On Friday, Oct. 2 RadioX, NSU’s radio station on 88.5 FM, will participate in World College Radio Day. The celebration will start with the “Not-So-Urly morning show” at 11 a.m and extend throughout the day with curated content until 6 p.m., focusing on this year’s 10th anniversary theme of “Global Solidarity Rocks.”
College Radio Day was established by Rob Quicke, general manager at WPSC FM, at William Paterson University in December 2010. According to JoMari Chao, RadioX’s station manager, it became a highly popular event internationally in 2012 when colleges from around the world wished to participate, making the event a global celebration across college campuses.
Each year, College Radio Day focuses on a theme to help curate its content and address the unique abilities that college radio stations provide to their communities. Previous World College Radio Day themes included “Here It First on College Radio,” “When All Else Fails, College Radio Speaks” and “Passionately Vocal, Seriously Local.” Based on the issues facing the world today, the theme for this year is “Global Solidarity Rocks.” However, with COVID-19 in mind, there have been some changes to this annual event.
“It is changing slightly, but we are going to be able to broadcast as usual. We are making adjustments for our tabling events by pre-packaging CD’s we give away and other COVID-19 based decisions like that. Our masks will be on while we are on air and make sure that everyone is being a ‘smart shark,’ as I like to say,” said Chao.
Those who tune in to this event can expect a diverse range of segment topics such as DJ Flackie exploring former Disney artist careers and DJ Glitch talking about the world of gaming.
According to Chao, it will basically be mini-podcasts all day that will give the NSU community a chance to listen and get familiar with everything all of the RadioX DJs and staff does.
“I can’t wait to meet new people and bring in new volunteers and show people that we exist. There are some people who don’t know about RadioX, so this gives us a chance to network and show who we are to other organizations and the overall NSU community. I went to College Radio Day last year and volunteered to be a DJ on-air from this event… I’ve made a lot of friends through my work,” said Frank Natale, RadioX’s music director.
According to Tarin Lewis, RadioX’s community program director, they hope people can learn through this event that college students have a voice. Being vulnerable and sharing opinions through media like college radio stations, college students’ voices can change the world by talking through their differences and struggles, helping to create bonds and lines of communication with each other.
Students interested in tuning in to this event or to RadioX at any other time can visit their website to listen live or follow RadioX on Instagram.
