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WRBC presents…TRIVIA NIGHT 2012
February 10th, 2012 • Events, Uncategorized
ITS BACK!! Trivia Night is here and it is fun-packed with great prizes. Come join us for a full night of fun with the greatest radio station in the known universe!!!
To participate in Trivia Night, you need a team. Said team can have as many people you want, but there are no limits. Teams greater than seven are recommended. Sign ups will be during the first hour of the competition, 8 – 9 PM. Also necessary: a knack for figuring out the obscure songs and trivia questions that WRBC throws at you. Each team is evaluated according to how many points they win. There are three ways to receive points:
1) Trivia: While tuning in to 91.5 FM all night, you will hear all sorts of songs, from pop hits to obscure Chinese folk ballads, and each song has a corresponding trivia question. Using the special trivia night telephone number, call in (before the song ends!) and tell us the title of the song, the artist who is performing it, and the answer to the trivia question. Each of those answers are worth 1 point, so every song is an opportunity to get 3 points.
2) The real excitement begins with Physical Challenges. So maybe you didn’t know in which state it was illegal for mourners at a wake to eat more than three sandwiches? Well, luckily, you can earn more points through a random assortment of the physical challenge, which are announced on the hour, and then performed on the half hour at the WRBC studio. Winners of Physical Challenges are given 15 points, 2nd Place 10 points, and 3rd Place 5 points. These challenges are judged by a group of trivia night staff.
3) Make sure you’re paying attention, you don’t want to miss: Random points events. Because we’re nice people, sometimes points will be offered for certain requirements to be filled. These could really help you out, especially if you’re creative and listening carefully. So be on the look out!
At the end of all the many hours of radio, trivia, and challenges, each team must perform a skit assigned during the last hour of the broadcast. This final challenge holds a very high point value, so if you want to win, make sure you make it entertaining and ingenious.
Once all that’s happened, a winner is declared, prizes are awarded and it’s really early in the morning. WRBC officially recommends sleeping.
Winter 2012 General Meeting
January 10th, 2012 • Events, Uncategorized
It’s a new year, and WRBC is coming back in fine form. We’ll be having our MANDATORY general meeting this Thursday (01/12) at 7:00 PM in Carnegie 204. That’s the big room on the second floor, straight up from the entrance. Are you sure you got all that? It’s all bold and everything. Besides, if you miss the general meeting your likelihood of getting a good time slot diminishes considerably.
At the meeting we’ll give a quick introduction for those new to WRBC and go over some of the fun things we’ll be doing this semester (Concerts! Trivia Night! Yeah!). Applications will also be available during the meeting for you to fill out while you pretend to listen to us. They are due either directly to our programming director Bradley Gee after the meeting or to a folder on WRBC’s door by Sunday at 5:00 PM (01/15). Remember, even if you had a show last semester you still need to submit a new application. Late applications are not guaranteed anything except a poor time slot.
The winter 2012 application will also be available on the website shortly. Just keep checking back right here. Voila! The application is now available. Please click on the link below, download the application and bring it to the aforementioned meeting.
WRBC Presents : Cold War Kids : Click Below For Tickets
March 31st, 2011 • Concert Calendar, Events, Maine, Rock
WRBC Presents the Hood Internet with The Knocks
November 29th, 2010 • Audio, Electronic, Events, Maine, Media, News, Press Release
We know what you’ve been pining for all semester. A big, sweaty dance party concert. Well, lucky for you, WRBC 91.5 and your own Bates College Student Government are bringing just that on December 10. We know it’s the weekend before finals — but guess what? All that studying will make you want to let loose and dance your face off. This will be an appropriate venue for that.
Odds are the Hood Internet has mashed up your two favorite artists. And then your next two favorite artists. Get ready to dance to what ever surprises they’ve got in store for us. Check out their site: http://www.thehoodinternet.com/
The Knocks will also be performing for what is sure to be a set where you don’t stop moving. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/itstheknocks
Doors open at 9:30, Music starts at 10.
Tickets will be sold at the door. $1 for Bates students and $3 for non-students.
Trivia Night 2010.5
November 29th, 2010 • Events, Maine, News, Press Release
WHAT? Trivia night… in DECEMBER?? That’s right friends. This year WRBC will be holding its beloved annual trivia night in the fall semester. That just means you have to start getting excited NOW for December 3. So get ready for TRIVIA NIGHT 2010.5, 8pm to 8am. No sleeping allowed!
IT’S BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS.
To participate in Trivia Night, you need a team. Said team can have as many people you want, but there are no limits. Tea…ms greater than seven are recommended. Also necessary: a knack for figuring out the obscure songs and trivia questions that WRBC throws at you. Each team is evaluated according to how many points they win. There are three ways to receive points:
1) Trivia: While tuning in to 91.5 FM all night, you will hear all sorts of songs, from pop hits to obscure chinese folk ballads, and each song has a corresponding trivia question. Using the special trivia night telephone number, call in (before the song ends!) and tell us the title of the song, the artist who is performing it, and the answer to the trivia question. Each of those answers are worth 1 point, so every song is an opportunity to get 3 points.
2) The real excitement begins with Physical Challenges. So maybe you didn’t know in which state it was illegal for mourners at a wake to eat more than three sandwiches? Well, luckily, you can earn more points through a random assortment of the physical challenge, which are announced on the hour, and then performed on the half hour at the WRBC studio. Winners of Physical Challenges are given 15 points, 2nd Place 10 points, and 3rd Place 5 points. These challenges are judged by a group of trivia night staff.
3) Make sure you’re paying attention, you don’t want to miss: Random points events. Because we’re nice people, sometimes points will be offered for certain requirements to be filled. These could really help you out, especially if you’re creative and listening carefully. So be on the look out!
At the end of all the many hours of radio, trivia, and challenges, each team must perform a skit assigned during the last hour of the broadcast. This final challenge holds a very high point value, so if you want to win, make sure you make it entertaining and ingenious.
Once all that’s happened, a winner is declared, prizes are awarded and it’s really early in the morning. WRBC officially recommends sleeping.
WRBC 91.5 FM and CHC Present: Dr. Dog
August 28th, 2010 • Concert Calendar, Events
DR. DOG is coming to Bates College for WRBC’s first big show this fall.
Come see the FREE concert September 25 on the Library Quad, brought to you by WRBC 91.5 FM and CHC.
The mini music fest will begin in the early afternoon and will end by 9 PM. Bates’ own Time Travelers will kick off the event, followed by opener Delicate Steve.
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Dr. Dog’s latest album, “Shame, Shame,” has been wildly well-received. Pitchfork hailed the work “arguably the band’s finest moment,” and music critic Doug Wallen categorized their sound as “a little folk, blues, indie rock, soul, bluegrass—and a whole lot of down-home harmonizing. It conjures images of old friends sitting on a porch swapping instruments and just letting the tape recorder run.”
Mark your calenders and get psyched for an epic start to the year !
Listen to Dr. Dog: www.myspace.com/drdog
Listen to Delicate Steve: http://www.myspace.com/delicatesteve
Phantogram, Yellow Roman Candles visit Bates
June 21st, 2010 • Concert Calendar, Concert Review, Electronic, Events, Folk, Maine, News, Rock, Uncategorized
Electronic rock duo Phantogram and local folk group Yellow Roman Candles lit up the Bates campus on May 20th, with Bates DJ Jamie Cook closing out the show. Yellow Roman Candles, based in Bath, Maine, journeyed up to share several original compositions with a growing crowd of Bates students in the Mays Center. The mellow lights and reverberating acoustic instruments set the tone for the group’s stellar performance. In the words of WRBC’s Doug Ray:
Yellow Roman Candles is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Aaron Morse, and based on their first release, If It’s Right, there is a sense that this band could really make a run at achieving a certain level of national notoriety. The album certainly has shades of LaMontagne’s earlier work. Its gritty and working-class sensibilities leave the listener transported to perhaps a greater understanding of the plight of much of middle America….. If It’s Right is a decidedly raw album, which, if given a few listens can really tear into one’s soul. It’s part Springsteen and part Dylan, but certainly all Maine. Not to say that I am surprised, but this simple little album proves that Yellow Roman Candles will one day be deserving of a place among the pantheon of great Maine folk musicians.”
Phantogram took the stage next, playing songs off of their recent full-length release, Eyelid Movies. The performance featured Josh Carter on guitar and keyboardist Sarah Barthel playing and singing over big-beat inspired drum machines. The band’s simple setup echoed the style of Matt & Kim, who proved that complex is not always best at a Bates show last fall. Barthel mixed the performance live onstage, layering different parts to create a sound that was both expressive and danceable. It was easy to see why the duo are known for their energetic live performances. The night was capped off with a DJ set from Bates’ Jamie Cook, a preeminent campus DJ.
http://www.myspace.com/phantogram
http://www.myspace.com/theyellowromancandles
http://www.myspace.com/jamiemcook
Photographs courtesy of Peter Senzamici