Radio Survivor Podcast

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Podcast #334 – College Radio’s Hidden Early History
World College Radio Day takes place on October 6, 2023 and in honor of that, we dig into the early history of college radio on our latest episode of the show. Jennifer Waits walks us through her resea
Podcast #333 – Low Power FM for Dummies
10/17/23 Update! The new low power FM filing window has been delayed and is now opening on December 6, 2023. See the FCCs announcement here. On our latest episode of Radio Survivor, its a very speci
Podcast #332 – More College Radio Tours & Podcasting Turns 20
Jennifer, our intrepid radio station tour guide, leads us through some of her recent visits to college radio stations in New York and Rhode Island. This most recent academic year (2022-23) was an acti
Podcast #331 – New Low-Power FM Opportunity Coming this November
Its been nearly three years since the FCC first announced that a new low-power FM (LPFM) application window would be forthcoming. Now we know that November 1 8, 2023 will be the third-ever opportun
Podcast #330: Wetland Project and Slow Radio
The Radio Survivors return with a new podcast episode! On this edition of the show, we discuss soundscapes and the concept of slow radio. Our guests, artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings are the crea
Podcast #329: New York College Radio Tours
The Radio Survivors return with a new podcast episode! Jennifer reports on her visits to four college radio stations in New York state in November, 2022. Part of a longtime project to document radio s
Podcast #328: Media Archaeology and Other Networks
The Radio Survivors return with a new episode! For this edition, recorded in July, 2022, our guest is Lori Emerson, Founding Director of the Media Archaeology Lab (the MAL). Shes also an Associate Pr
Podcast #327: Industrial Music Systems and Workplace Broadcasts
On this weeks program, we turn our attention to the history of industrial music not the noisy music genre but music played in industrial settings for workers. A variety of services offered (and s
Podcast #326: The State of Listening and Broadcast Radio in 2022
The annual Infinite Dial survey from Edison Research was recently released, showing what people in the US are listening to, and where. It even includes social media platforms like TikTok, which Eric o
Podcast #325 – Ukraine Radio, Int’l Women’s Day and Franken FMs
The Radio Survivors return to their microphones to review whats new in radio. Of course, the Russian invasion of Ukraine hangs heavy over our heads, and we review how the international community is l