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...station has been on air since 1949 and has gone through a number of formats, including an all-classical format. Today, WERS?? varied programming reaches a full 25 miles out into New England, hitting five states. With a 4,000 watt signal and a transmitter on top of One Financial Center, WERS has power in the Boston market that is not the norm for college radio. “You’ll never find, in a market as large as Boston, another station with a signal as big as ours being run by undergrads...
...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...
...that love of music and radio that brings students to WERS. “We’re here because we want to contribute something to the station,” says Karen Ruiz, a junior who is the music director for “Gyroscope,” WERS?? world music program. “Being from a different culture [Mexico], I thought that I could add to the music collection, or bring in music to play by people I’ve met at home,” she says. Some students like...
...what doesn’t. But the more important part of Baudouin’s job is to make sure that the WERS name is well-known in the music business. “I make a trip down to New York twice a month to keep up WERS?? reputation as a big-name station in the Boston market,” she explains. “I meet executives from record companies, and I’m learning how to communicate within the music industry. There’s a certain kind of talk...
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