East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania has been ranked in the Top 10 for the 2014 mtvUCollege Radio Woodie awards, a prestigious honor for WESS and the university as a whole. mtvU is a subsidiary of MTV and Viacom, broadcasting at 750 universities and reaching almost nine million college students nationwide. More than 100 college radio stations were in the running.<\/p>\n
Top 10 qualifiers are judged on three segments of data: Reporting playlists to the College Music Journal (CMJ) and the ranking by Princeton review; its appearance in social media and the frequency of which they are mentioned; and its presence on Ratemyprofesor.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Anyone interested in helping WESS be the overall winner may vote now online or at booths on campus throughout the week. Voting locations and times are: Friday, February 28, in Booth C of Student Union from noon until 5 p.m.; and Dansbury Commons foyer on Tuesday, March 4, and Thursday, March 6, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. To mark the last three hours of voting on Thursday, March 6, anyone, including the public, is welcome to vote at the vote-a-thon from 2 to 5 p.m. in Stroud 314. Voters may also vote by visiting www.mtv.com\/ontv\/woodieawards\/2014\/college-radio-woodie\/<\/a> or by attending WinterFest on Friday, February 28, at the WESS station on the second floor of the McGarry building. WinterFest is open to the public at no cost. <\/span><\/p>\n If WESS wins, at least one representative will travel to Austin, Texas, to receive the award.<\/p>\n