

When I was a kid in the 1970s my parents would try to pry me away from the television, warning me that it was going to “rot my brain.” Yet, my dad also admitted to me that his parents made the same...

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Radio's Murder of Music

I’m on a quest to document the early history of my college radio station WHRC, which began in the 1920s as a Haverford College Radio Club station known as WABQ. As I was doing a quick search for...

View Article


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Clik here to view.

Top 5 Things Found at every College Radio Station

I LOVE college radio and have been a DJ at four different stations over the years (and I also went through DJ training at a 5th station). In addition to that, in the past two years I’ve visited 20...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

12 Days of Radio Station Signage Recap – Match the Station with Its Sign

The 12 Days of Radio Station Signs Happy Impending New Year! Now that I’ve wrapped up my 12 Days of Radio Station Signage series, here’s an opportunity for you to match each sign with its...

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Clik here to view.

College Radio Survivor: Revealing History of St. Joseph’s Pioneering College...

College radio history is largely undocumented, with much lore locked away in the memories of its participants. Glimpses of the past can be found by digging into the archives of student publications,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Haverford College Celebrates 90th Anniversary of Student Radio on Campus

This weekend I’ll be immersing myself in college radio history during some special events honoring the 90th anniversary of student radio at Haverford College (see the full alumni weekend schedule...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

College Radio Watch: Is College Radio Dying? Students at WRAS-FM Get Reprieve

Earlier this week, Salon.com posted an article with the title “College radio is dying — and we need to save it.” In the piece, Garrett Martin outlines the situation at WRAS-FM (in which student DJs...

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