{"id":48179,"date":"2019-11-19T20:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?p=48179"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:14:27","slug":"podcast-220-the-college-radio-station-that-shouldnt-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2019\/11\/podcast-220-the-college-radio-station-that-shouldnt-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #220 &#8211; The College Radio Station &#8216;That Shouldn&#8217;t Exist&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6670\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-48179-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_220_Sacremento_College_Radio_Hisotry.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_220_Sacremento_College_Radio_Hisotry.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_220_Sacremento_College_Radio_Hisotry.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_220_Sacremento_College_Radio_Hisotry.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RS_220_Sacremento_College_Radio_Hisotry.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('48179-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_48179-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_48179-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?powerpress_embed=48179-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2wB8PCDI4ae4Zy5KQJDnWH\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Radio-Survivor-p1065771\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/feed\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Jim Bolt was in college at Sacramento State University in 1989 college radio was exerting unprecedented cultural influence in the U.S. But this campus no longer had a radio station. Though he had heard stories of an earlier student-run AM station \u2013 KERS \u2013 he couldn&#8217;t get to the bottom of why it no longer existed. In the same period the university transferred its FM license over to Capitol Public Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convinced that the school and the Sacramento community deserved real college radio, he and a group of fellow students pushed hard for two years to finally get KEDG off the ground and onto the AM airwaves in 1991. Today that station continues to thrive online as KSSU. But the struggle to bring college radio back to Sacramento State is why he says it&#8217;s &#8220;a startup that shouldn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim tells this founding story and explains why he and his fellow co-founders endeavored to keep the founding story alive with words and archival materials. He shares hard won advice for college students looking to build their own stations, and for alums who want to preserve their broadcast legacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kssu.com\/index.html\">KSSU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/kedg.weebly.com\/\">KEDG Online Archive<\/a><\/li><li>New York Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/06\/business\/media\/tower-records-music.html\">The Power of Tower Records<\/a><\/li><li>The State Hornet: <a href=\"https:\/\/statehornet.com\/2016\/04\/kssu-radio-station-celebrates-25-years-of-giving-voice-to-sac-state-community\/\">KSSU radio station celebrates 25 years of giving voice to Sac State community<\/a><\/li><li>Sacramento News &amp; Review: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/sacramento\/radio-control\/content?oid=29527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Radio Control (opens in a new tab)\">Radio Control<\/a><\/li><li>CollegeRadio.org: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegeradio.org\/college-radio-focus-sac-state-students-refuse-to-be-sacked-a-story-of-student-radio-startup-and-survival-in-sacramento\/\">Sac State Students Refuse to Be Sacked: A Story of Student Radio Startup and Survival in Sacramento<\/a><\/li><li>Inside Radio: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/free\/report-radio-plays-outsized-role-in-small-and-mid-market\/article_49e4b8c2-06b4-11ea-b054-1307fe923e76.html\">Radio Plays Outsized Role In Small And Mid-Market America<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Jim Bolt was in college at Sacramento State University in 1989 college radio was exerting unprecedented cultural influence in the U.S. But this campus no longer had a radio station. 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