ABSTRACT

College radio stations have been operating in academic institutions for over five decades. The current study examines college radio playlists, which represent a uniform genre of music adhering to a fixed formula that relates to text, melody, rendering, and other features, through an analysis and comparison of the broadcast schedules of campus stations and leading national radio stations in Israel. Interviews were conducted with educators of college radio programs and current and former student editors of college radio programs. Findings indicate that playlists and programming content of college radio stations in Israel differ little from those of professional (commercial/public) radio stations. Moreover, college radio stations have no clear format, content or music policy: their music and contents reflect the topics of interest and musical preferences of the students. The interviews indicate that the students who operate the stations aim to join mainstream media after graduation, and are therefore motivated to adopt collectivist and conformist broadcasting patterns endorsed by the current cultural climate in Israel. In the process of learning, broadcasting, and producing on college radio, students become part of the “cultural producers” in Israeli society who align with the mainstream and produce products that conform to a centralized market.

摘要

大学广播电台已经在学术机构中运营了 5 多年。目前的研究通过对校园电台和主要国家广播电台的广播时间表的分析和比较，研究了大学广播播放列表，这些播放列表代表了一种统一的音乐流派，遵循与文本、旋律、渲染和其他特征相关的固定公式在以色列。采访了大学广播节目的教育工作者以及大学广播节目的现任和前任学生编辑。调查结果表明，以色列大学广播电台的播放列表和节目内容与专业（商业/公共）广播电台几乎没有区别。此外，大学广播电台没有明确的格式、内容或音乐政策：他们的音乐和内容反映了学生感兴趣的主题和音乐偏好。采访表明，经营电台的学生旨在毕业后加入主流媒体，因此有动力采用以色列当前文化氛围所认可的集体主义和墨守成规的广播模式。在大学广播的学习、广播和制作过程中，学生成为以色列社会“文化生产者”的一部分，他们与主流接轨，生产出符合中心化市场的产品。