Podcast #322 – College Radio History at WRAS

On the show this week, we explore one of our favorite topics: college radio history. Our guest, Andreas Preuss, just completed a multi-faceted project about student radio station WRAS at Georgia State University in Atlanta for his master’s thesis: Left of the Dial: Right on the Music: 50 Years of Georgia State FM Radio. We […]

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On the show this week, we explore one of our favorite topics: college radio history. Our guest, Andreas Preuss, just completed a multi-faceted project about student radio station WRAS at Georgia State University in Atlanta for his master’s thesis: Left of the Dial: Right on the Music: 50 Years of Georgia State FM Radio. We dig into various aspects of the station’s past, as well as Preuss’ interesting path to this project, having worked in college radio in the past as well as in commercial media for decades.

Show Notes:

College radio station WRAS-FM at Georgia State UniversityLeft of the Dial: Right on the Music: 50 Years of Georgia State FM Radio (MA thesis)From R.E.M. to GPB, A Student Documents the Bittersweet History of College Radio Powerhouse WRAS (Saporta Report) Radio Survivor coverage of WRAS/GPB programming takeover and protests circa 2014-2015Tulane University radio station WTUL-FM in New OrleansShortwave radio station WRNO (Wikipedia)WRNO Worldwide websiteVanderbilt University’s college radio station WRVUKatherine Rye Jewell websitePodcast #244: Exploring the So-Called ‘Golden Age’ of College Radio (with guest Katherine Jewell)Podcast #164: College Radio and the Culture Wars (with guest Katherine Jewell)WPRB-FM at Princeton UniversityCollege Radio Watch: WPRB Launches History SiteJennifer Waits’ 2012 field trip report from visit to WRAS-FMJennifer Waits’ 2016 field trip report from visit to WRPB-FM

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