The Chronicle of Higher Education

Radio Silence

Fees force college stations to stop Webcasting

By DAN CARNEVALE

Almost all American college radio stations have listeners who call in to make song requests. But few have people calling in from Israel.

At the University of Akron, however, WZIP-FM reached a worldwide audience by transmitting its music over the Internet at the same time it broadcast a traditional radio signal locally. At its peak,...

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