In A Digital World, College Radio Perseveres Quote: In the age of blogs and MySpace, college radio might seem an anachronism, an analog remnant in a digital world. With young people listening to the radio less, student stations no longer enjoy the influence they had when they gave bands like R.E.M. and Nirvana an early boost to stardom. But instead of clashing with the Internet, the 700 or so college stations around North America have persevered alongside it, settling into a role as the slower but more loyal foil to the fickle blogosphere. And thanks to the continued passion of their personnel, the stations remain surprisingly successful at promotion, according to many in the music industry, playing a bigger part in breaking new acts than is usually acknowledged. [www.nytimes.com] http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,11941#msg-11941 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:13:27 -0700 Phorum 5.2.9 http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,13012#msg-13012 Re: In A Digital World, College Radio Perseveres http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,13012#msg-13012 slull Anything Goes Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:09:34 -0800 http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,12028#msg-12028 Re: In A Digital World, College Radio Perseveres http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,12028#msg-12028 coolchicana Anything Goes Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:46:06 -0800 http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,11941#msg-11941 In A Digital World, College Radio Perseveres http://www.wcsb.org/forum/read.php?14,11941,11941#msg-11941
In the age of blogs and MySpace, college radio might seem an anachronism, an analog remnant in a digital world. With young people listening to the radio less, student stations no longer enjoy the influence they had when they gave bands like R.E.M. and Nirvana an early boost to stardom.

But instead of clashing with the Internet, the 700 or so college stations around North America have persevered alongside it, settling into a role as the slower but more loyal foil to the fickle blogosphere. And thanks to the continued passion of their personnel, the stations remain surprisingly successful at promotion, according to many in the music industry, playing a bigger part in breaking new acts than is usually acknowledged.

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