College Radio Flashback: Covering Campus Disturbances in the 1960s and 70s

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http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2015/05/12/college-radio-flashback-covering-campus-disturbances-in-the-1960s-and-70s/

College Radio Flashback: Covering Campus Disturbances in the 1960s and 70s

by Jennifer Waits on May 12, 2015 in College Radio, History, Journalism, Noncommercial Radio

I’ve been thumbing through a couple of bound editions of IBS’ The Journal of College Radio from 1970 to 1972 and it’s an incredible look at college radio in that era. Concerns of the day included potential policy changes for carrier-current broadcasters, questions about the FCC’s rules on obscenity (not much has changed!), and excitement about the potential of cable FM. Women were still a college radio novelty as were people of color (there were token articles about each).

One area that I’d love to dig into more is the role of college radio in covering student protests in the 1960s and 1970s. For that reason, the April-May, 1972 article, KZSU Develops Technique in Covering Campus Disturbances, piqued my interest. Written by KZSU‘s Seth Neumann, the article not only outlines how the Stanford University station reported on protests, but also references occurrences at other stations.

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1. Penn State protest, 1969

This is a hugely long video at over 2 hours, but very interesting. It deals with the only protest that took place at Penn State during the Sixties.

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