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According to Baltazar A. Zavala ’11, who was the only Spanish-speaking member of the trip, collaboration with the community was one of the most rewarding aspects of the project...
...Baltazar A. Zavala ’11, who says he can afford to attend Harvard because of help from HFAI, notes, “It’s not really something you talk about when you’re introducing yourself. In fact, it hasn’t even really come up with my roommates.” Zavala, who is from El Paso, Texas, also says he doesn’t see many class differences at Harvard: “Most people here seem like the ones back home,” Zavala says...
This makes the station almost unlistenable to anyone who is any more than a casual music fan. If you don't believe me, take it from Baltazar, the station's bad boy morning deejay. "I can't listen to Jam'n," he told The Boston Globe in a 1995 profile. "We play the same songs over and over...
...fill the role of community station, but it is too small and too poor to do it. Jam'n has the resources, but, if anything, is anti-community. Its main selling point is its "Jam-Scams," essentially a grown-up version of a middle school prank, in which Baltazar torments his victims by telling them (falsely) that their cars will be impounded or that their houses will be foreclosed upon. The scammed person invariably gets angrier and angrier, leading to bleeped-out expletives, giggles from the 'Zar, and finally a promise from the scammed to "get the person...
...while Jam'n's meaningless pop and Baltazar's endless scams may appeal to the pre-teen and adolescent crowd, the continued existence of WILD (now in its 50th year) and the success of black-oriented programming on local college radio stations-such as this weekend's "history of hip hop" orgy on WHRB--indicate that there is a Boston market for serious urban music...