Happy College Radio Day!
Montclair State University’s campus radio station, WMSC-FM announced its ambitious 33-hour live event programming for the 7th annual College Radio Day, which gets underway tomorrow, October 6. This year’s College Radio Day is extra special as WMSC is also celebrating 50 years on the air! The College Radio Day kick-off party begins at 3pm today from Rocky the Red Hawk’s Sweet Sixteen birthday party.
After that, the station will showcase the best of its music, news, talk, sports and entertainment shows featuring exclusive interviews and shout-outs from special guests including: WCBS Radio’s Charles Osgood, Wayne Cabot and Tom Kaminski (MSU Class of ’84), WAXQ/New York & SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk, SiriusXM personalities Ian Christie, Al Skop, Jose Mangin and the legendary Cousin Brucie, American Public Media’s Marketplace host David Brancaccio and Morristowngreen.com Editor & Publisher Kevin Coughlin.
College Radio Day is the brainchild of Rob Quicke, founder of the College Radio Day Foundation and the GM of William Paterson University’s WPSC-FM. The goal is of College Radio Day is to harness the combined listenership of college stations and increase awareness of content created by students across America.
This year’s theme, “Passionately Vocal, Seriously Local,” was proposed by WMSC-FM GM Anabella Poland, and it focuses on the hyper-local relationships each station forms as part of the media landscape of their own campuses and communities. “This has been the mission of college radio from its inception; to be an outlet for their local communities and give a platform to voices that otherwise go unheard,” said Poland. “In return, that local coverage offers vital community support of these independent student-operated stations.” Listen live at 90.3 FM, online at wmscradio.com and via the iHeartRadio app.
