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WASU "trashes"
format for summer
Kara Hodge
- Senior Staff Writer
If you have
been listening to WASU 90.5 ÒThe AppÓ this summer you may have noticed
a few changes in the format of their programming.
ÒYour only alternativeÓ
as dubbed by the station has changed into a variety of new music,
shows and DJs.
Due to lack
of audience size and the small amount of trained DJs available this
summer, WASU has allowed a few new faces to step up to the mike
and run the station.
Patrick Sills,
the station manager for the 2001 Ð 02 academic year named Senior
Chris Higginbotham as station manager for the summer. Junior Laura
Brady is the Music Director.
ÒTo encourage
participation in the station, people can come in and learn how to
run a show,Ó said Brady, ÒEspecially since there isnÕt a DJ class
this summer.Ó
The class Brady
is talking about is taught by the station manager and instructs
those who are interested in how to be a disc jockey.
The classÕ duration
is for one academic semester and is offered in both the fall and
spring. After completion of the class, students are allowed to run
a DJ slot, playing a mix of the top 30 college alternative hits.
The Hip-Hop/R&B
specialty show is trying something different than just playing songs.
Last Thursday, DJs Tiffany Fant ÒAfroditeÓ, Anthony White ÒAs PromisedÓ
and Thaddeus Skeen ÒThe SolutionÓ invited the audience to come into
the station and participate in the selection of the songs.
ÒWe want to
give Appalachian a whole other flavor, since the station plays a
lot of alternativeÓ said Fant, ÒMike and WillieÕs is shutting down,
and weÕd like to have that party feel to our show, so we had people
come in and dance.Ó
The Hip-Hop
show runs from midnight to 2 a.m. every Thursday.
Specialty shows
are normally scheduled for DJ s with more experience. This summer
though, anyone interested in working at WASU can run a specialty
program.
ÒWe have a variety
of shows this summer,Ó said Brady, ÒItÕs pretty random.Ó
Besides hip-hop
and R&B, WASU is featuring a reggae, punk, ska, jazz, and beach
music shows during the week, along with a few others.
ÒOf course we
still play all the alternative,Ó said Brady. Want to get involved?
Call WASU 90.5 ÒThe AppÓ at 262-3171 for more information.
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