New student radio station launch

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A NEW student-run radio station, W.A.C Radio, is being launched at Warrington Collegiate.
The station will begin broadcasting at 12 noon, Wednesday April 23, featuring a variety of student-produced programmes covering news, current affairs, music and entertainment.
Interactive Media student Daniel Miller, aged 21 from Orford, has been the brainchild behind the station, and after a short course with the National Student Radio Association, has been putting together jingles and playlists and recording interviews with some up and coming artists, some of whom he hopes to launch on the British music scene.
He said: “As a media student, I’m excited about the launch of the station. I’m busy setting up interviews for a pre-recorded show that will be broadcast on launch day. Working on the station is going to be a brilliant experience.
“I’m thrilled to have captured the likes of Amelia Scalies, a charting Indie singer songwriter from Pennsylvania, who’s big in internet radio in the states, and UK band, Virgin Soldiers, who were first played in this country on BBC Radio 1. My scoop is American rock band, Dinner and a Suit, popular in the USA, but looking to break into the UK music scene. Remember you heard them first on W.A.C Radio.
W.A.C radio will broadcast student-produced content each day with a variety of student presenters. On launch day, after a welcome massage from Daniel at 12noon, the first record is #Selfie by The Chainsmokers, a well-known song, popular on itunes in recent weeks.
Sharon Lawrence, Lecturer in ICT at Warrington Collegiate, who has been supporting Daniel, added: “The radio is an excellent opportunity for our students to develop their broadcasting and technical skills in a professional environment. It will provide that valuable experience in presenting, developing programming, reporting and newsgathering that employers in the media are looking for, and that will benefit them hugely when they progress onto university and the industry.”
The station will broadcast daily with 24/7 live streaming throughout the day and auto-dj out of hours. Listeners can tune in live via radio.warrington.ac.uk.


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