By: Sarah Iani
Posted In: News
students have failed to do in the past: get WSRU up and running. Salve’s
radio station enjoyed a four year run, five years ago, until those directing
it graduated and left no one to pick up the pieces. Since then, students
have had trouble keeping it up and running for long.
WSRU has yet to be finalized, with its 16 DJs and personalities still in
the process of becoming comfortable on the air, but this week boasts a trial
run. Any of the DJs will be allowed as many trial runs as they would like,
unannounced to the student body. Students tuning in to channel 68 on their
televisions at Salve will be able to listen in and get a taste of what is to
come.
The programs, chosen by an all voluntary student base, will be broadcast
from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. seven days a week, all year long. Although the
station will not be censored per se, music should be kept within boundaries.
“Certain profanities cannot be said,” Burkardt says. “Sister Therese will
be listening.”
Although the obstacles are apparent, Burkardt is hopeful. “I would like
the station to be the central nervous system for the campus,” he said. He
plans on going downtown to ask for sponsors, as well as using funding for
promotional material such as flyers and T-shirts.
Last year, after spotting the dark window at the basement of Wakehurst
Student Center, Burkardt developed a keen interest in getting the station
back together. Working closely with Director of Student Activities Bart
Carithers, the inexperienced Burkardt was trained in the finer points of
running a radio station. However, the results of his labor have yet to be
seen.
And if the station fails again? “We can always have another grand opening,”
he says sheepishly.
