WDCR has continued to make tremendous progress since I took over in the spring. The newest major improvement to WDCR has come in the form of a new automation system. While no students are on-air, from midnight to 6:00 PM every day, the automation computer in the studio chooses from a library of classic rock. This library ranges from the mid-60’s through the late 80’s, and includes such artists as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Who, AC/DC, Aerosmith and Van Halen. The automation gives WDCR its own identity while still allowing all of the previous freedoms associated with student shows on WDCR.



WFRD has been a great help aiding in this technical upgrade, as they have been able to afford to give us a couple of computers to use for the purposes of automation and also to have an internet connected computer for DJ’s to use. This has allowed me to pursue station improvements as well as better promote the station when recruiting DJ’s.

There have also been significant accomplishments in the college variety (student show) portion of the schedule. For the first time in recent memory, WDCR has a full schedule of nighttime student shows, from 6:00 PM to midnight seven days a week. This was due in no small part to the Dartmouth Broadcasting BBQ and the additional recruitment efforts of Zachary Mason ’10, who has been a tremendous overall help in improving the station. We now have 13 new members to the station taking live shifts, almost all of which are freshmen.

There also have been major changes in the way that the music director now processes all new music, as Greg Dona ’10 has taken over as the new WDCR music director. Greg has been listening to and reviewing the new CD’s as they arrive at the station. Then, all DJ’s now receive a weekly e-mail regarding all new music in the station, which has proven to be beneficial.

In the spirit of change, WDCR has also started introducing its new logo. The logo was created with the input of all of the AM DJ’s as well as the Dartmouth Broadcasting directorate. This logo better reflects WDCR as Dartmouth College Radio and has been unanimously considered a major step up from the previous, outdated logo.

All of these in-house improvements have given us the chance to really start promoting the station around campus. This ranges from things as basic to putting up fliers to a live remote broadcast from the Homecoming Bonfire Build. The station as a whole has been a great help in planning and executing such events, and we have received tons of positive feedback in response to both our new image and our growing presence around campus.

Overall, I plan on continuing to improve the station going forward while starting to place a greater focus on air quality, as things have now reached the point in the AM rebuild process that I can now start to look more into the minor details.

Robert Demick '10
WDCR Program Director