Getting the Message Out at WMUC Radio



Getting the Message Out at WMUC Radio 

WMUC Radio is located on the second floor of the South Campus Diner and is visible to campus only through a window labeled "WMUC." Taken 11/16/18. 

Sophomores Anders Julin and Calvin Crunkleton spend time in the chalk-covered WMUC lobby awaiting a Business Team meeting on 11/30/18. Business Team is responsible for maintaining the station's budget and planning fundraising activities. 

Soul Cannon, a "hip-hop destruction band" from Baltimore, poses for a photo in the WMUC lobby during their visit to the station on 11/16/18. Many bands throughout the state visit the station to perform, interview and play their music on air. (From left to right: Eze Jackson, Jon Birkholz, Charles Wilson, Matt Frazao).
  
The radio station is equipped with "on air" lights that indicate when the DJ in the studio is speaking live using the microphones on air. Taken 11/30/18.

Senior vocal performance major Collin Power adjusts the levels using the soundboard and headphones for his show "Collin Power Happy Hour" on 11/30/18. Students are trained on how to operate broadcasting equipment as DJs.

Senior vocal performance major Collin Power takes a moment to enjoy the Frank Sinatra song he broadcasted on "Collin Power Happy Hour" on 11/30/18. His show lasts an hour every Friday which he uses to play jazz hits.

The soundboard is necessary for broadcasting to the listening public. Students are welcome to broadcast their projects using Aux, the in-house PC, CD player, cassettes and turntables. Taken 11/30/18.

Senior vocal performance major Collin Power uses Spotify to broadcast his show on WMUC-FM during his last show of the semester on 11/30/18. He says that Spotify is his preferred method of broadcasting at the station.

There is "absolutely no writing on the walls," in the broadcasting studios, so DJs have opted to mark up studio doors instead. Taken 11/30/18.

Recording Studio Director and Sophomore Finance Major Gio Steckel prepare for a live Third Rail performance at the WMUC Studio on 11/18/18. The show takes about an hour to set up before live music can be broadcasted on air.

Recording Studio Director and Sophomore Finance Major Gio Steckel has mastered the usage of the complex recording studio board to mix and broadcast live performances. Taken 11/18/18.
Recording Studio Director and Sophomore Finance Major Gio Steckel surround himself with mixing and broadcast technology in the WMUC recording studio before mixing a live Third Rail performance on 11/18/18. The studio is available for any Maryland students to use.

Senior Information Science Major Maddie Metcalfe enjoys spending time in the station's record library and listening to her favorite records in her spare time. She says that the WMUC record library is the largest non-commercial record library on the east coast.

Junior Sociology Major Helen Hennessey tells a joke to her listeners using a microphone in the digital studio on 11/30/18. She enjoys sharing her music taste with a broader audience through radio.

 
WMUC Radio DJs are required to wear headphones while using the soundboard or speaking into the microphones. Taken 11/30/18.

Junior Sociology Major Helen Hennessey enjoys listening to her broadcast behind the soundboard in the WMUC digital studio on 11/30/18. WMUC Radio broadcasts both on FM radio and digitally.

WMUC sponsored an Independent Student Media panel on 11/28/18 that included (from left to right) Sara Karlovitch from Writers Bloc, Brogan Gerhart from the Mitzpeh and Arya Hodjat from the Diamondback. They discussed the responsibilities of independent media publications on the University of Maryland campus.

Students met at the Maryland Food Collective on 11/28/18 to discuss the role of independent media on campus. The panel discussed independence, journalistic bias and challenges of working in independent media. WMUC Radio hosted the event. (From left to right: Sara Karlovitch, Brogan Gerhart, Arya Hodjat, Alexya Brown, Brian Freno)

Alexya Brown, a junior WMUC DJ, moderated the event and asked poignant questions to Arya Hodjat and the rest of the panel on 11/28/18 at the Maryland Food Collective. This allowed WMUC to connect with other student media and to the campus community.

Washington D.C. experimental artist Victor Archie visited the WMUC studios to perform the final Third Rail performance of the semester on 11/18/18. The performance was broadcasted live on air, as the "on air" light indicates. 

Victor Archie, D.C. experimental artist, performs for the last Third Rail of the semester using guitar, vocals, and pre-recorded noises on 11/18/18. WMUC Radio hosts a Third Rail performance every week.

Wires and cables were everywhere during the Victor Archie performance at WMUC Radio on 11/18/18. Visiting bands are responsible for bringing their own equipment and radio staff sets up the performance space with lights, amps, microphones and more.

Victor Archie focuses up for an experimental guitar solo during his set at WMUC Radio on 11/18/18. His performance was broadcasted and recorded by radio station staff.

Senior Criminology major Winta Habtemariam connects with her audience by using her airtime to answer listener questions on "I swear we're professionals?" on 11/30/18. She finds that listeners are more engaged when you make your show more interactive.

"I swear we're professionals?" co-host and Senior Independent Studies Major Sana Shah discusses this week's listener questions with her co-host, Winta Habtemariam. The two enjoy discussing lighthearted topics with each other and with their listening audience to start new conversations in the community.

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