Podcast #136 – Storied College Stations WIIT & WKCR Radio Survivor Podcast

Jennifer Waits takes us on tours of two storied college stations, with deep roots in their communities. WIIT-FM is the student station at the Illinois Institute of Technology, housed in the modern Rem Koolhaas designed McCormick Tribune Campus Center situated at the intersection of Chicago’s Bronzeville and Bridgeport neighborhoods. WKCR is Columbia University’s station, with a rich history in New York City’s jazz community, whose many luminaries have paid a visit.

We learn how IIT was home to early radio broadcasting pioneers, including vacuum tube inventor Lee de Forest, and why WKCR’s student DJs eschew more familiar rock music in favor of genres like jazz, contemporary classical and experimental music. Plus, Paul shares some memories of his recent visit to Mana’o Radio on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Show Notes



* Radio Station Visit #142 – College Radio Station WIIT at Illinois Institute of Technology

* WIIT-FM

* Wikipedia: Lee de Forest

* Lee de Forest website

* Radio Survivor Episode #135: Resurfacing Women’s Contributions in Podcasting History

* Lupe Fiasco

* Radio Station Visit #141 – College Radio Station WKCR at Columbia University

* Stretch and Bobbito

* WKCR-FM

* Spinning Indie Radio Station Field Trip #13: WBAR at Barnard College

* WBAR

* Spinning Indie Radio Station Field Trip #7: WNUR at Northwestern University

* Spinning Indie Radio Station Field Trip #58: WHRB at Harvard University

* WTSR

* Mahalo to Mana’o Radio, Maui’s Community Station

* Mana’o Radio