In the 1940s, radios were installed in Madras as a "counter-attraction to drink." It was part of a fascinating constellation of activities in prohibition districts. Gramophone records of prohibition-themed songs were also ordered by the government. Fun @archive.org find! archive.org/details/karn...

MADRAS_ RD-B-53-920-1949-50.pdf

Karnataka State Archives – Bangalore – Files – Madras Revenue Department – HRS-Historical Record Section – N/A – N/A (ID 540984)

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It's an annual tradition for me to dissect the Princeton Review "best" college radio station list. This year's has some surprises, including 2 schools that have never made the list in its 35 year history. I had an epic visit to one of those stations this spring! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/08/prin...

Princeton Review's 2027 List of "Best College Radio Stations" - Radio Survivor

Princeton Review’s latest “Best College Radio Stations” list has been released, bringing attention to another interesting mix of college radio stations from across the United States. Appearing within ...

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Happy National Radio Day! It's an embarrassment of riches as far as radio material on @archive.org. And my heart belongs to college radio. Vintage correspondence, publications, posters, playlists, and more can be found in the @dlarc.bsky.social college radio collection archive.org/details/coll....

DLARC College Radio

Part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC), DLARC College Radio is a curated collection of items related to college radio in all its forms. Student radio experimentat...

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Internet Archive@archive.org · 3w ago

📻 On National Radio Day, we celebrate the deep history of radio. From pulp heroes to breaking news to ham radio enthusiasts, it's a medium built for community. 📡 Tune into radio history in our collections: archive.org/details/oldt... #NationalRadioDay

“If our materials aren’t documented, they’re at risk of disappearing completely—and, as you will notice when browsing the available materials, there are many meaningful stories at WHPK that deserve to be remembered!” chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

WHPK builds a digital archive to broadcast its place in music history - Chicago Reader

Plus: Beat-scene showcase Electronic Buffet returns, Make Music Chicago presents a day of dozens of events, and more.

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After finding a clue in some freshly digitized microfiche (thanks @archive.org), I returned to a mystery that I first explored a decade ago about a college radio network that visited the White House in 1985 to interview President Reagan. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/06/unra...

Unraveling the Mystery of a College Radio Network's Interview with President Reagan at the White House - Radio Survivor

In 2016 I was intrigued by the story of a 1985 “college radio network” visit to the White House, in which students had the opportunity to interview President Ronald Reagan. At the time, there was scan...

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My 202nd radio station tour is of college radio station WCCH-FM at Holyoke Community College. Its studio resembles a large safe or industrial walk-in freezer. Baby blue on the outside, only the studio door is plastered with band and radio station stickers. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/05/radi...

Radio Station Visit #202: WCCH-FM at Holyoke Community College - Radio Survivor

On the ground floor of the Donohue Building on the Holyoke Community College campus sits college radio station WCCH 103.5 FM in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Blessed with several distinct spaces, the statio...

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The Internet Archive celebrates its 30th anniversary this week. In honor of its launch in 1996, here are some 1996 highlights from the @dlarc.bsky.social college radio collection. First up, a Fall 1996 program guide from Bowling Green State University station WBGU-FM. archive.org/details/WBGU...

WBGU-FM Fall Program Guide 1996 red : WBGU-FM : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Program guide from WBGU-FM, the college radio station at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Campus radio began at Bowling Green State...

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A 1986 paper about new technology in radio ends with a critique of college radio, bemoaning the fact that stations were emphasizing "fun and self-expression." Such heresy. I cannot imagine college radio without those two features. archive.org/details/micr...

New Technology in Radio: A Macro- and Micro- View. : Fletcher, James E. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Our Library of Congress RPTF caucus, the HBCU Radio Preservation Project, featured by The Guardian today!

How the HBCU radio preservation project keeps Black archives safe

The effort preserves decades of student broadcasting as campuses pivot to podcasts and social media formats

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Listening to @wgxc-90point7fm.bsky.social and am enjoying the @radiosurvivor.bsky.social rebroadcast of the episode about @dlarc.bsky.social . This prompted my fascination with this amazing collection on @archive.org and later led to me curating the college radio collection! wavefarm.org/listen

Happy High School Radio Day! Thanks to all the stations that have opened your doors to us for radio tours, including the eleven high school stations that we've visited. Full list in our archive. #HighSchoolRadioDay www.radiosurvivor.com/radio-statio...

Radio Station Tours - Radio Survivor

List of Radio Survivor's radio station tours: college radio station tours, community radio station tours, high school radio station tours, and more.

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Happy High School Radio Day! In @dlarc.bsky.social on @archive.org , we have a small collection of high school radio items, including this 1973 playlist report from WHJE in Carmel, Indiana. archive.org/details/whje...

WHJE Radio 91 Lifestyle (Radio Survey 1973) : WHJE-FM : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WHJE 91 FM radio playlist and top 31 records for the week ending April 6, 1973. WHJE 91.3 FM is a student-run high school radio station at Carmel High School...

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Happy Radio Week to WMHC Radio! The student-run college radio station at Mount Holyoke College is the focus of my 201st radio station tour report. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #201: WMHC-FM at Mount Holyoke College - Radio Survivor

On a chilly early March night, WMHC General Manager Valentina Rubio Lopez greeted me outside the Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Bursting with love for radio, Rubio Lopez ...

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Student journalists' free press rights tested at Marin County high school edsource.org?page_id=756721

Student journalists’ free press rights tested at Marin County high school

Administrators at Redwood High School in Marin County have been accused of violating a state law that protects the First Amendment and free press rights of student journalists at the Redwood Bark, the...

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Since 2008 I've been obsessively touring radio stations. For my 200th field trip report, I was psyched to visit WOZQ-FM at Smith College. Radio has a rich history at Smith and it's wonderful to see enthusiastic participants continuing that amazing legacy. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #200: WOZQ-FM at Smith College - Radio Survivor

In a 1947 letter to WPRU at Princeton University, Smith College student Betty Specht asks for advice about the feasibility of setting up a college radio station, writing that there is a feeling that t...

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"Even though I don’t have a show, I feel really like a part of a broader community of music heads,” sophomore Seamus Kelley told Radio Survivor about WMUA. https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radio-station-visit-198-wmua-fm-at-university-of-massachusetts-amherst/ Photo: J. Waits

Happy World Amateur Radio Day!

Internet Archive@archive.org · 5mo ago

🧵 Today is World Amateur Radio Day 📻 and Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC) is marking it with new collections 📡 Full announcement ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/18/d... #DLARC #WorldAmateurRadioDay #HamRadio #Shortwave

Torching the The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine is akin to burning the Library of Alexandria and wiping our digital memory - at a moment when media corporations and the government want to hermetically seal us in a bubble of their propaganda. We cannot let this happen.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Internet

Torching the Wayback Machine is akin to burning the Library of Alexandria. We cannot let our digital memory be wiped.

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So sad to hear the news today that Hampshire College will close. Thinking of everyone there—in particular the folks at Yurt Radio. I’m glad that I was able to visit last month.

Jennifer Waits@spinningindie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

People regularly ask me to name the best college radio station or my favorite station. I always demur. But...Yurt Radio at Hampshire College has one of the most amazing college radio station buildings that I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw it in its winter glory. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Western Massachusetts has many historic college radio stations and WAMH at Amherst College is one of them. WAMH's funky space has graffiti-covered walls, manatees, and a Leo Blais sign amongst the records and CDs. And it's my 199th station tour! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #199: WAMH-FM at Amherst College - Radio Survivor

“This semester is our last semester in our current radio station, so we would love the opportunity to show off our wacky and wonderful space,” emailed WAMH-FM station manager Finley Liu in response to...

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Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

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“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth. The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors. ➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive

SF organization losing access to some news content

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My western Massachusetts radio station tours continue with a visit to WMUA-FM at UMass Amherst. The vibrant station is full of DIY artwork, vinyl records, CDs, and signs of its nearly 80-year-old history. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #198: WMUA-FM at University of Massachusetts Amherst - Radio Survivor

During lunchtime on a Thursday in early March, University of Massachusetts Amherst’s college radio station WMUA was buzzing with activity. Tables in the lobby were full of students working on laptops,...

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My wintry western Massachusetts flurry of station tours continues with a visit to 50+ year old WNEK at Western New England University in Springfield, MA. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #197: WNEK at Western New England University - Radio Survivor

“We desperately need this station! With every other campus on the air, it is a crying shame…After all, with a name like WNEC, what would seem more natural!” (The Westerner, 11/5/1969) In 1969, a colum...

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People regularly ask me to name the best college radio station or my favorite station. I always demur. But...Yurt Radio at Hampshire College has one of the most amazing college radio station buildings that I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw it in its winter glory. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #196: Yurt Radio at Hampshire College - Radio Survivor

Every college campus is an adventure, requiring advance planning on my part so that I am able to navigate as quickly as possible to radio stations that are often in hidden-away locations. Before my vi...

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DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote 📻🌀 The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications brings together 225,000+ items, from magazines and QSL cards to audio & video, all free via the #InternetArchive. 📚💿 Tune in ⤵️ www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus... #AmateurRadio #RadioHistory

In celebration of CiTR's FM anniversary today, I share my newest college radio field trip report. The campus and community radio station at University of British Columbia is full of personality, fun artifacts, and "is in fact a Nadwuar cult."

Radio Survivor@radiosurvivor.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy FM Anniversary to CiTR today. Although the UBC campus and community radio station launched over the licensed terrestrial airwaves on April 1, 1982, its history stretches back even further. Come along with us on our latest college radio station tour. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

A beautiful feature in RadioWorld about the DLARC library — DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus...

DLARC: The Radio Geek's Doomscrolling Antidote - Radio World

The Internet Archive's DLARC is haven for radio amateurs, shortwave enthusiasts, long-distance radio reception clubs and a whole lot more.

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I love stories like this, where folks speak out and are able to preserve a campus radio station that was at risk of closure. Congrats to @chmrfm.bsky.social !

NCRA/ANREC@ncraanrec.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When a station is at risk, people show up. The response to the potential closure of CHMR-FM, Newfoundland and Labrador’s only campus radio station, has been extraordinary. All coming forward to share what CHMR has meant to them. theindependent.ca/news/lji/mem...

Thanks to Nick Langan of Radio World for the deep dive into the DLARC collection on @archive.org. It's a wonderful to know that he finds it as amazing a resource for radio geeks as we do! The piece highlights the vast array of ham radio materials and beyond in this ever-growing library.

Nick Langan@w2njl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A digital collection of artifacts — audio, print, logbooks, QSL cards — that radio geeks can all their own. There's even a certain VHF DX-related podcast that's part of the it now. The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is truly a doomscrolling antidote. My latest at Radio World!