2010-01-22

New Person's Meeting January 28th!

If you've ever thought about getting involved in college radio, now's the time!

We'll be having our Spring New Person's meeting Thursday, at 7:00 PM in room 101 of the Campus Center (that's in the basement next to the station!). 

Come down and see how you can start getting involved in any or all of our departments, including Music, Sports, News, Publicity, Sales, Production, & Fundraising!

2009-11-28

The UMass womens basketball team defeated the Rice Owls 71-57 in semi-finals of the Wyndham Miami Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday night. The win pushed them into the championship game where they will face the University of Miami on Saturday night at 7PM. Tune in to WMUA 91.1FM at 6:45 to catch the pregame show featuring Head Coach Marnie Dacko as the team prepares to take on the Hurricanes.

If you aren't in the Pioneer Valley don't worry, you can still catch the game with our online Stream

2009-11-10

Big Weekend in UMass Sports on WMUA 91.1FM!

Tune in to WMUA 91.1 this weekend for a full slate of UMass athletics action starting on Friday night as UMass hockey takes on visiting Hockey East rival UNH at 7PM. Former New Jersey Devils and Albany River Rats broadcaster John Hennessy will call the game with veteran color analyst Brock Hines. The Massattack are off to a great start to season and come in 6-1 overall and 3-1 in Hockey East. Both teams currently sit near the top of the Hockey East standings early in the season, with the Minutemen in second and Wildcats in third.

Saturday kicks off with the UMass football team hosting visiting James Madison at 12PM. UMass is in a must win situation to have a chance to make the FCS playoffs at the end of the season. Then it's round 2 of UMass and UNH on the ice at 7PM Saturday night. The weekend wraps up with the UMass Minutewomen basketball team opening up their 2009-2010 season against in state rival Boston University. Once again, WMUA will be providing flagship coverage of the Minutewomen all season long.

All games will begin with the North Amherst Motors pregame show, starting 15 minutes before the start of the game.

If you aren't in the Pioneer Valley don't worry, you can still catch the games with our online stream! We will be live tweeting from the games! Follow the WMUA twitter!

2009-11-06

WMUA-FM is looking for a talented, motivated individual ideally with a strong background in sales to apply to for the position of Sales & Underwriting Director for the Spring term.  The Sales & Underwriting Director is in charge of selling air-time to local business.  Interested applicants should submit a resume to General Manager Dana Evernden, either by email, or by leaving a hard copy in person at 105 Campus Center.

Sales & Underwriting Director Job Description

Any questions should be directed to Dana.

2009-11-03

This fall, WMUA will host over 15 different vendors selling a wide variety of vinyl records along with CDs and other miscellaneous objects relating to music (T-shirts, posters, etc.).  There will be WMUA DJs spinning records in the Cape Cod Lounge. Doors open at 11am.

For more information, contact Yoni Glaser at funddrive@wmua.org or by phone at (413) 545-2876.

2009-11-01

Program applications for the Winter and Spring programming schedules can be found here.

Questions/concerns regarding applications should be addressed to the Program Director.

2009-10-13

On behalf of everyone here at 91.1FM, we’d like to thank the 800 listeners who pledged over $38,000 during our recent fund drive. These pledges will go towards purchasing and maintaining the equipment we need to provide the pioneer valley with the alternative music, news, and UMass sports programming that can be found nowhere else but wmua.

If you did not pay by credit card, you will be receiving a letter in the mail shortly. Please return your check in the enclosed envelope. We will then send you your gift.

If you’d like to contribute to wmua and didn’t have a chance, simply mail us a check to:

Wmua Fund Drive
105 Campus Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
01003

Contact: Yoni Glaser, funddrive@wmua.org, 413-545-2876

2009-09-27

WMUA, with the help of some highly skilled professionals, is gonna help you keep warm this Fall with a free concert of electronic and dance music on Saturday, October 17th. WMUA djs DOUBLE DAD (Alex from Strange Light & Gabriel from MYNDBLYNDRZ) warm up the house with some funky dance jamz spanning time and space, then local electronic maestros ERIC HNATOW and SUNRISE SWORDS will work the knobs and lock in the grooves. Finally, Providence, RI's SAN SERAC will bring you back to the future with his decade-hopping synth-pop, combining elements of glam, funk, pop and experimental all in one awesome electronic pastiche. Better start working on those moves now, kiddies.

This event is FREE, all ages and open to the public. The concert will be held in Room 105 of the Student Union Center (aka EarthFoods Cafe). The turntables start spinning at eight, don't be late!