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College radio is a great way for students and teachers alike to be entertained throughout the long and strenuous school day. Whether you're hanging out in the cafeteria with friends, driving on the road or actually working in the studio, listening to a college radio station can help you actively participate in what your school has to offer.
College Radio Offers Alternative Listening
10/20/06
~ Eric Bishop
The Daily Record Newsroom
College radio is a great way for students and teachers alike to be entertained throughout the long and strenuous school day. Whether you're hanging out in the cafeteria with friends, driving on the road or actually working in the studio, listening to a college radio station can help you actively participate in what your school has to offer. Many schools in the northern New Jersey area have a college radio station for students to enjoy, including County College of Morris, William Paterson University and Seton Hall University. The radio station at County College of Morris, WCCM, is a fun and simple station. Anyone can sign up to become a DJ, as long as you are interested in learning the basics of radio broadcasting and are committed to hosting your own show once a week. This radio station plays every kind of music you can think of. The shows are all a little different, depending on what style of music the DJ likes. The only problem is that you can only get reception of the station on school grounds, such as in the cafeteria and in the designated outdoor smoking area. (The smoking area will soon be no longer. Starting in early January, smoking will be prohibited on all school grounds.) The radio station's staff adviser, Chris Fenwick, said there is not enough consistency with the radio program, for two reasons. Since CCM is a two-year school, students are likely to host a radio show for at most two years. Once the show got big, the host would transfer to another school, leaving the show behind. The other reason is that CCM does not have dorms; students come to campus for their classes and then go home, which does not give students enough time to follow a certain show once a week. What about putting the station actually on the air? "Before we could go to broadcasting over the airwaves, we would probably start broadcasting over the Internet," Fenwick said. "We don't have any deadlines, but have been discussing it for the past year and a half." William Paterson University's WPSC-FM is a 260-watt, noncommercial, educational station that broadcasts daily from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m., seven days a week, 365 days a year. This station offers a lot more than just music, such as news, operations, production, promotion, sports and public service. WPSC-FM started operating in December 1988. The Seton Hall radio station, WSOU, known as Pirate Radio, is the most listened-to college radio station in the New Jersey area. It started in 1986 and is bigger now then ever, with more than 50 DJs and 120 other staff members such as engineers, newscasters and more. Pirate Radio is the only heavy metal station in the New York/New Jersey area, as well as being one of the very few 24/7 stations. Scott Egelberg, the station's music director, said Pirate Radio has helped promote and introduce many bands, such as The Bouncing Souls, Kid Rock, Anthrax and My Chemical Romance, whose radio debut was on WSOU's emo/hardcore show, "Under the Stars." As well as promoting bands, WSOU, has had many bands come in for interviews, such as Terror, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage. Even the original bass player for the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock, came in for an interview in July. For more information, you can check the following Web sites/stations:
• For William Paterson, 88.7 on the FM dial: www.wpunj.edu/coac/communication/WPSC.htm.
• For Seton Hall, 89.5 on the FM dial: www.wsou.net.
Eric Bishop is a student at County College of Morris.
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