Good news for Rice University’s student run radio station, KTRU-FM (91.7) Houston, which sold its license and tower to the University of Houston amid a bit of controversy in November last year. The ...

KTRU, the beloved Rice University student-radio station that was relegated to the Internet and one of KPFT’s HD channels after its frequency at 91.7 FM was bought by the University of Houston in 2011, ...

“I’m so nervous,” declared former KTRU station manager Joey Yang as he took over the helm for the final hour of programming that would be broadcast on the FM band. “Since 1971 we’ve been on FM, and it ...

News of that sale touched off protests by Houstonians and the UH and Rice communities, who anticipated that the sale would harm Houston and both universities. Indeed, KUHA quickly fizzled, laid off ...

The University of Houston System's proposed purchase of Rice University's broadcasting license for its student radio station, KTRU-FM, reveals a divergence in aims between the two institutions. For ...

The authors are general managers of KTRU(FM) and KTXT(FM), respectively. College Broadcasters Inc. commentaries are featured regularly at radioworld.com. Despite being left for dead, two college radio ...

Rice University’s student-run KTRU-FM has launched on Pacifica Foundation’s KPFT’s 90.1 HD2 channel at 9:01 AM 2/14. Amid ongoing protests from listeners and students, Rice and Pacifica recently ...

Bid farewell to KTRU from the FM band with a special show. KTRU will continue to broadcast on 90.1 HD-2. Artists featured upstairs are: Chris Cascio, Joe Mathlete vs. Hearts of Animals, Listen Listen ...

The FCC rejected a petition to block the license transfer of Rice University’s student-operated radio station KTRU-FM, clearing the way for the controversial $9.5 million sale to close later this ...

When Rice's popular student-run radio station returns to the FM airwaves later this year, it won't be as KTRU. The station's old call letters, emblazoned in yellow and black on stickers around town, ...

The station's previous FCC license was sold in 2011. Rice University will bring its Rice Radio back to the FM airwaves on Oct. 2 after a four-year effort to obtain a new broadcast license. The station ...

National College Radio Day came and went earlier this week, a new, non-Hallmark holiday to honor students’ “unique and fearless programming” on the left of the dial. Despite the involvement of ...