College Radio Day is tomorrow. It started with a professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey named Dr. Rob Quicke, and has quickly spread around the world. Quicke tells NorthJersey.com that it’s now “a global event…we have 37 countries signed on.” As the organizing website says, “the aim is to raise a greater, international awareness of the many college and high school radio stations that operate around the world, by encouraging people who would not normally listen to college radio to do so on this day.” Why is college radio important? They say it’s “the only free live medium brave enough to play unsigned, local, and independent artists on a regular basis. Indeed, many famous and successful bands today, owe their initial break to being played on college radio.” College Radio Day began in 2011, grew to 585 student stations in 29 countries, and could be even bigger this year, as it’s celebrated tomorrow, October 1.
I am a big supporter of college radio. It's how I got my start in radio way back in 1981 at WPGU in Champaign-Urbana. See if you can spot me in this picture...
