tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889627852774263513.post4877734296278742328..comments2023-08-10T10:19:38.242-07:00Comments on Spinning Indie: College Radio Airing on Campus?Jennifer Waitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249194013365198161noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889627852774263513.post-71636871482863181892009-02-20T11:27:00.000-08:002009-02-20T11:27:00.000-08:00KSUA is not played in the student union or the eat...KSUA is not played in the student union or the eating areas either. We have to work damn hard to get our station out there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702006041384686267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889627852774263513.post-793296919399332912009-02-12T01:23:00.000-08:002009-02-12T01:23:00.000-08:00At KSCL we had an outdoor speaker outside our wind...At KSCL we had an outdoor speaker outside our window. We'd jam hardcore throughout the day and turn the speaker off at night. It was pretty bitchin' to hear metal at noon bouncing around campus. Though, the residence halls would phone in (or Facebook) complaints.<BR/><BR/>Now at KXUA we don't have anywhere on campus listening. No music in the Union. None in the coffee shops. It's all eerily quiet. This causes me to sing my own songs, disrupting the study groups.Jon Schleusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127316552394850391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889627852774263513.post-75588280324743334722009-02-10T17:46:00.000-08:002009-02-10T17:46:00.000-08:00Until very recently I worked at WWVU FM at West Vi...Until very recently I worked at WWVU <BR/>FM at West Virginia University. In general, our station was not played widely on campus. I know that there were a few offices that played us occasionally, but not all that regularly and we definitely weren't played in the student union. The station has enough range that it can be picked up for about 15 miles or so, so the fact that we were not played didn't have that big of an impact. The community at large knew about the station, but I was always surprised at how many students were not aware of us. While it would have been nice to have the increased awareness that being played all over campus would have brought the station, I considered it something of a blessing that we were not. There was talk occasionally of us being played throughout the campus and my fear was always that someone who worked in one of the buildings might not be so enamored with say, something like, Animal Collective or The Vivian Girls, and they would complain to some higher up who would then come down on the station. We had encountered problems before with student government wanting to know why we didn't play more accessible music and I thought the best way to avoid that happening again was to not have the station be mandatory listening in all buildings.jnovakpghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03551532723335725842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889627852774263513.post-85445092345418001332009-02-06T12:53:00.000-08:002009-02-06T12:53:00.000-08:00Ours is not played on campus. There have been pas...Ours is not played on campus. There have been past efforts and agreements, and some new agreements are forthcoming, but the fact is that college radio is unpredictable - either the programming is random when the "robot" is on (we're a small station) or the programming can be too narrow when a specialty show is on. I forgive the campus coffee shop for not really wanting to listen to an hour of agit-pop while waiting for the all-trance show to start. People work there, and they listen all day to whatever's on the stereo, and they call the shots.<BR/><BR/>I think a station needs to be programmed with this audience in mind to work - variety shows during working hours with DJs who keep a tight board and have an awareness of sequence, energy flow, etc. And in college radio, that can be asking a lot.Logan 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/04122386421631073859noreply@blogger.com