WWSU Radio Station | Photo by Soham Parikh | The Wright State Guardian
“The station has always prided itself on the quality of its DJs and directors,” Joshua Burkheiser, the programming director said.
Several changes have been made to the campus radio station, WWSU 106.9, since the start of the academic year, including new leadership and equipment.
In October, Samantha Ervin became the general manager of the station. The programming director position is now held by Joshua Burkheiser.
“I am confident that we are on the right track to both bring our radio station back into the university and even excel in everything we are striving for,” said Burkheiser.
The DJ equipment received a complete makeover.
Most of the previous equipment was several years old, according to Ervin, and the station hopes the new equipment will help their sound and performance.
“We got all new [microphones], a new controller and new speakers,” said Ervin.
With changes to leadership at the station, a new goal is to work with more student organizations and build a stronger presence on campus.
“We’re here and we’re ready to work with other [organizations],” said Ervin.
Currently, the station is working with The Wright State Guardian Media Group and Ervin hopes to get in contact with the leadership of other organizations to set up projects with them.
“Hopefully we have a better reputation on campus, and we have a lot more people interested in becoming DJs on air. As well as just fixing and mending the relationships we’ve had with other orgs,” Ervin said.
Many students may not know that live DJs cover the basketball games, so if a student is unable to attend, they can still be informed on the game in real-time.
“There’s a lot of great stuff happening at this station,” said Debbie Lamp, advisor to the station.
On the station’s website, wright.edu/wwsu, students can click on the “Listen Live!” play button and interact with live DJs, request songs and listen to old archived songs.
The station encourages any students who want to join to reach out through their Engage page and any organizations that want to collaborate to reach out as well.
