Podcast #346 – The Fight for College Radio at Cleveland State Station WCSB
On October 3, 2025, while World College Radio Day was being celebrated all over the globe, Cleveland State University’s nearly 50-year...
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Radio Survivor Podcast
The Radio Survivor podcast is a weekly show that explores the future of community media, with a focus on community radio, college radio, low-power FM and public access TV, along with podcast...
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20 of 300 episodesPodcast #345 – Catching up with Community Radio at the Grassroots Radio Conference and NCRC
Jennifer Waits reports back from the Grassroots Radio Conference, held in Spokane Washington from September 11 to September 14, 2025. We rec...
Podcast #344 – Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age
While the work of radio stations using terrestrial transmitters is a typical discussion topic on Radio Survivor, for this episode we find ou...
Podcast #343 – Catching up on College Radio and Podcasting News (March 19, 2025)
Eric, Jennifer and Paul return with a new episode of Radio Survivor, recapping some of the latest news from our travels. Jennifer shares hig...
Podcast: Remembering Alice Brock of Alice’s Restaurant
Several years ago, Radio Survivor had the pleasure of speaking with artist and restaurateur Alice Brock, the woman who provided much inspira...
Podcast #342 – The Famous Computer Cafe
We travel back to the 1980s, when the show, The Famous Computer Cafe, initially launched over the radio in southern California. With a focus...
Podcast #341 – The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
Journalist Marc Masters joins us to discuss his book, High Bias: the Distorted History of the Cassette Tape. We dive into how the oft-malign...
Podcast #340 – College Radio History at Williams College
Williams College student Josh Picoult arrived on campus with a fascination for both history and radio. Four years later, he’s about to...
Podcast #339- 75 Years of Listener Supported Radio
Matthew Lasar talks with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, host of KPFA’s Upfront to commemorate the Birthday of Pacifica Radio. The post Podcast...
Podcast #338 – YouTube, Video and Podcasting
In the last few years YouTube has become one of the most popular platforms for consuming podcasts, even though it’s a primarily a vide...
Podcast #337 – Catching up on Radio News including LPFM, a College Radio Archive, Documentaries, and More
The Radio Survivor team returns for a new episode, during which Jennifer, Eric and Paul recap some of the latest radio news. Topics this wee...
Podcast #336 – Educational Radio and the Beginnings of Public Radio
On this edition of the show, we explore public radio history, specifically the origins of public radio in the United States, including the i...
Podcast #335 – Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
On this week’s show, we peek behind the scenes of The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC). A project of the In...
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 ep...
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 FCC’s announcemen...
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...
Podcast #331 – New Low-Power FM Opportunity Coming this November
It’s been nearly three years since the FCC first announced that a new low-power FM (LPFM) application window would be forthcoming. Now...
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. Ou...
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 No...
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...