“I know that there is a woman who works at the post office and lives in Meadville, and she always likes to tell me how her husband is a huge fan of WARC, and he tunes in as often as he can. “I think we probably have more listeners in the Meadville area than we do on the college campus,” Brammer said. Music Director Emmalee Brammer, ’24, described the connection the radio station has beyond the college and with the Meadville community. “This past show that I did, I essentially would choose an artist and would play their album or a discography from an artist and roll with it.” “A show I had was about ‘Phineas and Ferb’ - so I played ‘Phineas and Ferb’ music,” Milbert said.
Milbert’s shows frequently connected music to different themes like cartoons and movies she was interested in at the time. “When I met a lot of new students and made new friends on campus I was nervous to talk about my interests so I would plug my show and they would enjoy it so much.” “I absolutely hated public speaking when I came into college and the radio essentially gave me more of an outlet to be able to publicly speak about things that are of interest other than my art,” Milbert said.
CAROUSEL PROJECTOR PROFESSIONAL
While the radio station has a huge influence on students while they are in school, it has also had a lasting impact on alumni.īryanna Milbert, ’23, said being on the radio gave her skills she can use in her professional life that she may not have honed otherwise. We don’t really know how many people listen to our show so it is nice to get feedback and know we are doing a good job.” “We are always rooting each other on and listening in while saying ‘great show,’ and just hyping each other up. “We really support each other and whatever they do,” Kyser said. Kyser said the radio station immediately felt like a safe place for them when they initially joined their first year. Then we are going to interview them (the guest) and talk about what they’re doing on campus.” “Every week we are going to pull in a special guest that one of us picked out and the other two have no idea who it is. “I am doing a new show this year with my friends,” Kyser said. General Manager Meredith Kyser, ’24, said the show they are hosting will feature Allgheny students. Smith said he is trying to incorporate programming from more clubs on campus and has reached out to organizations like The Campus newspaper and the Allegheny Student Government. However, he stressed that shows do not have to be content-heavy and could simply be a space where a student can share the music they are listening to while doing their homework.
Smith said he will be hosting a news talk show - with topics ranging from global issues to on-campus concerns - because he enjoys keeping up with it and informing the community. “We really don’t do any news, besides individual DJs talking about news.” “Since then, a lot of those things have died back and we do all the shows live,” Smith said. Tech Director Reece Smith, ’24, said WARC was the first station in the area to receive the news of then-President John F. Live from the Henderson Campus Center, WARC, Allegheny College’s student-run radio station, has been a way students have created spaces to express themselves at the college since 1963.
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