Radio Station Field Trip 91 - Radio K at University of Minnesota

Signage on wall at Radio K. Photo: J. Waits

On Friday, October 23, I had a grand, three-hour tour of University of Minnesota's student-run radio station KUOM (aka Radio K) in Minneapolis. With a lengthy history (its AM signal dates back to the 1920s), Radio K embraces its past, yet also benefits from its state of the art digs. Inhabiting nearly an entire floor of a building, the station's space is full of personality, with some interesting artifacts from the past.

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Radio Station Field Trip 90 - WVAU at American University

Sign at WVAU. Photo: J. Waits

This spring, as Easter weekend approached, I made my way to American University's student-run college radio station WVAU in Washington, D.C. An online-only station, WVAU also publishes its own 'zine and regularly brings bands in to play live over the station's stream.

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Radio Station Field Trip 89 - KAOS at Evergreen State College

License plate at KAOS-FM. Photo: J. Waits

During a family vacation/road trip this August, I traveled to Olympia, Washington and got the chance to visit college radio station KAOS-FM at Evergreen State College. Located on a beautiful wooded campus, the station gets high profile treatment, as its broadcasts can be heard by passersby while waking by its building. With a mix of student and community DJs, KAOS airs a wide array of programs from its spacious studios.

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Radio Station Field Trip 88 - KWVA at University of Oregon

Sign at KWVA. Photo: J. Waits

A few weeks ago on my summer family vacation road trip to the Pacific Northwest, I managed to visit a few radio stations. My first stop was to University of Oregon's college radio station KWVA-FM in Eugene, Oregon. An active station with around 150 volunteers, it's known for its array of music, talk, and sports programs and on the day of my visit it was doing an all-day live remote broadcast from a local festival. Slated to move in the next year, there's no word on what will happen to the station's sticker-covered cabinets.

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Radio Station Field Trip 87 - WGMU Radio at George Mason University

A view of WGMU's studio. Photo: J. Waits

On an April morning earlier this year while on a trip to Washington, D.C., I ventured out to Fairfax, Virginia in order to see WGMU at George Mason University. The online-only station has a prime location in a busy hallway of one of the many student centers on campus. Passersby can stop and watch the DJ on duty and can hear the station emanating from speakers outside the station.

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Radio Station Field Trip 86 - WHBC at Howard University

Mural outside WHBC. Photo: J. Waits

While in Washington, D.C. this April, I was able to visit a few nearby college radio stations. First up was Howard University's student-run radio station WHBC. The sister station to Howard's commercial radio station WHUR-FM, WHBC offers students mentorships with WHUR peers, while giving them the opportunity to run their own station online, via WHUR's HD3 signal, and over campus cable.

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Radio Station Field Trip 85 - Bellarmine Radio in Louisville

Wall of Bellarmine Radio studio in Louisville. Photo: J. Waits

Back in February I visited Bellarmine University's streaming radio station Bellarmine Radio in Louisville, Kentucky. The cozy station was launched in a closet in 2005 and last semester around 20 students were involved with the station.

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