91.7 WCUR FM The Curve, also known as West Chester University Radio, is a college radio station that broadcasts in the Philadelphia area via a transmitter that covers a 5-mile radius around West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. WCUR offers a wide variety of music, news, sports, and specialty programming. WCUR is considered a free format station, and it does not require that DJs play within certain parameters. All undergraduate students of West Chester University are free to participate and become DJs. WCUR began as WSCS AM 64, a carrier current station only available on campus. In the mid 1980s the station changed its call letters to WCUR AM 68, but it remained a carrier current station. In 1998, the station received a construction permit to build an FM station, and after installing a broadcast transmitter and antenna atop Sykes Student Union in the summer of 1999, the station signed on as WCUR 91.7 FM on September 1, 1999. Since 2001, WCUR also streams live on air from anywhere in the world from its website, www.wcur.org.
[edit] Executive staff
| Position |
Name |
| General Manager |
Matt Toal |
| Programming Director |
Adam Barnard |
| Business Director |
Daniel Colon |
| Secretary |
Dillon Sweigart |
| Music Director |
David Hogg |
| Training Director |
Emily Girondo |
| Events & Promotions Director |
Justin Sochovka |
| Production Director |
Michael Berry |
| Sports Director |
Douglas Brice |
| Web Director |
Mike Mills |
[edit] Celebrity interviews (2011)
In late 2011 WCUR aired a wide variety of celebrity interviews, boosting the stations reputation on campus and around the West Chester area. Bam Margera appeared on Foundation Radio in March 2011. In October 2011, WCUR had an influx of celebrity guest appearances on its airwaves. These celebrity interviews quickly garnered the attention of other colleges and the campus in general. An article was published in Chester County's Daily Local News promoting and congratulating the DJs on the station's interviews.[1] Matt Toal, host of Toal Time, interviewed Grammy-award winning recording artist Herb Alpert, while Adam Barnard and Greg Mead, hosts of Foundation Radio, interviewed Shady Records recording artist Yelawolf. Both interviews took place on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm, respectively. "Brotherly Love Sports Talk", an all sports themed broadcast hosted by Doug Brice, Sean Bobbie and Kenny Ayres, interviewed Philadelphia Eagles announcer Merrill Reese, and "The John and Jake Show", hosted by John Connor and Jake Summers, interviewed indie rock band Polar Bear Club. Other celebrity guest interviews included Nickelodeon star Drake Bell and electronica band Starfucker.
[edit] References
- ^ Daily Local News. "WCUR pumped for Herb Alpert call-in tonight". http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2011/10/27/news/srv0000014853282.txt. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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See also: adult contemporary, classic hits, college, country, news/talk, NPR, oldies, religious, rock, sports, top 40, urban, and other radio stations in Pennsylvania
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