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KTRU, Student Media, The Campanile, The Rice Thresher

Student Media & Arts Fair 2024

Do you enjoy writing, taking pictures, playing music, watching films, illustrating, attending concerts, going to art gallery exhibitions or otherwise getting creative in your free time?

Want to see a live ktru DJ set?

Do you just like free food and cool art?

Come to the Student Media & Arts Fair at the Moody Center for the Arts on September 7 from 6-8 p.m. and explore the many creative-minded clubs, organizations, and resources at Rice. Happening alongside the Moody Student Collaborative’s Student Reception, you can discover more about the creative side of campus at the Student Media & Arts Fair! Meet all the clubs, organizations, and resources making art happen. Don’t miss out on a chance to connect and get inspired. Participating groups include:

Whether you’re looking for a creative outlet, a public platform or like-minded Owls, the Student Media & Arts Fair is your one-stop shop for making connections and meeting new friends. This event is in conjunction with Do Ho Suh: In Process Student Opening Reception. Food will be provided.

At the students-only reception you will enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at artist Do Ho Suh’s research and collaborations including the series The Bridge Project which features the work of Rice Engineering students. You will also be able to contribute to Suh’s Artland, a sculptural landscape where you can shape your own characters from clay.

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ktru presents: the 32nd Annual Outdoor Show

Rice U.’s ktru presents Outdoor Show on March 30th Bringing the State Fair to You!

Rice University’s 32nd annual free and open musical festival hosted by its student-run radio station

HOUSTON – (March 21, 2024) – For the last 30 years, KTRU-LP 96.1 FM, Rice University’s student-run radio station, has hosted a springtime music festival on the tree-lined campus that’s always free and open to the public. Its 32nd annual Outdoor Show on March 30th will once again take place all afternoon and into the evening on the grassy Central Quad off Alumni Dr., and features a diverse and talented array of acts from around the country.

From 2-10 p.m., rain or shine, local acts including Blossom Aloe, April Company, and HYPERFEMME will take the stage at Outdoor Show. The festival opens with Rice University student band Sunset Boulevard and will be headlined by rap R&B artist binki. In between, look for shoegaze by good girl and R&B by Houston’s ArmstrongWW.

Outdoor Show will also feature a student vendor market, local vendors, lawn games and other free activities throughout the day, as well as food trucks and limited edition ktru merchandise for sale. Free visitor parking is available in the Greenbriar lot at the corner of University Blvd. and Greenbriar Dr.; visitors may also park in the West and North lots and Central Garage for $12.

Since ktru first began broadcasting from the basement of Rice’s Hanszen College in 1967, the student-run radio station has championed local, underground and indie music. Its annual Outdoor Show aims to bring the Houston community together to experience and enjoy that music in a live setting. Bring a blanket and stay a while!

WHAT: ktru’s 32nd annual Outdoor Show; free and open to the public

WHEN: Saturday, March 30th, 2-10 p.m.

WHERE: Rice University, Central Quad off Alumni Dr.

For more information, visit ktru.org or follow ktru on Instagram at @ktruriceradio. 

KTRU, Student Media, The Campanile, The Rice Thresher

Student Media & Arts Fair 2023

Do you enjoy writing, taking pictures, playing music, watching films, illustrating, attending concerts, going to art gallery exhibitions or otherwise getting creative in your free time? Want to see a live KTRU DJ set? Do you just like free food and cool art? Come to the Student Media & Arts Fair at the Moody Center for the Arts on August 24 from 4-6 p.m. and explore the many creative-minded clubs, organizations, and resources at Rice. Participating groups include:

Whether you’re looking for a creative outlet, a public platform or like-minded Owls, the Student Media & Arts Fair on August 24 is your one-stop shop for making connections and meeting new friends. In addition to free food and cold drinks, the open house will also provide tours of the Moody Center’s makerspace — a 3D-printing lab, woodshop, metalworking studio and more, all free for Rice students to use year-round ­— alongside special access to JooYoung Choi’s exhibition at the Moody, Love and Wondervision, which closes August 26.

To RSVP scan the QR code above or click here.

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(Re)introducing Ross Cooper: Broadcast Technician and Chief Operator

We are happy to announce that Ross Cooper is returning to Rice Student Media as a Broadcast Technician and Chief Operator! Ross held the same position from 2012-2017, and is returning to Rice to continue to work with KTRU. Ross hails from Houston, Texas, and has been listening to KTRU since high school. 

Ross’ favorite thing about KTRU is that it celebrates diversity and provides a platform for under-represented artists. His favorite pastimes and hobbies include making music, dancing, and juggling. 

We are so happy to have Ross back on the team. If you see him around, please offer him congratulations and a welcome back!

 

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KTRU to broadcast on FM again by end of year

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved KTRU’s application for a low-power FM transmitter Feb. 9, so Rice’s student-run radio station expects to broadcast on Houston’s FM airwaves by the end of the year.

KTRU has been broadcasting online since the sale of the 50,000-watt tower, frequency and license to the University of Houston was completed in 2011. Rice designated a portion of the proceeds from the sale to be used by KTRU. The station is using the majority of that funding for programming, but the funds will also cover the cost of equipment for the new signal and installation.

“The KTRU community is incredibly excited to re-enter the FM format as a pillar of the Houston local music scene and continue to provide its eclectic, broad range of music through the accessible means of FM radio,” said KTRU Manager Sal Tijerina.
The transmitter will have a maximum power of 41 watts, which will reach a radius of about five miles around campus.

“We are pleased that KTRU will be back on the FM airwaves,” said Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson. “KTRU started out years ago as a low-wattage broadcast station in Hanszen College on the Rice campus, and this new transmitter will take KTRU back to its origins.”

Hutchinson credited KTRU General Manager Will Robedee with spearheading the effort to apply to the FCC for a low-power transmitter. Hutchinson also noted that in addition to providing financial support, President David Leebron authorized plans to install the transmitter on top of Rice Stadium.

Once the transmitter is installed later this year, KTRU will begin broadcasting on 96.1 FM; the station currently broadcasts 24 hours a day online at www.ktru.org and on HD radio at 90.1 HD2 24 as well as through TuneIn and IHeart apps and soon-to-be-added NextRadio app.

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Robedee Honored at Convention

Will Robedee has once again been honored by a national student media organization.  CBI presented the 2014 National Student Electronic Media Conference in Seattle this year after presenting successful conferences in Atlanta (2012) and San Antonio (2013).  At this year’s conference in Seattle, Will was awarded the Joel Willer award for “Exceptional Dedication and Service to Student Electronic Media.”

Robedee has been honored many times in the past for his numerous achievements on behalf of student media outlets including the establishment and management of the annual convention, establishment of reasonable and obtainable rates and terms for webcasting, and as a distinguished adviser.

Among his most recent accomplishments is a settlement concerning webcasting rates for student radio stations which makes it fiscally and logistically feasible for student stations to continue to webcast sound recordings.

 

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Robedee Serves Student Electronic Media at Convention

Will is the General Manager of KTRU and staff advisor to RTV.  Will will participate on panels at the CBI National Student media convention, including a panel on copyrights and LPFM stations, among others.  Will has been a leader in the effort to both secure reasonable copyright regulations concerning audio at student facilities and in an effort to educate studeents, advisers and others of their obligations, rights, and requirements when a student outlet decides to webcast music.

Will has also kept on top of the legal issues concerning the ability for student media outlets to obtain an FCC license to become a low-power FM radio station and will host a roundtable at the convention to address the concerns of stations who have sought to obtain such a license.