We’re big believers in the power of college radio here at Radio World, so it’s cool to share a promotion being run right now by Telos Alliance.
The manufacturer is partnering with the non-profit College Radio Foundation to give away a flagship Omnia.11 FM+HD audio processor to a U.S. college station. That’s a prize with a retail price of about ten grand.
“The contest is easy to enter,” Telos says in its announcement.
“Students, faculty and staff at college radio stations in the USA can submit their entry online; all that’s needed is a quick paragraph explaining why their college station needs a new Omnia.11.”
Entries will be open through April 10 at the company website. The winning entry will be chosen by the College Radio Foundation, led by Rob Quicke, whose work on behalf of college radio, including the annual College Radio Day, is familiar to Radio World readers.
Telos Audio Production Senior Director of Sales Jim Armstrong was quoted saying, “College radio has always held a special place in our hearts because so many of us got our start in the industry at a college station. We’ve got former on-air personalities, chief engineers and radio station staff at every level of our company who credit college radio with igniting their love for the medium.”
That’s certainly true of me as well. I still remember walking into WXDR at the University of Delaware for the first time. The experiences of those first few years have shaped my lifetime. And my Radio World colleague Nick Langan works as a faculty advisor for 89.1 WXVU(FM) in Philadelphia.
But all of us also have read news stories about this or that school deciding it no longer needs a radio station, overlooking the power and appeal that working in media still hold over young people.
So I’m all in with anything that gives a college station a boost up.
The link again is www.telosalliance.com/collegeradio
