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Station manager Brannon Widdis, left, and Mo Abdullahi, studio engineer. Marc Studer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Douglas Esser
\nUWave Radio, the University of Washington Bothell station, may need another name. Radio hardly describes all the media, programming and community building that takes place through the student-run station in Husky Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video, social media, podcasts and targeted audiences are taking UWave beyond a single format, said Amoshaun Toft, the faculty adviser and an assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences<\/a> (IAS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur students are learning the cutting edge of where digital broadcasting is going. It\u2019s multimedia. It\u2019s live and archived, and it\u2019s engaging specific communities because that\u2019s how media works,\u201d Toft said. \u201cIt is an academic and career trajectory, a creative outlet and expression space.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discovery format <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the slogan \u201cyour voice, your vibe,\u201d UWave students share their opinions, attitudes and favorite music daily. The audio storytelling is an opportunity for listeners to discover ideas and people that are perhaps outside their usual interest areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UWave began as an effort to establish a student-owned, low-power FM station, which was unsuccessful. It then started streaming over the internet in 2012. Listeners simply click on the link on its website<\/a> or on its Facebook<\/a> or Instagram<\/a> accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to be smart about where we\u2019re reaching listeners, but it\u2019s still sound. All the same tools still apply,\u201d Toft said. \u201cIt just may not be coming through your FM dial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople are listening more than ever \u2014 it\u2019s just that they\u2019re listening in different technology and platform formats,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toft has been teaching in the Media & Communications Studies program since 2009 and uses some of his multimedia storytelling courses to connect students to UWave Radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amplifying voices <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Station manager Brannan Widdis (Media & Communications Studies \u201920) is interested in \u201cthe way people connect to each other through talking\u201d and would like to move into a career in radio or related media. He was the promotions director last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Widdis plans to put archived shows on the UWave website and to start producing prerecorded podcasts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a really great environment here at UWave Radio,\u201d Widdis said. \u201cAnyone who is part of it is very open and accepting. We\u2019re just here to have a good time, do some radio and be creative.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studio engineer Mo Abdullahi (Global Studies \u201920), who has a background in technology, is responsible for equipment as well as training new hosts to produce shows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With plans for law school eventually, Abdullahi says he sees UWave Radio as an outlet for his creativity. He plans to launch his own lunch hour show Tuesdays and Thursdays called the Lunch Break. It will feature news about campus events and student interviews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met a lot of international students from places I should have known more about. I\u2019d have them speak about what they want to speak about,\u201d Abdullahi said. \u201cThis is an accepting environment, a diverse environment. We respect all voices, and we want them to amplify theirs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students in charge <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UWave is managed by Student Engagement & Activities. Brenda \u00c4\u0090\u00e0o, staff program manager, supervises the two paid positions \u2014 manager and engineer. She also provides advice on institutional policies and oversees budgets. The student activities fee funds operations, and the student technology fee pays for equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students maintain editorial control of the content. Any student with an idea for music, talk or information programming can apply to host a show. No experience is necessary. They learn to use the equipment on the job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dozens of volunteers produce shows and carry out business, promotions and technology functions. The hands-on experience can lead to jobs in broadcasting, journalism, the arts or social advocacy, \u0110\u00e0o said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun, experimental sandbox where students are in charge, and they can take leadership positions and feel responsibility for this entity that they are creating,\u201d said Toft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tatum Wollum and Alex Farmer, both majors in Media & Communications Studies who graduated in 2019, created the Coffee & Country show, for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show was designed \u201cto bring a little yeehaw into your life\u201d and featured music and interviews with up-and-coming country artists. Last summer, the hosts received press passes to cover the Watershed Festival at The Gorge and posted video clips from the event on Facebook and other social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angelica Mendoza, a 2019 IAS graduate who received the Chancellor\u2019s Medal, created the \u201cTremenda Diosa\u201d (Tremendous Goddess) show. Her mix of music and talk celebrated women of color and shared information to help other first-generation or marginalized students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had people tell me their lives have changed, because they hear themselves,\u201d Mendoza said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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