WMUA General Manager Lyvia Migliaccio in front of a portion of the station’s large vinyl collection. Photo: J. Waits

DJ live in the studio at UMass Amherst’s college radio station WMUA. Photo: J. Waits

Amherst pronunciation sign at WMUA. Photo: J. Waits

"Even though I don’t have a show, I feel really like a part of a broader community of music heads,” sophomore Seamus Kelley told Radio Survivor about WMUA. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radio-station-vi... Photo: J. Waits

Great piece! I remember going to company picnics there too. Did you ever go to Frontier Village or Santa’s Village? It’s amazing how many little theme parks there were.

Happy World Amateur Radio Day!

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Internet Torching the Wayback Machine is akin to burning the Library of Alexandria. We cannot let our digital memory be wiped.

Torching the The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine is akin to burning the Library of Alexandria and wiping our digital memory - at a moment when media corporations and the government want to hermetically seal us in a bubble of their propaganda.

We cannot let this happen.

So sad to hear the news today that Hampshire College will close. Thinking of everyone there—in particular the folks at Yurt Radio. I’m glad that I was able to visit last month.

Radio Station Visit #199: WAMH-FM at Amherst College - Radio Survivor “This semester is our last semester in our current radio station, so we would love the opportunity to show off our wacky and wonderful space,” emailed WAMH-FM station manager Finley Liu in response to...

Western Massachusetts has many historic college radio stations and WAMH at Amherst College is one of them. WAMH's funky space has graffiti-covered walls, manatees, and a Leo Blais sign amongst the records and CDs. And it's my 199th station tour! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive SF organization losing access to some news content

“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine

When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth.

The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors.
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Radio Station Visit #198: WMUA-FM at University of Massachusetts Amherst - Radio Survivor During lunchtime on a Thursday in early March, University of Massachusetts Amherst’s college radio station WMUA was buzzing with activity. Tables in the lobby were full of students working on laptops,...

My western Massachusetts radio station tours continue with a visit to WMUA-FM at UMass Amherst. The vibrant station is full of DIY artwork, vinyl records, CDs, and signs of its nearly 80-year-old history.

www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Radio Station Visit #197: WNEK at Western New England University - Radio Survivor “We desperately need this station! With every other campus on the air, it is a crying shame…After all, with a name like WNEC, what would seem more natural!” (The Westerner, 11/5/1969) In 1969, a colum...

My wintry western Massachusetts flurry of station tours continues with a visit to 50+ year old WNEK at Western New England University in Springfield, MA. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

Sooo many stations! Which ones do you recommend?

Radio Station Visit #196: Yurt Radio at Hampshire College - Radio Survivor Every college campus is an adventure, requiring advance planning on my part so that I am able to navigate as quickly as possible to radio stations that are often in hidden-away locations. Before my vi...

People regularly ask me to name the best college radio station or my favorite station. I always demur. But...Yurt Radio at Hampshire College has one of the most amazing college radio station buildings that I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw it in its winter glory. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...

DLARC logo alongside one of the approximately 150 searchable callbooks that are part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications.

Cassettes from the series “Ham Radio and More” digitized as part of DLARC.

A QSL card for the University of Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club station W3ABT circa 1935, digitized as part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications

DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote 📻🌀

The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications brings together 225,000+ items, from magazines and QSL cards to audio & video, all free via the #InternetArchive. 📚💿

Tune in ⤵️
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#AmateurRadio #RadioHistory

In celebration of CiTR's FM anniversary today, I share my newest college radio field trip report. The campus and community radio station at University of British Columbia is full of personality, fun artifacts, and "is in fact a Nadwuar cult."

DLARC: The Radio Geek's Doomscrolling Antidote - Radio World The Internet Archive's DLARC is haven for radio amateurs, shortwave enthusiasts, long-distance radio reception clubs and a whole lot more.

A beautiful feature in RadioWorld about the DLARC library — DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus...

I love stories like this, where folks speak out and are able to preserve a campus radio station that was at risk of closure. Congrats to @chmrfm.bsky.social !

Thanks to Nick Langan of Radio World for the deep dive into the DLARC collection on @archive.org. It's a wonderful to know that he finds it as amazing a resource for radio geeks as we do! The piece highlights the vast array of ham radio materials and beyond in this ever-growing library.

Along those lines, College Broadcasters Inc. and Intercollegiate Broadcasting System are college radio orgs that have a variety of resources for college stations.

The North American College & Community Radio Chart The North American College and Community Chart tabulates weekly airplay from College and Non-Commercial radio stations in The United States and Canada.

Feel free to reach out to me directly as I always love hearing about stations getting revived. Also naccchart.com is one resource for information on new releases, etc.

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🎙️ Why preserve college radio?

Radio researcher Jennifer Waits stopped by @cjsfradio.bsky.social to talk about her work building a global archive of college, community, and amateur radio and inviting stations to contribute their history. 📻

🎧 Full interview ⬇️
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How did Mickey Mouse go from borrowing hit songs to building Disney’s musical legacy? 🎶
1930 Mickey Mouse comic strips referenced popular tunes, then Disney introduced its own “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo,” marking the shift from borrowing music to creating it.

Learn more 👇
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Interview with Jennifer Waits - DLARC In June of 2025, CJSF hosted Jennifer Waits from the Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC) for a station tour, and CJSF & Bitcouver's own Connor sat down with Je

In my interview with Connor, host of the CJSF show "Bitcouver," he shares his love for the Internet Archive and I talk specifically about the college radio collection within DLARC @dlarc.bsky.social. soundcloud.com/cjsfradio/in...

It was sweet of @cjsfradio.bsky.social to share my CJSF tour report about the campus and community radio station. I was also interviewed for the Bitcouver show, which was a ton of fun. We chatted about college radio history, @archive.org & our shared Silicon Valley youth! www.cjsf.ca/news/cjsf-fe...

That is hilarious (regarding the bin age)!

Radio Station Visit #194: CJSF-FM at Simon Fraser University - Radio Survivor Treasure hunt is the best way to describe the whirlwind afternoon that I spent at campus and community radio station CJSF 90.1 FM at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada ...

It was amazing to see USPS mail tubs in a Canadian radio station, along with all sorts of obscure music, record label stickers of personal significance, and so much more. CJSF at Simon Fraser University is my latest college radio station tour report. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/02/radi...

Radio Station Visit #193: CIVL-FM at University of the Fraser Valley - Radio Survivor A visit to campus and community radio station CIVL-FM at Uni

How many college radio stations are in Lifetime movies? Look closely during "Danger in the Dorm" (starring Bethenny Frankel of RHONY) & you might spot CIVL-FM. The University of the Fraser Valley station (in Abbotsford, BC, Canada) is my latest tour. www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/02/radi...

Cover of an issue of The Call Letter, a newsletter from KTSB 91.7 cable FM, the predecessor to KVRX-FM at the University of Texas, Austin. Source: DLARC College Radio (digitized from KVRX’s on-site collection) featuring cartoon aliens in spacecraft and text: "we're here.”

🎉 Celebrate World Radio Day! 🎙️

Tune into college & community radio history, from vintage playlists to searchable transcripts of historic broadcasts.

It’s all in our blog ⬇️
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KJHK Spring Playlist 5 March 5 1984 : KJHK : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Playlist from KJHK 90.7 FM, the college radio station at University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. KJHK website: https://kjhk.org/web/ Source: Get...

Gotta love hot pink 1980s playlists! Take a look at what @kjhk907fm.bsky.social was playing in March 1984. archive.org/details/KJHK...

Happy World Radio Day! Radio archives are the best. Celebrate by combing through @dlarc.bsky.social on @archive.org. Some of the latest college radio goodies include playlists, stickers, handwritten record reviews & transcribed interviews with literary luminaries. blog.archive.org/2026/02/13/t...