KWCW, Whitman’s student and community-run radio station, has resumed programming for the fall. The schedule places new DJs alongside experienced broadcasters from Whitman College and the surrounding community. A peek into what a few DJs, new and old, have to offer:
Kayla Hudson and Michael Hui, both seniors from Walla Walla High School, are going to “make it a point to find the most bizarre news worldwide to showcase for our bizarre news segment.” Their show is called Pretty Alright Radio and airs Saturdays from 2-3 p.m.
First-years Nicole James and Nathan Eberhart will play “international modern music: the stuff that is insanely hard to find in this country.” Both DJs have international backgrounds and see it as their “job to unite the internationally-deprived music lovers with exactly what they are longing for: awesome songs from other countries.” Their show, Polyglot-a-Cracker, airs at 7 p.m. on Fridays.
Senior Ben Stevens will be bringing back his I Love the ’80s show for a second semester, playing music from “the most criminally underrated decade in music.” I Love the ’80s airs Friday nights at 9 p.m.
Several shows plan to focus on classic rock, one of which is Six Crooked Highways. Speaking for his group of fellow Highway-ers, Junior Leor Maizel is excited to play “tons of incredible music by influential artists who get ignored by mainstream radio because it’s too obscure. Our show is a venture into obscurity.” Listen in on Fridays from 2-3 p.m.
For more information about KWCW, check out kwcw.net to stream the station as it airs, watch the webcam, read reviews written by DJs, see what’s been played recently and catch up on station news.