Station News & Events

Um, wow. Suddenly it’s finals season for the Spring 2025 semester, our spring program calendar is in its last few weeks, and we’ve almost got another academic year in the books at Radio 1190. It’s not an exaggeration at all to say that this year has been our biggest one in a long time —…

As this little note gets typed up, it’s late on Feb. 13, 2025, almost two years to the day since Radio 1190 returned to the AM airwaves … so in keeping with the season, and those overall love-y Valentine’s vibes, we’ve got big news for you if you happen to live in Denver: We’re back…

After a jam-packed weekend of scheduling Tetris on the part of our esteemed program director Aiden Brolly, the shiny, brand-new Radio 1190 Spring 2025 Program Schedule is out! Not to sound like an infomercial, but this one’s better than ever. Really. On tap for your listening pleasure this semester … Have a look at all…

Week one of the spring 2025 semester is now a wrap, and it’s been so great to welcome back all our current Radio 1190 DJs and News Team members … and see so many new faces in the station! We’re really glad you’re here. 🙂 If you haven’t already seen on our Instagram or Facebook,…

It’s been a little while since we’ve been able to share news about our upcoming transmitter upgrade, but this latest one’s a big one: Our new transmitter arrived at our broadcast site on Boulder’s Marshall Mesa today! If you’re not up to speed, we’ve been working to replace our transmitter since it was damaged in…

So when you think of things on the Boulder campus that are legendary, what comes to mind? I mean, in addition to Radio 1190 … For a lot of us, the International Film Series has been a highlight of CU Boulder extracurricular life for forever, whether or not we managed to secure an actual diploma…

Whether you spent the summer globetrotting or stuck closer to home (or something in between), it’s time to start thinking about fall … and here at the station we’re tuning up our airwaves for the fall semester, just for you. We’ll be revamping our schedule over the coming weeks as we welcome back your favorite…

Summer vacation might be in full swing at CU Boulder, but that doesn’t mean Radio 1190 is sleeping on the job — in addition to our summer programming schedule of live student and community DJs, we also had a very special visit June 20 from 16 incoming Buffs in the CMCI Pathways to Excellence Summer…

Here at the station, we’ve been hearing a lot of “when is our new transmitter getting installed?” lately, and … we’ve got good news! Radio 1190 chief engineer Eric Scace and I headed out to Bangor, Maine earlier this month to see the newest addition to the station family, meet the folks who made it,…

Late last summer Radio 1190’s main transmitter suffered an internal fire, caused by lightning damage. Radio 1190 has been operating on reduced daytime power, using its backup transmitter. Radio 1190’s new transmitter will be ready for factory acceptance testing on June 12th in Bangor, Maine. We will be going out to meet the transmitter, receive…

Hi everyone, This is probably not the last time you’ll hear from me, but it is the last time you’ll be getting a regular update from me… because I’m graduating, and, of course, it’s the last week of class!  I’ve had four wonderful years working at 1190 and am therefore entitled to be a little…

This is Jack Armstrong, Radio 1190 news director. My News Team just won two awards. To think these awards are on a national scale is astounding. I’m not going to say that I’m ‘honestly shocked’. I haven’t had time to think about that part yet. I feel a smiley-warm feeling looking at the people around…

Hi hi, radio friends — The Spring 2024 semester is in full swing, and we are so happy to welcome back all our Buffs (and alums, and locals, and all our friends of the station …) for another semester of AM goodness. This means our student DJs and News Underground folks are back on campus…

Every great thing deserves its own holiday, right? There’s World UFO Day (July 2), Pi Approximation Day (July 22), Take Your Pants for a Walk Day (July 27), Bow Tie Day (Aug. 28), and Frankenstein Day (Aug. 30). But none of those even come close to … World College Radio Day. That’s right. It’s Friday,…

As the 2023 school year comes to a close, we’re all saying goodbye to the old, hello to the new, and … now what do I do?? Or maybe that’s just me … Anyway, just a brief note to relaunch the much-loved Radio 1190 blogs of years past, since we’ve dusted them off to spiff…

Dearest listeners, volunteers, and faithful followers of college radio, Welcome to the new year and a new spring semester of all things 1190! We’re so stoked to get back into the swing of things at the station with new times for all our volunteer events, a new schedule of shows, and the possibility of so…

Homestead Collective is an indie-folk duo. Caitlyn Deviney and Ben Morris met in high school, and both grew up playing instruments. Their love for music drew them together, and they formed the duo in January of 2017. Later that year, they recorded and released a six track self-titled EP that defines and gives insight to…

Dearest listeners, volunteers, and faithful followers of college radio, It’s somehow already October and we’ve had a whirlwind great start to this new semester of college radio! This past month, 1190 has seen a huge influx of volunteers, some sick live sets on Local Shakedown, a new sponsor, new hires and so much more. Our…

Fred Beans is a duo (occasionally a trio) from the greater Philadelphia area. Fred Beans is Rachel Levin (guitar, vocals,) Tyler Black (drums,) and sometimes Kade Holt (bass.) Rachel and Tyler are the main members of the band, and have been making music for years. These guys have been around for a while, and their…

Earthboy is a five-piece band from the greater Philadelphia area. Nat Hilton (guitar and vocals), Henry McDevitt (synth), Lyle Seitz (bass), Sofian Zapf (guitar), and Uriah Killinger (drums) came together to record their first EP in late 2017. These guys played together in high school, and four out of the five have known each other…