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Other than publicizing comp meetings and their famed Orgies--the station's lengthy celebrations of an individual artist during reading and exam periods--WHRB does not actively pursue a student audience, according to Vasan...
According to a recent informal Crimson survey, more than three-quarters of students who listen to the radio do not listen to WHRB, either because they dislike the station's format, or they are simply unaware of the station...
...WHRB Comp Director Matthew A. Carter '99, who is a Crimson editor, acknowledges there have been potential compers who are turned off by the station's musical tastes, but says WHRB is not and should not be the place on campus where everyone can play everything they want...
Carter adds that "there are other radio stations in the Boston-area that have a community philosophy," and interested students who are unwilling to give WHRB a try could look for a job there...
While he calls the plight of budding deejays who don't share WHRB's tastes "unfortunate," Vasan says the station is ultimately about its programming...