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Ithacan Tries is back on air: WICB Radio

By Ray Milburn and Giancarlo Messina • February 21, 2024

In a brand-new "Ithacan Tries," assistant photo editor Kaeleigh Banda spends an afternoon with WICB: Ithaca College's student-run radio station.

Letter to the Editor: Alum shares the wider history of Roy H. Park School of Communications

Letter to the Editor: Alum shares the wider history of Roy H. Park School of Communications

By Mike Slepian • April 26, 2023
I hope we don't ignore much of our history and the many great professors and pioneering alumni that set the stage for the Park School.
From left, junior Chris Bendig and senior Ben Macarell host the current rendition of the "Breakfast with the Beatles" radio show, which has been on since 1980.

Alum documents 40 years of Beatles radio history

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Co Life and Culture Editor • November 16, 2022
“Breakfast with the Beatles” on WICB at the college has a claim to be the longest continuously-running “Breakfast with the Beatles” program in the nation — running as early as 1980.
Senior Andy Tell, station manger for VIC; Jeremy Menard, television and radio operations manager; and senior Connor Hibbard, station manager for WICB, attended a College Radio Day event at the White House on Oct. 19.

WICB and VIC radio attend College Radio Day at the White House

By Syd Pierre, News Editor • October 26, 2022
On Oct. 19, Hibbard, Menard and senior Andy Tell, station manager for VIC radio, attended a College Radio Day event at the White House that was hosted by the Biden-Harris Administration.
The 2022 Cortaca Jug game, held at Yankee Stadium, will be broadcast on YES Network, according to statements by Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland.

2022 Cortaca Jug game to be televised on YES Network

By Aidan Charde, Sports Editor • October 6, 2022
Ithaca College announced that the 2022 Cortaca Jug game will be broadcast live on YES Network. In addition, the game will be moved up from 1 p.m. to noon Nov. 12.
Ithaca College’s student-run television and radio stations, including ICTV, WICB and VIC Radio, were given awards in multiple categories of the New York State Broadcasters Association's annual Excellence in Broadcasting Awards competition.

ICTV, WICB and VIC Radio take home awards at annual competition

By Lorien Tyne, Assistant News Editor • September 27, 2022
ICTV, WICB and VIC Radio, were given many awards in the NY State Broadcasters Association's annual Excellence in Broadcasting Awards competition.
Vaughn Golden ’20 is a freelance radio and print reporter who is currently covering the St. Lawrence County, New York legislature, and the Town of Potsdam, New York.

Q&A: IC alum works as freelance radio and print reporter

By Jadyn Davis, Staff Writer • November 10, 2021
Staff writer Jadyn Davis spoke with Vaughn Golden ’20 about what he hopes current journalism students can learn before entering the real world post-graduation.
Junior Gabe Baltierra edits an episode of his podcast "The Next Chapter," which focuses on mental health awareness, in his makeshift studio on campus.

IC students use podcasting as a medium for expression

By Emma Kersting, Staff Writer • November 3, 2021
Junior Gabe Baltierra edits an episode of his podcast "The Next Chapter," which focuses on mental health awareness, in his makeshift studio on campus.
What college myths have you learned aren’t true?

What college myths have you learned aren’t true?

By Alyssa Spady • September 23, 2021

Telling people that you’re headed to college is an almost instant invitation for them to either tell you about their experiences or for them to tell you some myth that they heard through the grapevine....

Former basketball player Kevin Connors '97 now works for ESPN as a studio host and anchor after years of honing his craft with student media like ICTV and WICB.

Q&A: Former basketball player shoots his shot as ESPN anchor

By Tommy Mumau, Staff Writer • November 20, 2020
Staff writer Tommy Mumau spoke with Connors about his time at the college, his role with ESPN and how COVID-19 will change sports media in the future.
From left, TNT Radio executive board junior Tyler Jennes, sophomore Tristan Berlet, sophomore Noah Pantano and sophomore Jay Bradley. TNT Radio Productions is a new radio production group that produces creative long-form audio stories.

Student radio production group creates explosive content

By Jordan Broking, Contributing Writer • November 13, 2019
TNT Radio Productions, a new student radio production group, is working to produce creative long-form audio stories.
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado answers questions at a press conference in September 2018. Collado and La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, approved the plan to cut 116 full-time equivalent faculty positions Feb. 24.

Collado addresses changes at student media conference

By Falyn Stempler, News Editor • September 9, 2018
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado held a student media press conference – with media representatives from The Ithacan, WICB and VIC Radio – Sept. 6 to answer questions about topics brought u
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