{"id":2217,"date":"2021-11-19T17:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2022-02-22T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:24:42","slug":"on-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/125\/on-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"WESM<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Two radio stations air around-the-clock from the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne.\u00a0 One is student-run; the other is a professionally-staffed National Public Radio affiliate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each has distinct goals and reaches different and diverse audiences.\u00a0Yet, both are important communication outlets geared to serve their respective communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>The award-winning\u00a0WESM 91.3 FM<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0was founded in 1987 and is a\u00a0nationally recognized station dedicated to championing jazz as\u00a0a culturally significant American art form.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WESM is the Eastern Shore\u2019s lone radio station that offers mainstream jazz, blues, world and gospel music programs, up-to-the-minute news from around the world, local news updates, thoughtful and intelligent talk shows as well as weather and sports updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WESM reaches a broad audience across the southern Delmarva Peninsula and can be heard as far away as southern Maryland and Virginia\u2019s Northern Neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201c24-7\u201d live audio stream also draws listeners from around the world via  www.wesm913.org<\/strong> <\/a>.  WESM 91.3 FM is funded in part through the generosity of listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hawk Radio<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(or WHWK as it was known when it went on the air in 1999) began as a small AM radio station.\u00a0 Today, the student-run station is accessible globally at\u00a0www.hawkradio.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 Its student-managed content is primarily hip-hop, rhythm and blues, and gospel but includes other music genres as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programming features live on-air hosts from noon until 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the school year.  Listeners may make requests on the air or online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 35-to-45 students representing a broad spectrum of academic disciplines run the station.\u00a0 It can be a career vehicle for students interested in pursuing work in radio production or programming, developing management skills, serving the campus or communicating with UMES constituents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMES faculty and staff , whose salaries are funded through the federal Title III program, supervise Hawk Radio and the space also is used during the academic year to teach communications classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni, friends, faculty and staff are encouraged to tune in to the stations and take part in UMES\u2019 musical and cultural outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discover UMES<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0the university\u2019s YouTube channel, serves as an on-campus visual media outlet for students, faculty, alumni and potential students.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This web-cast video \u201cpaints the [image of the] university that we can be proud of,\u201d said Erica Forsythe, Discover UMES adviser and producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students are encouraged to \u201chighlight the wealth of talented students and faculty, unique academic programs, innovative projects, impressive research and cultural events that abound on the UMES campus.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Forsythe\u2019s supervision, UMES students receive the full spectrum of broadcast training in front and behind the camera with duties such as reporter, field director, camera and related responsibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover UMES also offers internships to student of all academic disciplines\/majors including English (non-teaching), biology, computer science and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception in 2007, Discover UMES has trained 78 students, including several who have gone into the field professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover UMES can be found at\u00a0www.youtube.com\/discoverumes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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