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Dr. Charles G. "Chuck" Bailey Faculty Manager |
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Adam Cavalier Station Manager |
Department E-mails:
- Music Department
- News Department
- All other departments
- General correspondence
DJ Request Line: (304) 696-6651
Talk Show Hotline: (304) 696-3605
Station Manager: (304) 696-2295
Music Director: (304) 696-2295
Faculty Adviser: (304) 696-2294
All Other Directors: (304) 696-6640
Fax: (304) 696-3232
Snail Mail Address:
WMUL-FM
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755-2635
Station's Physical Location:
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No experience is required to volunteer at WMUL! Here are two easy ways to get started:
1. Fill out an online application. A WMUL director will contact you as soon as possible.
2. Attend a department meeting. The directors are more than happy to get you on your way quickly.
Music: Monday @ 8p CB201
Sports: Tuesday @ 9p CB201
News: Wednesday @ 6p CB204
Promotions: Thurs. @ 8:30p CB201
Production: Monday @ 7p CB201
Need directions? Here's a station map. CB201 is labeled "Classroom" on the map, and CB204 is labeled "Staff Room."
Basic Overview
WMUL broadcasts on the FM band at 88.1 MHz and is licensed to the Marshall University Board of Governors. Its studios are located on the second floor of the Communications Building at Marshall University, and its 1150-watt transmitter sits on the roof of the Science Building. WMUL has been broadcasting in the Huntington region since Nov. 1, 1961.WMUL: A Leader in College Radio
Under the leadership of Dr. Charles G. "Chuck" Bailey from 1985 to the present, the station has won more than 900 national and regional awards. That averages to more than 35 awards per year. Here are some tables highlighting our successes.Recent News
WMUL wins second straight Best of Show podcast award
Read full press release (coming soon)
Nov. 8 - The Associated Collegiate Press has awarded WMUL its second straight first place in the Podcast Best of Show category. Both have been for "Herd Roundup," a 30-minute program that the station airs Fridays from 5:30 to 6 p.m., as well as two hours before kickoff of Marshall football games. WMUL has won nine ACP Best of Show awards for broadcast or podcast, including eight for first place, since 1999.
Here are the other organizations that rounded out the top five:
2. Technician, student newspaper at North Carolina State University
3. KSWH "The Pulse" 99.9 FM, student radio station at Henderson State University in Arkansas
4. The Communicator, student newspaper at Spokane Falls Community College in Washington
5. Insight, student magazine at the University of Nevada-Reno
Showcase of West Virginia's famous whitewater rafting wins CBI first place
Nov. 8 - Adam Cavalier's "Whitewater Release" feature story won WMUL's only first-place award at the College Broadcasters, Inc. Convention in Austin last weekend. Four other pieces were named finalists, including play-by-play of a football game, the opening "tease" before a football game, a promo and a documentary.
Partial regular schedule now up, regular programming begins Monday, Sept. 14
View WMUL's Fall 2009 regular schedule
Sept. 10 - Many of our DJs and show hosts have already confirmed times, so we are unveiling the Fall 2009 schedule a little bit early. DJs with Friday and Saturday shifts, keep in mind that your first day will be next week (Sept. 18 or 19), not this week. The streaming schedule will be completed by the weekend.
WMUL gets first SPJ national title in six years
Aug. 29 - Out of 3,600 total entries, WMUL topped one of the 39 categories Friday in Indianapolis. Station manager Adam Cavalier (pictured with MU J-School dean Dr. Corley Dennison) won first place in Radio News Reporting at the highly competitive Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards. WMUL has now had nine national placers in the SPJ awards since 2000.
Charleston Daily Mail's feature on Adam Cavalier
"Marshall student is rated one of best at calling the plays" - DM
Aug. 26 - A WMULer is compared to Tiger Woods. What other enticement do you need to read it?
Five finalists at CBI
Read full list of finalists (scroll halfway down for radio)
Aug. 24 - When some WMUL staffers hit Austin on Oct. 28, they will be backed by another strong showing in the CBI awards. Best Documentary, Best Technical Production, Best News Reporting, Best Sports Play-By-Play and Best Promo are the five entries WMUL has in the running for a shiny, transparent block trophy. Check back in November for the final results.
WMUL receives award for every entry put into Millennium contest
Aug. 6 - WMUL has achieved another rare milestone in an awards contest--a 1.000 winning percentage. All of the 11 entries the station submitted into the Millennium Awards contest in June came back with either a gold (1), silver (7) or bronze (3) award. The one gold award was Ryan Epling's story on Autumn Mitchell's "Backdoor Curve," while last year's MU-Houston and the MU-Memphis football broadcasts were two of the silver awards. All three bronze awards were for news feature stories.
High School Journalism Workshop @ WMUL
July 7 - Aspiring journalists toured Marshall's journalism school a couple of weeks ago to get a glimpse of what college will be like. At WMUL, the aspiring broadcasters of the group had a chance to whet their appetite by anchoring their own version of flagship news program Newscenter 88. Here are the two clips in their unedited entirety.
WMUL surpasses 900 award milestone
June 12 - The record 89 awards won by the all-volunteer staff of WMUL in the 2008-2009 school year bumped the station's all-time total to 906 awards. Exactly 400 of them have been won since 2003.
This school year also marked another new milestone--more than 400 first-place awards all-time. This was achieved by, yes, winning a record 34 firsts in the 2008-09 school year. Here is a year-by-year comparison, including tables.
Cavalier finishes second nationally in coveted Hearst awards competition
June 7 - Marshall broadcast journalism graduate student Adam Cavalier earned $5,000 in cash Saturday evening at the coveted Hearst National Radio Broadcast News Championship held in San Francisco. Cavalier won $4,000 for finishing second in the national competition, and an extra $1,000 award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage.
Cavalier is Marshall's third national placer in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program in the last four years. Jennifer Baileys, now a part of the "Fox In The Morning" team at WDRB-TV in Louisville, finished third in the television competition in 2006. Paul Gessler, now a reporter and sports anchor at WSAZ, finished second in the television competition in 2007.
Cavalier wins Jim Nantz Award; Epling earns honorable mention
June 5 - Adam Cavalier has been named the top sports broadcaster for 2009 among a long list of collegiate sports broadcasters from around the nation. Cavalier beat out five other finalists who were instead named All-Americans.
The Jim Nantz Award, given by the Sports Talent Agency of America, will provide Cavalier with not only a trophy but also a resume portfolio package and a free listing in the company's talent search for a full year.
Ryan Epling received honorable mention honors, putting him among the top 41 collegiate sportscasters in the country.
"Hair from the Herd 2009" shatters last year's donation total
May 1 - The Huntington School of Beauty Culture cut enough hair Apr. 23 to stretch six stories. The official number is 690 inches, or a whopping 57.5 feet, and that number excludes hair not bound into a ponytail.
More than 40 people donated their hair this year, including WMUL operations manager Mike Stanley and WMUL news anchor Neera Doss. An outside reporter covering the event also cut her hair after doing her newsgathering duties. Every participant received a Hair from the Herd T-shirt, as well as a cool-looking WMUL drawstring shoebag that included various goodies.
This was the second year for the event. Last year, more than 20 people donated more than 400 inches of hair to the worldwide organization Locks of Love, who makes wigs for children undergoing chemotherapy and other hair-losing procedures. WMUL would like to thank everyone involved in making this year even better than last.
WMUL featured on CBS College Sports
Jan. 9 - While millions of sports fans were watching the BCS National Championship game, sports director Ryan Epling was giving WMUL some national attention by being featured on CBS College Sports. Since you probably missed it, Here is the full 3-minute clip from Thursday night's Marshall-SMU women's basketball game.