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When you tune your radio to 88.9 FM, you might hear hip-hop, or reggae, or folk, or show tunes, maybe even some Raffi. WERS is not a typical college radio station. Live, in-station performances, professional-quality breaks and a far-reaching signal make Emerson College radio stand out among college stations around the country and even among commercial stations in Boston. Student-run but professionally managed, WERS is known by listeners in Boston as the place to hear new sounds and music that won’t be played anywhere else...
...undergrads at Emerson get to work in professional-level surroundings, though. The station itself is located in the basement of 180 Tremont St., where WERS’ offices and production rooms take up two floors. The reception area, with its polka-dot carpet and mod design, feels like a design or architectural firm. It is obvious that much time and money were spent making the place look as slick as the station sounds. But the postal service bins of records and CDs let you know that this is a place of music. Downstairs are multiple student offices and the WERS...
Students who work at WERS gain practical knowledge that can supplement their coursework. Older staff members teach new ones the ropes; there is no formal instruction. Emerson is a school for the arts and communication that includes broadcast media. Many but not all of the WERS student staff are Audio/Radio majors and plan on going into radio as a career. “I’ve learned a lot more about radio by doing stuff around the station than from class work,” says Matt O’Dette, a senior and Program Director of WERS...
...could add to the music collection, or bring in music to play by people I’ve met at home,” she says. Some students like O’Dette and Matt Morrell, coordinator for “Jazz Oasis,” even came to Emerson College because of the quality of WERS programs he listened to from home in Randolph, Mass. “I listened to the station in high school, and I knew that radio is what I want to do for a living. If I could get paid to listen to great...
...HUPD officers took a report of an assault at Emerson Hall. The victim was pushed...