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In an effort not to clog your News & Twitter feeds, here’s the remainder of the 2011-2012 WQAQ Superlative Winners! Thanks to Tom and Gerry, and Scotty, for helping me with these earlier today!

This year at WQAQ has been so much fun, and I’ve had a blast getting to know our management and staff members. They’re the reason everyone was crying at our last staff meeting yesterday, the reason our events were so successful this year, and the reason there are never enough chairs in the station. 

THAT BEING SAID:

Best Dancer: Scotty “Ballroom Princess” Wong

Worst Potential Transfer: Tom “SUNY” LoPresto

Best Facial Hair: Gerry “11 out of 10” D’Apollo

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Because we’ve had one fabulous college radio week. 

First of all, thanks again to everyone who came out to Festapalooza last Friday! It was one of the best events WQAQ has hosted in recent history, and featured crowd surfing, beach balls, dancing, broken glasses, and first-pumping. It was magical. Not in a romantic way. But definitely in a college radio/punk rock sort of way. (Thanks also to our staff members who helped set up, and stayed to clean up until 1:30am.)

Check out the event review via Quad News here!

On Saturday, WQAQ management & staff members attended the first annual (?!) student media banquet. General Manager Kyle Murphy impressed everyone with a heart-warming speech, announced that Music Director Benjamin Goodheart had won the election for next year’s GM, and honored other managers with prestigious awards. I won “Most Hummus Consumed in the WQAQ Office.”

(Photo Credit: Trish Hibner)

Throughout the week our managers hosted info sessions on their positions for staff members who are running for management next year. So far we’ve got an awesome group of contenders. General staff: you don’t want to miss next week’s meeting!

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Then come to Festapalooza, hang out with Titus Andronicus and Bomb the Music Inudstry, and fit in with all the other free things!

Free music, free food, and just announced: a FREE raffle for a $500 acoustic guitar, courtesy of Brian’s Guitars in Hamden CT. Don’t miss out! And if you’re a non-QU student, tickets are only $5.

https://www.facebook.com/events/266383170116387/

Currently listening to 98.1 WQAQ via itunes. It’s still beautiful. Get it here if you haven’t already!

Now you have no reason not to check out our awesome lineup of Thursday night shows.

6pm-7pm: Bobcat Sportscast

7pm-8pm: Sports Talk with Small & Tall

8pm-10pm: The Inferno

10pm-11pm: The Time Machine

11pm-12am: The Night Before

12am-1am: Rocking & Ranting

I don’t even follow professional or college sports (sans baseball) and I enjoy these two sports shows. And The Time Machine with our DJ Dylan Pollack is always super fun. He puts a lot of thought into his show so check it out!

It’s our second week back from spring break, and WQAQ couldn’t be more ready for the remainder of the spring semester! In addition to our upcoming spring concert on April 20 featuring Titus Andronicus, we’re excited to be a part of Quinnipiac’s 3rd annual Big Event.

The Big Event started in 1982 at Texas A&M University as a way for college students to give back to their surrounding communities. It became a Quinnipiac tradition in spring 2010. Students are divided into teams and sent to various locations, ranging from food banks to local schools to public parks and everything in-between, and complete one day of service.

Last year WQAQ had a team of 20 and we spent the day cleaning up Edgarton Park in New Haven. We gave back and had a ton of fun in the process! If you’re a student at QU and weren’t able to sign up this year, I highly recommend being part of a team next spring!

WQAQ is now streaming MP3, not the normal .WAV it has been since its birth online. 

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You can now enjoy WQAQ all the time, with none of the .WAV hassle!