As a pop culture nut, I’ve always embraced tourist traps and have even planned cross-country road trips around weird attractions. Things got more complicated when I moved to the crooked block of Lombard Street in San Francisco.
Read MoreI once heard an anecdote about group of commercial radio folks visiting a non-commercial FM radio station. As they walked through the station and noticed a wall full of vinyl and a studio outfitted with functional, yet aging equipment, the visitors chided the college radio station for being out of touch with the commercial radio industry.
Read MoreI had a wonderful time at the Library of Congress' Radio Preservation Task Force Conference. In addition to connecting with fellow radio historians, archivists and enthusiasts, I also took part of numerous radio station tours.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, February 23rd, I will be presenting The Secret 90+ Year History of College Radio at Haverford as part of Haverford College's Dig into the Archives series.
Read MoreOften I feel like my work is segmented in different silos, with radio writing mainly on one site, wine writing on another, local San Francisco tips somewhere else, and journal articles squirreled even further away. So, for 2016, I've vowed to bring it all together.
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