5 Favorite College Radio Stations?
One of the reasons that I started Spinning Indie was because I wanted to help connect college radio DJs with folks from other stations. I love meeting other college radio DJs, seeing stations all over the country, and getting ideas from others who love music and radio.For that reason, I'm always impressed

Canadian Student Station CKMS to Cease Broadcasting
Back in 2008 I wrote a few pieces about the situation at Canadian college radio station CKMS and haven't really followed their plight since then. Well, it turns out that after they lost funding from the University of Waterloo in 2008, the station revamped itself a bit and continued under the name SoundFM.This week they again attempted to gain school funding via a referendum presented to students. Students were asked if they

College Radio Woodie Awarded to KUPS
mtvU just announced their 2009 winner for the annual College Radio Woodie Award. After many rounds of voting, KUPS from University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington) was selected by popular vote. According to the article on the MTV website, over 3.1 million votes were cast.New York DJ Matt Pinfield of WRXP (hey...I just saw him a few weeks ago!) actually showed up at KUPS on Friday to present the staf

Radio Station Field Trip 19 - RXP 101.9 "The New York Rock Experience"
Emmis Communications- Home of WRXPIt was never on my agenda to visit a commercial radio station. My assumption has been that a corporate radio station in 2009 would be a very boring and depressing place. To me the horrors of commercial radio these days are the results of fewer and fewe

Goodbye to Student Radio at KAUR and Hello to MPR
After getting a comment on an old post of mind about college radio station KAUR at Augustana College in South Dakota, I decided to loop back and find out the status of the station. Back in May I reported that the school