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Paul also brings some provisionally good news about media ownership rules being circulated at the FCC, and talks about the fun he had recently while listening to local radio on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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In College Radio Watch, Jennifer Waits toured WGTB at Georgetown University, the college station with a very interesting history in Washington D.C. both on, and off the air.

As a bonus at the end of this fifty-second episode, Paul and Eric discuss their reasons for doing the hard work of producing a weekly podcast for Radio Survivor.

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Jennifer Waits looked deeper into “carrier current,” and in doing so uncovered a bit of the forgotten history of this seemingly obsolete means of transmitting radio . Starting in the late 1930’s, college students around the country used carrier current, then the cutting edge of technology, to broadcast radio to their communities through the water pipes and electrical wires of their campus buildings. There may even still be a carrier current station out there that we are unaware of.

If you know of a currently operating carrier current AM station please reach out so we can document and confirm its existence.

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Prof. Christopher Terry of the University of Minnesota joins to explain the Court’s most recent ruling, which can only be seen as a slap to the FCC. He explains the ruling, and helps us understand what it means for our media environment, and how it fits into a generation-long quagmire in how our electronic media is regulated.

Jennifer Waits joins for College Radio Watch, sharing her tour of WCUA at the Catholic University of America.

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What station is number 100? You’ll have to listen to find out.

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Then Eric and Paul dive into more adult territory, as they dig up the so-called “lost episode.” Six months ago Eric interviewed three podcasters with shows that probably would never exist if radio were their only outlet. That’s because these shows are frank, explicit, sometimes profane, and likely even offensive to some audiences. Paul and Eric were initially reticent to run the segment, and put it on the metaphorical shelf. But then they decided to dust it off, because Paul contends that these kinds of shows highlight an overlooked aspect of podcasting, which explains why the medium has more in common with VHS videotape than radio.

Listeners are advised that we didn’t bleep or censor the podcasts or podcasters featured in this segment. So if you might be offended by adult language, frank sexual discussion or irreverently critical talk about religion, we advise that you don’t listen past College Radio Watch, which ends at the 27 minute mark.

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Jennifer Waits joins to share her 98th radio station tour to WBCR at Brooklyn College.

Can you guess what station will be Jennifer’s 100th tour? Tweet your prediction with the hashtag #100stationtour

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Then Paul shares some low-power FM news from Los Angeles where the community spirit of creative cooperation and compromise is resolving a competition amongst 18 applicants for a single frequency in that city. Instead, at least a half-dozen new stations will go on the air, thanks to the efforts of the applicants, recently licensed stations, and volunteers from the LPFM advocacy group Common Frequency.

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