The Future...
What's Next for Radio at Brown? — Students Look Ahead
I see BRU as a brand, not as a radio station. In the future, whether we're a radio station, or an online stream, or a concert promoter, or a website that provides young teenagers with band information, BRU will remain alive but not necessarily in the way that it is right now. BRU and BSR share a pool of alumni and an interesting story and maybe that will lead to future collaborations.
— Rita Cidre, WBRU
The internet and other ways of making radio universally accessible could lead to a bigger push for localism. How do you bridge that gap between being too "niche" or too local, versus offering what's universally appealing to people? If everyone is in their own little local sphere, then what good is it to have access to so much more?
— Lindsey Gaydos, BSR
For the past several years, BSR looked within itself to grow and become its own thing. BSR is at a point where it can learn from the very different experience at BRU. Brown presents lots of different experiences in radio, and in the end we should be able to learn from each other. There will always be people looking for the kind of programming that BSR does. I hope that curious listeners continue to find BSR.
— Jason Sigal, BSR
Both BRU and BSR are based in their community. Ways of reaching that community are changing very quickly, with internet broadcasting, and different qualities of broadcasting. The fact that we reach such a different audience might change how we think about programming.
— Zach Harnett, WBRU