Welcome to the New Format!

Hey All,

It has been so busy since I last posted to this blog! I hope you are all enjoying the new format. It is as follows:

Weekdays 6 AM-6 PM: The Best Alternative Mix

Weekdays 6 PM-6 AM and Weekends: The Most Eclectic Variety on Radio

Sunday All Day: Cultural and Community Programming

More to come, all here on Rutgers' Original Alternative for 60 years...

...WRSU-FM

Best,

Dan Mulcahey

General Manager

WRSU in the New York Daily News

Hey Everyone,

WRSU is lighting up the airwaves and the papers these days! Check out our latest spotlight in the New York Daily News.

It's thanks to you that we have been here 60 years...and counting.

Best,

Dan Mulcahey

General Manager 2008-2009

Serving our Listeners: Streamlining Programming to Come Fall 2009

Hey Everyone,

After coming across some old schedules in the 'RSU archives from 10, 20, and even 30 years ago, I realized that this station could use some block programming. In the 80s, WRSU was largely rock during the days, as we almost are now. However, there are some shows that are jammed between other shows during the day that could be better placed. We have a lot of great shows that would be better served if they were placed near other shows of their type. Therefore, over the summer we will be working on permanently implementing a block programming system with free-form rock during the daytime hours Monday-Thursday, and a more loose definition of this during the evenings since we don't always have a lot of each of the other genres of music. This seems to be a great way to serve listeners who could lock us in for long periods of time and know when to listen year-round. Keep checking the Studio Blog for eventual proposals.

Yours in radio,

Dan Mulcahey

General Manager 2008-2009

WRSU Spring Wrap-Up

Hey Everyone,

It is hard to believe, but the spring has really wrapped up here at WRSU. From our 60th anniversary dinner and broadcast, to live remotes for the Irish Hour and the 34th annual NJ Folk Festival, things have been pretty hectic here. The management and current staff enjoyed the company of about 70 alumni at an emotional 60th banquet, peppered with crazy stories that seem even too racy for us young guns! Rushing everyone back to the station for the broadcast was a blast, including a conference call with Charles Brookwell (the first station manager and my predecessor, 1948) and Larry Berger, the former WPLJ-FM program director who worked here at WRSU-AM in the 60s.

If there is such a thing as the magic of radio, it was definitely threading through the packed shoulders of the alumni in that cramped, stuffy studio. Check for the clip on the site as we kick things down a notch and take care of some old business over the summer.

The folk festival was another successful event, put on by our very own Community Affairs Director and Assistant Music Director of World Music, Geoff Pape. We aired about 10 different mini-shows throughout the day, from almost every genre. I believe Geoff did German pop music to open the program at 12, if I am not mistaken (the theme this year was German). I don't know because I was passed out tired until 11:30 that day (still recovering from the 60th dinner, weeks later).

As things wrap up around here, stay tuned as certain shows go on hiatus for the summer, expand to fill other slots, or do their final goodbyes if their host is going to be graduating and will not be retaining their show as an alumnus at the station.

And as always, thanks for your support of the station, as it really is all about YOU.

Yours in radio,

Dan Mulcahey

General Manager 2008-2009

WRSU Spotlighted in Rutgers FOCUS Magazine

WRSU is hot news this month! The station has been spotlighted in the Rutgers FOCUS staff and faculty magazine on the occasion of our 60th year on the airwaves. Stay tuned to this blog for the link when it hits the press.

Best,

Dan Mulcahey

General Manager, WRSU-FM

WRSU's Harvey Hauptman Spotlighted in Rutgers Magazine

Our very own Harvey Hauptman, who will serve as master of ceremonies at the 60th anniversary celebration, has been spotlighted in Rutgers Magazine

60th Anniversary Alumni Broadcast Saturday, April 12th 9-10 PM

Hey Everyone,

Make sure to check in on our alumni broadcast that will be held April 12th from 9-10 PM live in the studio. The number to call is 732-932-8800 to talk to our esteemed former staff members, including some who started with the station in 1948! This is sure to be a great event for listeners and staff alike.

Best,

Dan Mulcahey
General Manager, WRSU-FM

Your Feedback Thus Far

Hey Everyone,

Thanks so much for the feedback we have been getting from you over the past month since we launched. We are still working on it (it is still in BETA form) with a fix of the program guide and a couple of other features. We haven't been able to edit it just yet ourselves without the designers, but that should be happening with an expansion of information on the site available to you very soon. This will include the original news and sports content, podcasts, blogs, and staff spotlights.

For the alumni who have been asking, we will have the alumni page updated very soon.

Again, thanks for your valuable feedback and stay tuned!

Best,

Dan Mulcahey

General Manager, WRSU-FM

Welcome to the New Online Home of WRSU-FM

To all of our WRSU family - staff, students, listeners, alumni, faculty, administration, community members...well you get the idea.

Welcome to the new online home of WRSU-FM Rutgers Radio! It has been a long 7 month development process, but the dedicated crew who created the site did an awesome job. Make sure to check out their credits at the bottom of each page.

For those of you accustomed to the old site, you will find many similarities. For one, there is still a live webstream via NJ.com that you can access via the Listen Now link in the top bar on each and every page. Other than that, I hope this new site is a lot easier to navigate, and becomes a destination for lovers of local, undiscovered music, Rutgers sports, Rutgers news, and the medium that is college radio in the 21st century. If only the founders of this place 60 years ago this April could have dreamt we would be podcasting shows - a feature that I encourage you all to check out.

Here is the long and short (mainly long) of the new features the site boasts:

-Podcasting through a partnership with Rutgers iTunes initiative means personalities can upload pre-recorded material/shows to be downloaded to iPods. You can find the website to learn more here: http://rulink.rutgers.edu/itunesu/

-"Studio Blog" (that you are reading now!) serves as sounding board for staff to talk about anything related to the station or the radio world, a feature that puts us on the leading edge of radio websites.

-Dedicated pages to all of our feature shows

-"On-Air" indicator tells listeners online who is on the air at the moment and for how long

-Staff page is a page where staff can post a picture of themselves with a link to their myspace or webpage

-Listener mailing list form allows us to communicate with our listeners through periodic e-mailings, and keep in touch with alumni

-News and sports highlight pages highlight top stories on main page with links to full stories

-Enhanced photo abilities to post behind-the-scenes shots and give our medium a visual aspect

-"Staff Spotlight" features a rotating slate of staff who can tell their story and perspective on their show or work at the station, further complementing our on-air element

-Frequently updated events page makes us the source for all local music

-Station news page informs listeners and staff of station and University happenings

-Clean-sheet, intuitive design celebrates our heritage while being thoroughly modern

Stay tuned for more advancements as we bring the station to the cutting edge of radio technology.

And thank YOU for 60 years of support - whether it be as long as it took you to stumble onto this blog or as a lifelong listener - we're glad to have you along for the ride.

Yours in radio,

Dan Mulcahey

Promotions Director 2007-2008
General Manager 2008-2009