This is our final edition of What’s Cooking as we are now just hours away from College Radio Day 2016! As you read through all of this information – realize just how much effort and passion is being put in at college radio stations across the country. Amazing!
- KHDX at Hendrix College, “plan to celebrate college radio in two ways — on the air, as a way to reach out to our greater community, as well as through activities on campus that will be more visible to our student body. Our on-air content will feature a special hour-long segment on the history of our station, including interviews with alumni DJs and sound bites from old shows. During lunch time, we will set up a table outside of the cafeteria to hand out KHDX stickers and play the segment as it airs. Then, later that evening, we plan to host a mixed CD exchange to promote the creative spirit of our station. People will come with a playlist they want to share and we will provide blank CDs to burn the playlist onto, which they can then swap and discuss with others.”
- BVZ Radio at Penn State Behrend plan to celebrate College Radio Day by “playing music in one of our main buildings from 11-1. We have prizes and contests! Also, this is our 5 year anniversary since the station opened!”
- WIUX at Indiana University “is currently situated in a house about one block off of campus, so for College Radio Day we are planning on having a show in the WIUX Station Houses’ living room. From 2-5pm on Saturday, November 5th we will have a few local acts playing. They are Stacks // Culture, Planet Natives and Hale’s Corner. The show is free and open to anyone!”
- WITR at Rochester Institute of Technology is “using College Radio Day as the opportunity to celebrate the local Rochester Music Scene. Throughout the day we are inviting bands into the studio for live interviews in addition to our normal programming. Some of these bands include: Green Dreams, KOPPS, the Demos and many more. Stay tuned to our FB page for more information!”
- 90.5 WERG at Gannon University “are celebrating the Spirit of College Radio here at Gannon University as we get ready for College Radio Day on November 4! Monday: spooky sounds with “Bob’s Hott 80’s Halloween Party” at 6pm, then the deepest tracks ever with “Adam in the Evening” at 9pm after the sun has gone down; AJ counts-down the best rock on the radio with the “Tuesday Top 30” starting at 6pm; Wednesday: Dr. David Kozak will give his final “Road to the White House” lecture; the WERG news staff will be there to cover the event; On Thursday, the “Prime Time Sports Guys” will analyze the World Series, and then on Friday at 2pm ET we will air the national College Radio Day simulcast. And–all week long–we’ll have tickets for the Tegan and Sara concert at Stage AE on November 5 in Pittsburgh. Tune-in and follow us on Twitter to get in to win! If you enjoy the unique programming of college radio, join us on-air or globally at www.wergfm.com.”
- KTUH at University of Hawaii, Manoa “will be doing on-air giveaways throughout the day. We will also be hosting a small concert in our offices titled “Small Kine Desk”. Scott Ohtoro (local beat maker and hip-hop producer) will be doing a live beat set from 1pm-2pm, open to students. UH Productions will also be filming the performance, and if all goes well we will attempt to live broadcast it.”
- WRHO 89.7 FM at Hartwick College say “the plan is to broadcast 24 live shows over the course of 24 hours. We will begin streaming this content at 4pm on College Radio Day, and finish at 4PM on Saturday, November 5th!”
- Kutztown University Radio (KUR) at Kutztown University, “plans to have top notch programming all day, including a two-hour post-Halloween music special at 4 p.m., followed by fantastic Friday evening programming culminating with 2 hours of big bands, swing, and jazz on “Rompin’ Around Kutztown” with Chris Luttrell from 8 to 10 p.m.”
- WPNR-FM at Utica College say “WPNR-FM, WRCU-FM, WITC-FM, and WHCL-FM are going to be joining each other for a collaborative simulcast on November 4th at 4:00 PM EST. This simulcast will be hosted by WRCU-FM at their home school, Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Each station will submit a one hour pre-recorded program containing content of the station’s choice to the other collaborating stations respectively. WPNR-FM chooses to use this opportunity to fill this one hour programming with the following: 1)Top 5 Artists of the Year Countdown, 2)Highlight of “Pioneers History” (History and fun facts of WPNR), 3)Sports Highlights, 4)Select highlights of popular shows on WPNR-FM. Using the collective programming from each station, all stations involved will broadcast each program in the same order in the same time frame. After this, all stations will be meeting at Colgate University for a group collaboration broadcast.”
- WLOY Loyola Radio at Loyola University Maryland, “is planning a 24 hour live DJ marathon starting Friday at midnight until Saturday at midnight. Someone on staff will be on air every hour for the entire 24 hours, including special guests. We will also be live casting at our normal Friday event, Live at Boulder, where we set up and play music outside our main dining hall every Friday. We will be recording station IDs and promos at Live at Boulder, as well as giving away concert tickets and swag. Lastly, we will be posting goofy promo videos on all of your social media accounts!”
- OWWR, Old Westbury Web Radio at SUNY Old Westbury, has a full days planned including, “9-10 AM, EST, Peter A., Live, Local Long Island musician Astronauto performs live and, Guest DJ’s. 10 – 10:15 AM, EST, COLLEGE RADIO DAY WHITE HOUSE FEATURE. 10:15 – 11 AM, OWWR Network. 11 AM – 1 PM, EST, DJ Sandra Dee with “Sweat Beatz”. 1 – 2 PM, EST, Michael the Molar Maven with “St. James Infirmary”. 2 – 3 PM, EST, COLLEGE RADIO DAY SIMULCAST. 3 – 4 PM, EST, Michael the Molar Maven with “St. James Infirmary”. 4 – 5 PM, EST, OWWR Network. 5 – 9 PM, EST, Ms Diva, “The Diva Report”.”
- KRUX 91.5 FM at New Mexico State University, “are looking to celebrate our life as a station here as we just had our 27th year broadcasting aniversary. We will have interviews and shows with previous DJ’s and Station Managers to celebrate those who helped bring us to who we are currently as well as have shows from a few of our current DJ’s to celebrate who we are currently.”
- KSLC 90.3-FM at Linfield College plans the following schedule: “[All times Pacific Time] Professor Huntsberger’s “Penguin Cafe” (w/ live music by professors): 8-10 am; Jesus Perez’ “Around The World”: 12-1 pm; KSLC Alumni Show: 1-3 pm; John Christensen’s “Eclectic Oasis”: 3-5 pm; Angel Rosas – 6-8 pm.”
- Marquette Radio at Marquette University say “our plans for CRD is to have a snapchat filter on campus where people can post about College Radio. We also have a table set up in our central building on campus with a table with our stream playing live, giveaways and promo items. Lastly, our social media will have our podcast posted of us talking about why we love college radio. Then also throughout the day our favorite memories will be posted.”
- 88.9 WFSE Fighting Scots Radio at Edinboro University, “will have a live 24-hour broadcast from Midnight on Thursday until the end of College Radio Day on Friday. DJs will be in the booth for all 24 hours, with special versions of our news, talk and sports segments throughout. We are welcoming any radio alumni to be on-air on with our current DJs. In addition, we will be working with local businesses to promote the event and the station, as well as taking requests and giving shout outs for students and community members.”
- 101.7 WDSR DeSales College Radio at DeSales University, “presents our production of BBC Radio classic, ‘The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy’. The show will Premier at 11:00am eastern and encore at 6:00pm Eastern. We will also bring you ‘Murican Resistance’, an on-air RPG/improv (similar to the games produced by Wizards of the Coast) drama where five courageous patriots will restore freedom to a nation occupied by a conspiracy consisting of the Illuminati and Lizard People. But they must also contend with the traitors in their midst.”
- ScoreOnAir.com at The Ohio Media School, say “our plans are to unite the past with the present as ScoreOnAir.com brings back Alumni to talk sports with current students. We Will Be Live from 9am-9pm. We are inviting anyone who wants to see what college radio is all about to stop in to the school at 5330 E Main St Suite 200 Columbus, OH 43213 and be on air.”
Wow! That’s just the tip of the iceberg – as hundreds of stations will be participating in College Radio Day! We wish everyone the best of luck!
