Jennifer Waits
@spinningindie.bsky.social
Musings about college radio, pop culture, and audio culture by Jennifer Waits
Glad to finally get to see Williams College radio station WCFM. Thanks to Josh Picoult for already doing the archival work to trace the station's history. Student amateur radio broadcasts in the late 1930s led to the creation of carrier current station WMS in 1940 and then FM station WCFM in 1957.
Our intrepid college radio station tour guide continues her east coast road trip. Williams College station WCFM dates back to 1940. Its dorm basement broadcasts have included Moby Dick readathons, Russian rap and chatty talk shows. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
Radio Station Visit #187: WCFM-FM at Williams College - Radio Survivor
Perched on a shelf in the WCFM 91.9 FM studio at Williams College sit well-loved copies of Moby Dick, Ulysses, and The Idiot. Band stickers are plastered on an entry door, records and CDs are spread t...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Glad to finally get to see Williams College radio station WCFM. Thanks to Josh Picoult for already doing the archival work to trace the station's history. Student amateur radio broadcasts in the late 1930s led to the creation of carrier current station WMS in 1940 and then FM station WCFM in 1957.
Thanks to @hclibraries.bsky.social for the support and for preserving college radio history! www.haverford.edu/marketing-an...
Tuning Into History
Decades after spinning records at WHRC, Jennifer Waits '89 returned to campus to preserve the history of Haverford's student-run station.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Thanks to @hclibraries.bsky.social for the support and for preserving college radio history! www.haverford.edu/marketing-an...
I was happy to get Alison and Liam from @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social to discuss the latest news about to the shutdown of Cleveland State's student-run college radio station WCSB. Sad footnote: WCSB used to air the Radio Survivor show. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/podc...
Podcast #346 - The Fight for College Radio at Cleveland State Station WCSB - Radio Survivor
On October 3, 2025, while World College Radio Day was being celebrated all over the globe, Cleveland State University’s nearly 50-year old student-run college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM was shut down ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I was happy to get Alison and Liam from @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social to discuss the latest news about to the shutdown of Cleveland State's student-run college radio station WCSB. Sad footnote: WCSB used to air the Radio Survivor show. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/podc...
I was so charmed by WRMC's colorful space. Lavender and pink walls lead to hallway containing a sweet mural. The personality-filled walls hinted at the treasures to come throughout my visit to the 75+ year old college radio station at Middlebury College. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
Radio Station Visit #186: WRMC-FM at Middlebury College - Radio Survivor
This year, College Radio Day began for me in the best possible way, with a visit to Middlebury College’s student-run radio station WRMC 91.1 FM in Middlebury, Vermont. From the second that I walked in...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I was so charmed by WRMC's colorful space. Lavender and pink walls lead to hallway containing a sweet mural. The personality-filled walls hinted at the treasures to come throughout my visit to the 75+ year old college radio station at Middlebury College. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
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From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved | CNN Business
The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both ...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
What a pleasure to unearth details about a 1950s Bennington College radio station while completing my latest radio station tour piece. B-Rad is the station today and it is the latest in a long line of fascinating student-built stations. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
Radio Station Visit #185: B-Rad at Bennington College - Radio Survivor
As I was plotting out my fall vacation to New England, I imagined chilly days, falling leaves and colorful foliage. While hot weather was the norm for much of the trip, the first bit of crispness was ...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What a pleasure to unearth details about a 1950s Bennington College radio station while completing my latest radio station tour piece. B-Rad is the station today and it is the latest in a long line of fascinating student-built stations. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
I loved visiting Bates College radio station WRBC. The station has it all: sticker-covered walls, thrifted furniture, oodles of history, and a signal that artfully bleeds into a religious station as you enter or leave town. Article on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
Radio Station Visit #184: WRBC-FM at Bates College - Radio Survivor
One of my favorite things about tuning in to terrestrial radio is hearing unlikely juxtapositions as stations fade in and out of each other. With religious radio covering much of the left side of the ...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I loved visiting Bates College radio station WRBC. The station has it all: sticker-covered walls, thrifted furniture, oodles of history, and a signal that artfully bleeds into a religious station as you enter or leave town. Article on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
I continue to be amazed by the cool projects undertaken by college radio participants. KXDU operates from a tiny space at University of Denver and does a ton to promote the vibrant music scene on campus. Read my tour on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
Radio Station Visit #183: KXDU at University of Denver - Radio Survivor
In 2009, a University of Denver Magazine profile of the school’s student radio station bore the headline, “The nine lives of DU radio.” It’s a fitting description for the ebb and flow of radio activit...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I continue to be amazed by the cool projects undertaken by college radio participants. KXDU operates from a tiny space at University of Denver and does a ton to promote the vibrant music scene on campus. Read my tour on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/11/radi...
I went down a serious rabbit hole to find the origins of the claim that Regis University is home to Denver's oldest college radio station KRCX. Learn more in my tour report on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
Radio Station Visit #182: KRCX at Regis University - Radio Survivor
A sentence on the KRCX website, “Regis University is home to Denver’s oldest college radio station,” piqued my interest and led to a journey not only through the radio station, but down many archival ...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I went down a serious rabbit hole to find the origins of the claim that Regis University is home to Denver's oldest college radio station KRCX. Learn more in my tour report on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
Read my report on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social about the recent shutdown of college radio station WCSB at Cleveland State. Students and supporters are fighting this deal, which puts jazz programming on the formerly student-run station's FM channel. They share updates at @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social.
Read our report on the shutdown of Cleveland State University's student-run radio station WCSB. Student leaders spoke to a packed crowd at the CBI conference @askcbi.bsky.social on Friday and are voicing their desire for FM to be returned for their use. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/wcsb...
WCSB Student Leaders and Supporters Fight Against Takeover of Cleveland State University's Student-Run College Radio Station - Radio Survivor
On Friday, October 3, as World College Radio Day was being celebrated across the country and around the globe, students were locked out of their long-time home at college radio station WCSB 89.3 FM at...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Read my report on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social about the recent shutdown of college radio station WCSB at Cleveland State. Students and supporters are fighting this deal, which puts jazz programming on the formerly student-run station's FM channel. They share updates at @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social.
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Happy Internet Archive Day!
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Internet Archive Day!
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
College/community radio is alive and well! My new tour report features @wmpg.org at University of Southern Maine. WMPG has been in the limelight thanks to a documentary making the festival circuit. The buzz within the station was also palpable during my visit.
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Radio Station Visit #181: WMPG-FM at University of Southern Maine - Radio Survivor
One of the first things that I noticed when I arrived at WMPG-FM in Portland, Maine was a familiar-looking three-dimensional grey cardboard sign perched in the lobby window. Hidden behind a chair and ...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
College/community radio is alive and well! My new tour report features @wmpg.org at University of Southern Maine. WMPG has been in the limelight thanks to a documentary making the festival circuit. The buzz within the station was also palpable during my visit.
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
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I was psyched to finally get to visit Wellesley College radio station WZLY. What a history! It began as carrier current station WBS in 1942 and went FM in the 1970s. At 83 years old, it is most likely the longest running women's college radio station in the U.S. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
Radio Station Visit #180: WZLY-FM at Wellesley College - Radio Survivor
“Walk to the front between the two large turrets!” read the text message from WZLY historian Berit Raines, directing me to the entrance of Billings Hall, a gothic 1904 building that is home to the Wel...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I was psyched to finally get to visit Wellesley College radio station WZLY. What a history! It began as carrier current station WBS in 1942 and went FM in the 1970s. At 83 years old, it is most likely the longest running women's college radio station in the U.S. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
Thanks to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University for the fun tour last week. College radio is alive and well!
Our radio station tour series resumes with a visit to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University. Highlights include shelves of vinyl, crafty zines and Ron Burgundy cut-out adorned with station swag! www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/radi...
Radio Station Visit #179: WBRS-FM at Brandeis University - Radio Survivor
“The station’s in a bit a flux,” WBRS co-General Manager Ella Thanik said apologetically, after enthusiastically greeting me at the Brandeis University college radio station around lunchtime on a Thur...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks to WBRS-FM at Brandeis University for the fun tour last week. College radio is alive and well!
Keeping the college radio positivity going...Here's a great read from Sounding Out!
In honor of College Radio Day, they shared "a special post devoted to the intergenerational relationships that power college radio and keep it lit." soundstudiesblog.com/2025/10/03/a...
In honor of College Radio Day, they shared "a special post devoted to the intergenerational relationships that power college radio and keep it lit." soundstudiesblog.com/2025/10/03/a...
“A Long, Strange Trip”: An Engineer’s Journey Through FM College Radio
Ferdinand “Freddie” Montalvo on the Binghamton community airwaves in the 1980s and in the 2020s. Images courtesy of Montalvo. Today is World College Radio Day, and it’s more impor…
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October 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Keeping the college radio positivity going...Here's a great read from Sounding Out!
In honor of College Radio Day, they shared "a special post devoted to the intergenerational relationships that power college radio and keep it lit." soundstudiesblog.com/2025/10/03/a...
In honor of College Radio Day, they shared "a special post devoted to the intergenerational relationships that power college radio and keep it lit." soundstudiesblog.com/2025/10/03/a...
Especially in light of the shutdown of @wcsb.bsky.social yesterday, it's important to know that college radio IS thriving and plays a vital role in many students' lives. Thanks to @emwhitenoise.bsky.social for this great piece that takes a closer look at why Gen Z is excited about college radio.
College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.
Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.
I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:
emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...
Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.
I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:
emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Especially in light of the shutdown of @wcsb.bsky.social yesterday, it's important to know that college radio IS thriving and plays a vital role in many students' lives. Thanks to @emwhitenoise.bsky.social for this great piece that takes a closer look at why Gen Z is excited about college radio.
For #CollegeRadioDay, here's an update about the 9000+ item college radio collection that I curate within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications @dlarc.bsky.social on @archive.org
This #CollegeRadioDay, stations worldwide are celebrating student radio’s past & future. Discover 9,000+ artifacts—station flyers, playlists & more—in the College Radio Collection, part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications at Internet Archive. 📻 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/03/h...
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
For #CollegeRadioDay, here's an update about the 9000+ item college radio collection that I curate within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications @dlarc.bsky.social on @archive.org
Happy College Radio Day! College radio inspires me every day of the year. I share some words on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social
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Love to College Radio on College Radio Day 2025 - Radio Survivor
Over the years there have been so many reports about the ebb and flow of college radio and I’ve tried my best to not feed into narratives of decline. With that in mind, I was pleased to read a piece t...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy College Radio Day! College radio inspires me every day of the year. I share some words on @radiosurvivor.bsky.social
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love...
www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/10/love...
Latest episode of Radio Survivor show/podcast @radiosurvivor.bsky.social couldn't be more timely, as we discuss the FCC and recent challenges to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was the keynote speaker at the Grassroots Radio Conference and we share our report!
New episode alert! At the Grassroots Radio Conference, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez critiqued recent actions by the FCC that threaten freedom of speech and freedom of the press. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/09/podc...
Podcast #345 - Catching up with Community Radio at the Grassroots Radio Conference and NCRC - Radio Survivor
Jennifer Waits reports back from the Grassroots Radio Conference, held in Spokane Washington from September 11 to September 14, 2025. We recap FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s keynote address, in which s...
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September 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Latest episode of Radio Survivor show/podcast @radiosurvivor.bsky.social couldn't be more timely, as we discuss the FCC and recent challenges to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez was the keynote speaker at the Grassroots Radio Conference and we share our report!
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🎙 College & community radio have shaped generations. Jennifer Waits, Curator of the #InternetArchive's DLARC College Radio Collection, speaks on SAVING COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO HISTORY at GRC 2025.
🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM
📍 Spokane, WA
📅 Details ➡️ grc2025.com
@spinningindie.bsky.social
🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM
📍 Spokane, WA
📅 Details ➡️ grc2025.com
@spinningindie.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🎙 College & community radio have shaped generations. Jennifer Waits, Curator of the #InternetArchive's DLARC College Radio Collection, speaks on SAVING COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO HISTORY at GRC 2025.
🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM
📍 Spokane, WA
📅 Details ➡️ grc2025.com
@spinningindie.bsky.social
🕚 Sept 12, 11:15 AM
📍 Spokane, WA
📅 Details ➡️ grc2025.com
@spinningindie.bsky.social
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In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, IN THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR, author & UI designer @ErinMalone.bsky.social joins designer Abby Covert to spotlight the women who shaped UX, from the dawn of desktop computing to today.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, IN THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR, author & UI designer @ErinMalone.bsky.social joins designer Abby Covert to spotlight the women who shaped UX, from the dawn of desktop computing to today.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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Per tradition, I dig into the latest "Best College Radio Station" list from Princeton Review. Psyched to see a handful of brand new entrants to the list: Washington and Lee University, Rollins College, John Carroll University and University of Portland. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/08/2026...
2026 "Best College Radio Stations" List from Princeton Review - Radio Survivor
The annual Princeton Review “Best College Radio Stations” list is here, just in time for the 2025-2026 academic year. Appearing within The Best 391 Colleges – 2026 edition, the “best college radio sta...
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August 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Per tradition, I dig into the latest "Best College Radio Station" list from Princeton Review. Psyched to see a handful of brand new entrants to the list: Washington and Lee University, Rollins College, John Carroll University and University of Portland. www.radiosurvivor.com/2025/08/2026...
Nice to see this deep cut reference to a @radiosurvivor.bsky.social piece about baseball on the radio. www.news-gazette.com/arts-enterta...
Records & Radio | When baseball ruled the dial
Once upon a time, the marriage between baseball and radio enabled franchises to create an unbreakable bond with their fans.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nice to see this deep cut reference to a @radiosurvivor.bsky.social piece about baseball on the radio. www.news-gazette.com/arts-enterta...
Looking forward to connecting with campus and community radio folks in Canada this week! I'll be speaking about radio history and preservation and my work with @archive.org @dlarc.bsky.social on Tuesday June 18. PLUS, I'll be on hand for a screening of @35000watts.com that night.
Session Highlight: Saving Campus and Community Radio History with Jennifer Waits, Assistant Curator, DLARC & Aaron Levy, Executive Director of CIVL! Don’t miss out! We hope to see you there! ncrc.ncra.ca?page_id=4699
June 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Looking forward to connecting with campus and community radio folks in Canada this week! I'll be speaking about radio history and preservation and my work with @archive.org @dlarc.bsky.social on Tuesday June 18. PLUS, I'll be on hand for a screening of @35000watts.com that night.