Students Tune In to Radio Startup in Camarillo

California State University Channel Islands and its communications program launched a student-run Internet radio station this month that will teach students the basics of running a radio station. Dolphin Radio went live April 11 via online broadcaster TuneIn at the Camarillo campus. By running the station, students will learn station management, marketing, promotions and journalistic storytelling, school officials said. Dolphin Radio airs a mix of music, podcasts, campus announcements, lectures and other original programming. Examples of podcast story topics by students include local pesticide use and offerings at the university’s John Spoor Broome Library. Launching the station has been an exciting and educational experience, said Station Manager Kayla Garcia, who coordinated finding and scheduling the programming. “I enjoy seeing the radio station flourish from the ideas and hard work of the students,” Garcia said. The station’s studio is on the second floor of Bell Tower on the campus. Funding for the station comes from the school’s communication program and the communication and marketing office.