The Extra Curricular: WRGW District Radio

This post was written by Jenna Spoont, an SMPA junior studying journalism and mass communication. Jenna is Vice Chair of the UHP Peer Advisors!

Jenna Extra-Curricular 3 — The “Don’t Force It” team after their first show. (From left) Jenna Spoont, Gabriella Morrone, Pat Geiger and Bridger Christian at the radio station. UHPers Gabriella Morrone and Pat Geiger competed – Morrone won the game!

“Welcome to The Monday Memo! In the production booth, I’m Jenna Spoont.”
Hello fellow UHPers! I am a junior from Wayne, Pa., majoring in journalism and mass communication. I am here to talk about WRGW District Radio, the student-run radio station on campus. I am the News Director at WRGW, where I oversee the operations of the News Department. I also host a talk show called “Sunday Brunch” every Sunday from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m and a game show known as “Don’t Force It” (along with a fellow peer advisor, Bridger Christian) every Thursday from 9 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Working at WRGW has been the highlight of my extracurricular participation on campus. The passionate student deejays welcomed me into the college radio family right away. The News Department opened up incredible reporting opportunities for me, such as covering Vice President Joe Biden’s speech on campus, The Fray’s 2013 Colonials Weekend concert and the annual Apple Day Crunch celebration featuring President Steven Knapp and his wife, Diane Knapp.

Jenna Spoont preparing for the first news show of the semester with “The Monday Memo” team.

Every Sunday, I look forward to hosting an hour-long talk show with two of my best friends at GW, Shelly Sharma (a fellow UHPer!) and Jen Romanello. The three of us lived together our first year and we love to spend every Sunday morning talking about pop culture, technology and our lives in general.
Every Thursday, I get so excited to co-host “Don’t Force It” – we have a bunch of different types of games – including guessing obscure animal noises! If you’re interested in competing on the show, let us know – we would love to have you as our guest.
I joined WRGW the first semester of my freshman year. I started off as a beat reporter and anchor in the News Department. At the end of that semester, I was promoted to Assistant News Director and in April 2014, I was appointed to the News Director position.

Jenna Spoont, with Ben Remaly and Martha Ball, at the radio station.

The department is home to over 200 students—including producers, editors, anchors and reporters. We broadcast every weekday from 6-6:30 p.m. I produce the Monday newscast. When not on the air, our reporters cover stories across campus for the website, news.gwradio.com.
If you are interested in joining any department at WRGW, we would love to have you in the radio family! I know a bunch of UHPers who are members of WRGW! The studio is located in room G02 of the Marvin Center. As a member of WRGW, you will learn how to work the audio board, speak clearly and concisely, and broadcast great programming with other members.
WRGW broadcasts live from the studio every day from 8 a.m. – 2 a.m. Tune in at gwradio.com. Please email me at news@gwradio.com if you would like to join the team!