Stay updated with breaking news from Lucia finkelstein. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Krishna Mysore `24 was obsessed with film before he arrived at Grinnell College. His obsession only intensified while at home in the Philadelphia suburbs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. When he began taking classes at Grinnell, however, there was no formal department or program for those who wanted to study film. Over the. ....
After over 3 years of radio silence, KDIC has returned with 30 new radio shows in the midst of the spring 2024 semester. Manager Georgia Carbone `24 and audio technician Jon Murphy `26 have been instrumental in bringing KDIC’s dead air back to life. Technically, the radio station KDIC 88.5 is still dead air.. ....
Wesley Carne `27 was conversing with a friend when an idea struck him. “I was sitting with my friend Michael … and I was like, we should do radio together,” he said. “And he’s like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’” Though they sent an email to KDIC inquiring about its status, they never received a response. ....
[email protected] Erin Ritter `22, the manager of KDIC, made sure that Grinnell College’s student-run radio station survived 2020. Like many student organizations at Grinnell, KDIC relies on a transition of student leadership over the summer. Student evacuation of campus in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic posed a serious threat to this pillar of Grinnell’s student community. Because of this delay, Ritter inherited the role of station manager in the spring of 2021, at this time an unpaid position, and faced the task of rebuilding the radio station for a virtual student community. KDIC has historically broadcast on 88.5 FM from the radio station’s studio located on the second floor of the JRC. Without access to the studio and the necessary audio equipment, the station had been unable to broadcast since early 2020. ....