College Radio Day

College Radio Day is an event conceived by Rob Quicke, General Manager of WPSC at William Paterson University. The company was founded in December 2010.[1] The first event was held on October 11, 2011, with subsequent CRD events happening in the first week of October every year.[2] In October 2014, it was announced that College Radio Day was now being run as part of a newly formed non-profit organization called the College Radio Foundation.[3]

The aim of the event is to “raise a greater, national awareness of the many college and high school radio stations that operate in North America by encouraging people who would not normally listen to college radio to do so on this day.” This first event had over 360 participating college and high school radio stations in America, Canada and Jamaica.[4] Because of international interest, World College Radio Day was founded in 2012, and is now celebrated the same day as College Radio Day in countries around the world outside of the US. Rob Quicke is also the co-founder of World College Radio Day.

College Radio Day is currently the subject of a documentary film[5] in production from Killer Goose Films.

The 2022 date is Friday, October 7.[6]

  1. ^ Marklein, Mary (2011-10-10). "College radio stations fear budget cuts could silence them". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2011-10-26.
  2. ^ "College Radio Day".
  3. ^ "College Radio Foundation Inc in Hewitt, New Jersey (NJ) - NonProfitFacts.com". www.nonprofitfacts.com.
  4. ^ "Radio Ink Magazine". Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  5. ^ "College Radio Day: A Documentary" – via IMDb.
  6. ^ "Register".