Tag: Campus Radio

GUELPH POLITICAST #517 – Pump Up the Volume for Campus Radio (feat. Barry Rooke)

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Campus and community radio stations are under pressure from all sides: provincial governments, student governments, activists, advertisers and big tech. There’s a growing spectre of doom for campus media, and the people charged with supporting radio stations across Canada are looking to bolster themselves with help from a newly fiscally prudent federal government. So has time run out for your campus radio station? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #517 – Pump Up the Volume for Campus Radio (feat. Barry Rooke)” →

CFRU Marks 40 Years on FM Radio, But Dangers Lurk for Campus Radio

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On January 28, 1980, CFRU 93.3 fm went on the air. What started in the fall of 1964 with a small group of Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) students creating a radio society, turned into Radio Gryphon by the 1970s, and then evolved again into a complete community radio station 40 years ago. Although CFRU and other campus radio stations are facing tremendous challenges, it’s still being hailed as a cause for celebration. Continue reading “CFRU Marks 40 Years on FM Radio, But Dangers Lurk for Campus Radio” →