www.radiofreeamerica.com<\/a> and enter the station\u2019s name. They can search by the date of the broadcast or by a specific DJ.<\/p>\n\u201cRadio Free America lets us record the show and automatically archives it,\u201d said Brian Silva, the WESS program director and an ESU senior majoring in communication studies. \u201cThe entire show is available for anyone to listen to for up to two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The podcasts will expand listenership because people can hear programs at their convenience, rather than only when the shows are aired. Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies Rob McKenzie, Ph.D., the WESS faculty adviser, said it is especially exciting for the disc jockeys, whose families, friends and fans weren\u2019t always able to listen to their shows due to work schedules or other conflicts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re thrilled because moms and dads can now listen to their students\u2019 shows in really convenient places, like the car,\u201d said McKenzie, host of \u201cThe Talk Show\u201d on WESS..<\/p>\n
It will also help the student disc jockeys who are hoping to go professional.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow it gives them a great way to demo their skill set to prospective employers without having to mail a CD,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cThey can just direct them to the Radio Free America website where the employer can listen.\u201d<\/p>\n
The podcasts come just in time for the celebration of National College Radio Day on Friday, October 2. From 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. on the quad, WESS will feature live music, food, games and even a dunk tank. McKenzie said he\u2019s agreed to be a target for the dunk tank as long as it\u2019s 65 degrees or warmer outside.<\/p>\n
The Radio Free America podcast service is free to WESS. Each show can only remain in podcast for two weeks after it airs because of copyright laws governing the music the shows play.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really good for us and good for ESU,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cI\u2019m predicting that it\u2019s going to change the entire paradigm of content in ways that we can\u2019t predict.\u201d<\/p>\n
Radio has always been about what is happening at the moment, he said. But once DJs realize that some people will hear their show days later, it will change what they talk about, he said.<\/p>\n
In 2014, WESS beat out more than 100 other college radio stations, including those at Boston University, University of California at Berkeley and University of South Carolina, to win the prestigious mtvU College Radio Woodie Award. MtvU is a subsidiary of MTV and Viacom and broadcasts at 750 universities.<\/p>\n
McKenzie said the diversity of programs on WESS is one of its greatest strengths. The station airs talk shows, such as the \u201cSistah Chat Radio\u201d with host Alicia Middleton, aka DJ Madame Raine, a graduate student, and \u201cHangin\u2019 Bang,\u201d run by DJs Greg Curtis and Shane Adamson. It broadcasts music programs ranging from rap and hip-hop to classical to rock, jazz, rhythm and blues, alternative rock and Broadway show tunes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want our DJs to be experts in what they\u2019re talking about when they open up the microphone so we let them choose,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cWe don\u2019t say you have to play country, or you have to play alternative rock if you want a show.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thanks to live streaming of shows on the Internet, some programs have fans all over the world. The Brain Tumor Talk World Wide Radio Show, which runs 6-7 p.m. Fridays, has a global fan base. The show is hosted by Rick Franzo, an ESU alumnus, a two-time brain tumor survivor and supervisor at the Barnes and Noble College Bookstore on campus. On air, he interviews other survivors and people working in the field of brain tumors.<\/p>\n
Jill Deiley, the WESS station manager, hosts music shows 9-10 p.m. Tuesdays and 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays, attracting fans from as far away as Europe.
\nWESS does sportscasts of ESU football and basketball games and other sporting events and airs the BBC World Service for national and international news. Listeners can catch Vintage Radio 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Thursdays, in which they\u2019ll hear old shows from the 1930s to 1950s, such as The Jack Benny Show, The Lone Ranger and The Shadow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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