Winter 2011 DJ Applications Now Available

January 13th, 2011 • Uncategorized • 1 comment

You can download it here: WRBC Application Spring 2011

As per usual, community DJ’s need not re-apply…community show times carry over automatically.

Webstream In Transition

December 16th, 2010 • Uncategorized • 1 comment

For those of you who are regular WRBC listeners on the Webstream, you may have noticed that we’ve been off-air for about a week. While the FM station has been going strong, we’ve reached the limits of our Webstreaming system and are looking to expand.

The good news is that the transition to a bigger-better-more-uptime webstreaming system has already begun. The bad news is that, sadly, we won’t be done in time for the end of the term…meaning that there won’t be any streaming WRBC until sometime in the second week of January. We apologize for the dead-online-air, but we promise to make it up to you in the year 2011!

Trivia Night Phone Numbers

December 3rd, 2010 • Uncategorized • 1 comment

Call Me!

207-777-7916

207-777-7532

207-795-8793

WRBC Presents the Hood Internet with The Knocks

November 29th, 2010 • Audio, Electronic, Events, Maine, Media, News, Press Release • No comments

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 • No comments

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.

Become a WRBC DJ!

September 15th, 2010 • Genres • No comments

Hopefully, you caught our ad already…if not, here’s a reprint:

“Looking for a club that will quench your thirst for good music? One that will let you
rule the airwaves with your favorite songs and witty banter? Look no further than WRBC
91.5 FM, Bates’ student-run radio station. We broadcast 24 hours a day, 365 a year-
plenty of time for a show featuring you and your friends!

Not only does WRBC let you play your favorite music on-air, but we also bring awesome
concerts to Bates and hold fun events like Trivia Night. Recent shows include Phantogram,
Seabear, Matt and Kim, and Yeasayer.

Hopefully you stopped by our booth at the activities fair (to get some free olives – ed.), but the next step to get involved is to come to our general meeting Thursday, September 16 at 730 pm in Carnegie 204. There, you’ll hear all about the station, meet the staff, and apply to get your own show.”

Short Version: 7:30 Thursday, Sept. 16 in Carnegie 204

WRBC 91.5 FM and CHC Present: Dr. Dog

August 28th, 2010 • Concert Calendar, Events • No comments

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 • No comments

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

Short Term Radio Shows

April 11th, 2010 • Uncategorized • No comments

Here is the application for short term radio shows: WRBC Short Term 2010 Radio Show Application

Prof. Mark Semon on The Faculty Lounge, March 22nd 2010

March 22nd, 2010 • Audio, Media, Podcast, The Faculty Lounge • No comments

Recording of Matt Reynolds’ and Tucker Pawlick’s interview with Professor Mark Semon during their weekly radio show, The Faculty Lounge on March 22nd 2010.

Prof. Semon is our first guest from any of the science departments at Bates. He’s been teaching physics at Bates since 1976. We discuss his early intrigue with physics, and the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement.

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