http://www.newradiostrategies.com/2008/06/30/college-radio/ A Think Tank for Radio in the Digital Age Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:11:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.newradiostrategies.com/2008/06/30/college-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Richard Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:37:59 +0000 http://newradiostrategies.com/?p=100#comment-18 This would be great, at least in theory. There is a problem and it's political. The Students Union will think it can look after students better than the academics and they should run the station this way. Academics would need to balance assessment needs and sometimes the two don't see eye to eye. I once spent months negotiating with an SU to get funding support. The ideas we had were great, a real freshers station but run by the academic department. In the end they said they could do better by handing out leaflets (which they didn't) and meeting people (which they didn't) Where media courses exist they often run their own stations independent of the SU as it gives control and opportunity to be more diverse. I agree there should be more synergy between the two but the nature of the student politics is such that very few of us make it work.... in the meantime there's always community radio. This would be great, at least in theory. There is a problem and it’s political. The Students Union will think it can look after students better than the academics and they should run the station this way. Academics would need to balance assessment needs and sometimes the two don’t see eye to eye. I once spent months negotiating with an SU to get funding support. The ideas we had were great, a real freshers station but run by the academic department. In the end they said they could do better by handing out leaflets (which they didn’t) and meeting people (which they didn’t) Where media courses exist they often run their own stations independent of the SU as it gives control and opportunity to be more diverse. I agree there should be more synergy between the two but the nature of the student politics is such that very few of us make it work…. in the meantime there’s always community radio.

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