Dartmouth Broadcasting made good strides in campus notoriety on the consecutive weekends of April 17th and April 24th helping our friends on the first floor of Robinson Hall by donating remotes at the First Annual Ledyard River Festival and the 63 Annual Woodsmen's Weekend.

To the left, DB Directorate members AM PD Shirine Sajjadi '11, GM Schuyler Evans and News Director Madison Rezaei '12 pose for a picture at the River Festival.

This is our normal remote set up, connecting our tuner to our Fender unit... however, we brought out the stops for next weekend.

FM PD David 'Hoagie' Kastner '12 surveying the 99Rock remote equipment for the big remote the following weekend... we were planning on supplying enough watts to allow the DOC announcers to reach every participant on the Dartmouth Green.











Hoagie manning the 99Rock Tent at the Woodsmen's Weekend.





















As can be seen in this photo, the equipment set up was a bit unique. Our fender unit was about 10 feet off the ground and hidden by the gigantic plywood lumberjack.











Dartmouth Broadcasting was pleased to participate as a sponsor the 63rd annual Woodsmen's weekend on the Green at Dartmouth in the 100th year of the Dartmouth Outing Club. With over 30 teams from throughout the northeast, the Broadcasting staff witnessed an impressive array of skill in events ranging from chopping to log rolling to birling to an obstacle course.








Production Director Matt Knight '11 hanging out at the Green.

DCR presents the Chris Chavis experience featuring Chris Chavis '12. Dartmouth Broadcasting continues to serve as a medium for cross campus dialogue.



David Kastner '12 showing the students the ropes in the DCR Studio.







Students prepare for their debut and have a little fun while they're at it.

As part of Dartmouth Broadcasting's new recruitment effort, members of the "Rock Squad" toured campus spreading the word about the station as well as taking photos for a new marketing campaign.








The Rock Squad takes a stroll down Mass Row.





The Squad, from left to right. Matt Knight '11, Jeremy 'J-Seitz' Seidling '09, Schuyler 'Sketch' Evans '10, Tony Quincy '11, Heath Cole, David 'Hoagie' Kastner '12

Dartmouth Broadcasting welcomed the Dartmouth Class of 2013 during the annual Dimensions open house and activities fair. Prospective students enjoyed recording voiceovers for WFRD and WDCR as well as conversing with our staff. Over 100 students experienced the sights and sounds of the station.

Our Homebrew Staff - host Phil 'Cheese Steak' Aubart '10 and Executive Producer Dave Lumbert '12 had Soul Octane Burner in the studios for an interview for Homebrew.

Over the past few weeks the station has seen new growth, especially in Programming and News. We began the 'book' (ratings period) on April 2nd, only four days after the spring term began. In the past 10 days we have instituted a few major programming changes on air, have almost completely filled up time slots 24-7 on WFRD 99Rock and are preparing to launch the 'hourly' News Whips this week.

Our major programming changes involved moving two week day features, our request show known as '99Rock's Happy Hour' and a new music feature 'The 3 O'clock Rock Block' onto the weekends. Along with expanding some of our established features, we also added the 'Absolutely Live' Concert Series where we play recorded concerts during Saturday nights hosted by one of our jocks, currently Social Director Phil 'CheeseSteak' Aubart '10.

We have received at least 20 new names in the past few weeks of potential Dartmouth Broadcasting staff, ranging from sportscasters, newscasters, jocks and behind the scenes staff such as a photographer and Executive Producer of Homebrew Dave Lumbert '12. The new recruits came to the station mostly through our open house, job fair remote, campus wide blitzes and word of mouth.






Schuyler 'Sketch' Evans '10
General Manager

This year 99Rock cosponsored The Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt put on by Tri-Kap fraternity. We showed our support by appearances by many of the 99Rock on air staff - all week shifters (Shirine, Sketch, Hoagie and Matt Knight) along with Homebrew Executive Producer Dave Lumbert '12 and photographer Ben Gonin '12.
















Schuyler 'Sketch' Evans '10
General Manager

FM Program Director David 'Hoagie' Kastner '12, AM Program Director Shirine Sajjadi '11 and I spent Saturday April 4th on a remote in Chelsea Vermont for the 'Cabin Fever Breakout,' concert in support of the Orange County Parent Child Center based out of Chelsea which provides necessary support for local families. On the way to the remote we drove past a monster truck intended for the Vermonster 4x4 which is coming up May 2nd. It was raining/snowing but I forced Hoagie to hop out of my vehicle and snap some pictures of the steel beast.









Schuyler 'Sketch' Evans '10
General Manager

Our first week back this term was extremely intense. We had one open house, one remote and a band in the studios in the first four days of school. Our open house brought in a few students, including our newest directorate member, News Director Madison Rezaei '12.






Schuyler 'Sketch' Evans '10
General Manager