College Media Convention Round-Up

CBI Roundup

It seems everyone we met at the National College Media Convention in Orlando had astute observations to offer up about the state of college radio. We were eager to share the wisdom with you, so we took our video camera and just kept rolling.

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U.S. Royalties, Made Easy

Travis Ploeger

During the ever-informative National College Media Convention, many university broadcasters were eager to learn the basics of music royalties for a U.S.-based listenership. Thankfully, the folks at CBI had the foresight to invite Sound Exchange’s Manager of Licensing & Enforcement, Travis Ploeger, who cheerfully answered students’ questions at the event. In between Q&As, Ploeger sat down with Spacial to clarify some issues that many SAM users often ask about. Here’s what he had to say.

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Radio Automation Helps College Radio Go Pro

Al Reynolds

There was no shortage of insightful people at this year’s National College Media Convention in Orlando, Florida. But Al Reynolds caught our attention when he hosted a round table on radio automation. In his role as WIKD’s Assistant Engineer, it’s his job to make sure programming runs smoothly, even if there are fewer people to man the station during the summer months. So we asked him to chat with us about how radio automation helps his student-run station at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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