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WIUX Alumni Newsletter March 2015Keeping up with your favorite college radio station
You Are There: A Look Inside the New WIUX Station House
715-717E. 8th Street
Outside (L)
Inside (R)
The Studios
99.1FM (L)
B-Side (R)
Culture ShockBanner (L)
DirectorOffice and
IBS Awards (R)
Photos courtesy of Taylor Haggerty
WIUX Alumni Newsletter March 2015
WIUX Alumni Spotlight: Peter GoernerI got to speak with WIUX alum
Peter Goerner a few weeks ago. Pe-ter was a station manager at WIUX back in the ‘80s. After coming on board as a DJ in the fall of 1980, he became station manager in 1981. As a first year MBA student, Peter got involved with WIUS after learning about the station at the student in-volvement fair. Peter had previous radio experience from his time at Notre Dame.
Peter’s role as station manag-er allowed him the opportunity to manage people and their issues, experiences that helped him later in life. We joked that capably man-aging a bunch of rebellious hipsters truly trains you for the real world.
I asked Peter what his fondest WIUS memories were. He proceed-ed to reminisce about the day Mike Conway, then the News Director,
WIUX takes home IBS award Each year at the Intercollegiate Broad-casting System conference, an awards ceremony is held to recognize high school and college radio and television stations. Awards are presented in a variety of cate-gories (news, sports, production, etc.) and achievements (“Best Show Promo”, “Best Station Manager”, etc.).
We are proud to announce that WIUX took home the IBS award for “Best Liner”. Station Manager Sarah Thompson accept-ed the award for the knock-knock style liner, which was produced in conjunction with former Music Director Tori Miner. WIUX was also nominated in 12 other categories.
Additionally, Thompson and General Manger Carolyn Suna hosted their own panel addressing the difficulties faced while moving a radio station. During the panel, the two WIUX managers spoke on positive tactics for an efficient move and building community in a post-move environment.
This is the second consecutive year WIUX has received IBS awards. Last year, Pure Student Radio won the award for “Best News Interview” for the interview with comedy troupe Whitest Kids U’ Know, conducted by former News Directors Christina Bernar-din and Morgan Wooderson.
WIUX aims to continue this recent string of success in subsequent years, and hopes to continue to provide high-quality, student-pro-duced content.
For more info on the IBS, and for a full list of WIUX nominations, please visit: www.collegebroadcasters.us
overheard Peter’s show. Conway came upstairs and introduced himself to Peter, only a DJ at the time, and commented on how professionally he’d conducted his show.
Peter was drawn to WIUX for a lot of the same rea-sons that students today are drawn to it: a desire to get away from mainstream radio content. Only back then, it was Brian Eno or the Police, not Courtney Barnett or Kendrick Lamar. Decades later, WIUX still resonates on the same wavelength we all broadcast on.
Are you a WIUX/WIUS alum? Want to tell your Pure Student Radio story? We’d love to hear it. Email WIUX PR Director Sam Velazquez at
[email protected] for more info!
by Brian McMahon
by Emily Keaton
In case you’d forgotten...
WIUX with Union Board
present:
“It was a hell of a lot of fun. I still punch in 99.1 when I head down to Blooming-ton.” - Peter Goerner
Culture Shock is fast ap-proaching. This year’s edition of the annual music festival is set to be perhaps the best yet. Foxygen is one of the biggest and brightest names in indie rock. Twin Peaks and TOPS are both on their way up; they’re young, hungry, and extremely tal-ented. With a bevy of local acts rounding out the line-up, there’s every reason to believe that Culture Shock 2015 will go down in WIUX history as a momentous oc-casion. So only one question remains: Will you be there? -The WIUX Staff
For more information regarding Culture Shock, contact WIUX Special Events Direc-tors Brendan Biesen at [email protected] or Ben Wittkugel at [email protected]
