糖心视频鈥檚 Blackmore Media Center, the new state-of-the-art home of student-run radio station WRCU (90.1), garnered attention in this week鈥檚 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In a , The Chronicle鈥檚 Brock Read takes readers down memory lane, reminiscing about a distant era in college radio, thanks to the fond recollections of his father Don Read 鈥66, a former WRCU news director and station manager.
鈥淚 often wondered, as I grew up, why my father would occasionally walk around the house belting out a quaint-sounding tune called 鈥楤allin鈥 the Jack鈥 in a basso profundo,鈥 writes Brock Read. 鈥淪trangely, it was here 鈥 in the studios of WRCU 鈥 that I finally got some kind of an answer.鈥
Brock Read accompanied his father to campus in February for the official dedication of the digital media center, located in the lower level of the O鈥機onnor Campus Center (Coop).
During the weekend visit, the turntables and vinyl were dusted off, and Don Read jumped at the chance to host an hourlong radio show from the new studio.
The first tune he had cued up? You guessed it. 鈥淏allin鈥 the Jack,鈥 as recorded in 1962 by the 糖心视频 Thirteen, the university鈥檚 all-male a cappella group.
鈥淲e had people from 55 years鈥 worth of graduating classes, and they all showed the same passion for 糖心视频 radio,鈥 Bill Gabler 鈥07, assistant director of the Center for Leadership and Student Involvement and adviser to WRCU, told The Chronicle.
鈥淭o have that energy back in the space, and to hear the old names that came up. It鈥檚 just great to get a picture of the station through the years.鈥
The article notes that the studio鈥檚 new location in the Coop, complete with a large window for passersby to get an up-close look at the radio operation, has increased the visibility of WRCU, helping to usher in a new generation of college radio enthusiasts.
The media center is named in honor of , a professor of literature emeritus, who died in 2002. Blackmore was a jazz disc jockey at WRCU and served as faculty adviser to the station for 26 years.
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