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Kimberly E. Gittleson
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Alone Together
Spending senior week waking up at five a.m. was not exactly what I had in mind when I imagined the
15 STUDY JAMS
Scientific studies show that listening to classical music while working helps you concentrate and retain information. Fuck that. FM offers
Counting People, On the Air
Pretend you’re a ratings company. Your main problem? Determining how many people are listening to a radio station in any
Should Radio Mix Its Media?
Imagine a morning radio program hosted by Adam Nagourney, Katie Couric, and Howard Stern. Okay, it might be a bit
FCC, Won’t You Please Let Me Be?
This past week, WBAI, a public radio station in New York City, was so worried about the FCC’s recent trend
Fiery Furnaces
Full disclosure: I spent the better part of my summer listening to the indie rock CDs that flooded the mailboxes
Harvard’s 8 Hottest Brainiacs
Debra T. Auguste Although Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Debra T. Auguste was not directly involved with the creation of the
African Studies Survives Rocky Years of Early Eighties
What’s in a name? For some, the switch from a department named Afro-American Studies to one entitled African and African-American
Outside Harvard Yard
Over the course of four years, Harvard students responded to the Cold War as tensions flared inside and outside Harvard
Four Reasons Radio Lives
This semester, we’ve enjoyed predicting gloomy forecasts for the radio industry, but like Boston weather, the time has come for
Love it or Hate it: Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind: My Anti-Drug? Look, I understand that all of the rules of music snobbery dictate that I am
FM Roundtable: Writing to Live
In honor of the recent crop of Harvard authors making it big, FM decided to sit down with a few
RIAA Tacks on New Fees, Threatening College Radio
Although internet radio may be a strange, hybrid beast, something about “tuning in” online—perhaps it’s niche music communities, perhaps more
Can a Satellite Merger Change Anything?
Satellite radio, the “savior” of the radio industry, is in for its biggest change yet. XM and Sirius, the nation’s
Getting Legal Lessons from Radio Tapes
Thanks to “High Fidelity” and John Cusack, the art of mixtape-making has been hammered into each and every one of
