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2011 was the year of protests worldwide causing governments to fall and new nations to be born. College radio fans upset about the loss of their stations also embraced the power of protest in 2011, putting up an impressive fight against both universities and radio consolidation.As the last year began, Rice University station KTRU was already in the midst of fighting the pending sale of its frequency to University of Houston. During winter break, University of San Francisco (USF) shut down its beloved radio station KUSF without warning on January 18. By the end of the day, the sounds of formerly commercial station KDFC were being piped out of 90.3FM and KUSF fans began to organize under the mantle of Save KUSF. College radio fans across the country rallied to express their support for KUSF by participating in a live multi-cast a month after the shut-down on Feburary 18th. Former KUSF DJs took the stage

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On Wednesday, January 25, WGDR/WGDH Goddard College Community Radio (WGDR/H) went live with al-Jazeera English World News (AJE) in place of the ubiquitous BBC. The 30-minute program will air on weekdays 8:00 – 8:30am. WGDR/H joins the short list of 33 public radio stations that currently air AJE in the U.S., and the even shorter list of six college radio stations that do so. The new programming is intended to diversify the media landscape of central Vermont by providing a vital and eclectic perspective on world news. This bold programming decision is in line with the new direction of Goddard College led by President Barbara Vacarr. The college seeks to diversify the educational experiences of Goddard students and build upon the college’s legacy as an innovative leader in higher education. In the 1980’s, WGDR/H was one of the first non-commercial Vermont radio stations to broadcast the BBC. Today, the station sees AJE as the new

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I disagree that the Internet or syndication will mean  the ‘end’ of local radio.  Do syndicated programs save the  station money?  No way!  Does it add value to programming?  That depends on the show being syndicated-there’s great ones…and then there’s the rest of them. We already know what Google and other Google wanna be’s have done on the Internet in the past decade. Still, I think there will always be a place for local broadcasting.  Back in time a few decades ago.  The giants ruled the world of local radio for a while , not much local programming to speak of back then, and then another exciting technology called television came along and the networks ran as fast as they could away from radio leaving it for dead… but did radio die? Not at all  ”local” radio was born.  I don’t have a problem with quality syndicated programming but with syndication we lose any sense of anything

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