Welcome to a new addition of the managers desk. WXUT has been moving in forward with a lot of progress. There has been growth in the number of DJs that are part of the radio station. Adobe be audition has been installed on the main computer and the production computer, if you are unsure of how to use it but have used the old version please let me know otherwise there is a help button that takes you to an operating manual. If you would like to record promos get in touch with the production director Tyler his email can be found on the contacts page. Tomorrow we will be purchasing some promotional items so that we have things to give away at events. Also I meet with the person that is in charge of putting music fest together, if anyone has any input or ideas for music fest let me know I will be able to voice any ideas or concerns from previous years. WXUT Is going to do everything we can to be a bigger part of Music Fest this year as last year we were not as involved as we would have liked.

Hello Everyone it is time for another installment of the Station Managers Blog. First let me say what I have been since the last installment, mostly I have been putting all of my efforts into trying to find a new engineer. I have had a few people contact me about it and will soon be interviewing them for the position. Then I contacted the engineering co-op office and I am working with them to get some info about students that are interested. Also later this week I will be upgrading our version of Adobe Audition which is what we use to record shows and anything else that needs recorded. There are two upcoming events in February that WXUT has been reserved for the first is the 23rd from 11Am-2PM, and the other is the 28th from 6PM to 8PM. If anyone is interested in DJ-ing for these events please get back to me and we can set up a time to show you how to use the remote equipment. Even If you can not do those events but think you might be interested in the future please set up a time with me so we can show you how to use the remote equipment.

Hello everyone. I hope that you all had a wounderful break and that you are all well rested and ready to start a new semester (that we are a week into already). We were having some issues with our transmitter but they have all been resolved. We have been constantly making improvements to the radio station. Currently we are without an engineer and are working on finding a new engineer. We will be conducting interviews hopefully within the next week or two at the latest. We have added some more new DJs working towards filling our time spots.

It is time for another addition, since it has been a while since I posted. At WXUT we are always trying to make things better for our DJ’s and keep up with commercial and other non-commercial stations. Lately we have been making a lot of these changes to keep the station up to professional standards. Currently I am working on putting together a proposal to get the station the funding we need to do a much needed remodel of our space. If you have ever been in our studio you would see the outdated soundproofing on the walls that is falling off the walls. You would also notice that it is pretty small which makes it difficult to conduct live interviews with bands. All of these issues and others will be addressed. Should you have anything you should like me to examine please feel free to email me at wxutmgr@gmail.com.

Ok I hope you have all noticed that on the right side of the website you can now see what is playing whenever the automation is playing. We had  slight mishap with an event but ended up making our own event in the Mall by playing some jams and accosting Freshman. There is a bonfire tonight the 18th at 9:30 in the flat lands so come hang out with us there where we will be rocking it out all night. The new school year is only a few days away so I hope everyone is ready and pumped up for it. Don’t forget that Music Fest 2011 is august 31st 2:45PM start time goes until about 11.

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WXUT was born November second 1990, that is when the station went on the FM air waves at 88.3 on the dial. Before that the station was called WERC and could only be heard in the dorms. WXUT is run by students at The University of Toledo, we are a non-commercial educational station. We invite students pursuing any major to join, as well as alumni and professors. WXUT used to have professional members however is currently run entirely by students. WXUT is overseen by a faculty adviser and the Dean of Students Office. WXUT currently shares the air with WXTS licensed to the Toledo public schools. WXUT is licensed to the University of Toledo board of trustees. . Please contact management with any questions. Information about WERC can be found in the University archives housed in the Canaday Center located in Carlson Library.

Welcome to the first edition of Stuff Dudes Like. Stuff Dudes Like is a blog derived from its title. SDL will feature four different categories: Entertainment, Transportation, Brews, and Gear. This is a very special first edition, so grab your reading spectacles (if they are not already on) and get ready to lust over some of the best tools to survive in the zombie apocalypse.

You wake up for the usual 9-5 grind and turn on the TV. Playing on every channel is the Emergency Alert System. Looking out your window you see a platoon of the undead swarming your neighborhood. Thankfully you’ve prepared for a situation just like this.

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Reaching to your right you find your trusty GORUCK GR2 bag. What’s good about this thing? Well when the creator is an ex-special forces guy named “Jason” you can put your trust in this piece of gear not letting you down. It features 1000D CORDURA, MOLLE compatible grid, a laptop pocket, and a hydration bladder compartment. Don’t take off without it.

Thankfully you’re storing a 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser in your garage. Sure Toyota had some braking issues over the past year but those are a luxury when zombies are in town (hint, hint). The Cruiser will be your moving house till the cure is found. Featuring over 81 cubic feet of storage with the rear seats down, that’s home. Of course there is plenty of space up front to strap on a push (zombie) bar, flood lights, and armor.

You have an array of weapons stored in the back of your Land Cruiser but most of those feature almost non-renewable resources. Ammunition. A machete can be your best friend in the toughest of times. I’ll leave those details up to your imagination. Nothing says surviving the zombie apocalypse like a machete that can be found at your local Wal-Mart (if it isn’t swarming with the living dead already).

Sure you may not want to know what time it is when there is no one left but you, but when you have the Kobold Soarway GMT on your wrist you can’t do anything but look down. Worn by special forces and Secret Service agents alike the GMT is assembled in what used to be Pennsylvania and is powered by a Swiss automatic-winding movement so batteries will never be needed.

Once normal grocery store food goes bad you’ll have to rely on your MREs or Meals Ready to Eat. MREs feature a shelf-life of five years, so no rush. Each MRE features an entree, snack, dessert, drink mix, and condiment pack. If you’re lucky enough to rip open a meal requiring heat the MRE packs a self-heating system to bring your meal to the optimum temperature.

One of those bastards got you. You reach into your GR2 and find your Combat Gauze right where you left it. Packing your wound the bleeding stops almost instantly. As you drift into a sleep you feel bright lights splashing down onto you. The US military has come to your aide with an injection of the zombie DNA killing serum.

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What have I been up to? What a kind question. In the past few weeks of lackluster blogging on the site (myUT bloggers ball is in your court) we’re hopefully back in action. In the past few weeks I’ve been settling into External Affair’s University Communications office, doing many different online content tasks and seeing UT behind-the-scenes action. I hope to secure a position here after awhile or with The University of Oregon (one can modestly dream big) in their office of Marketing & Brand Management.

What’s up next on my schedule? Well this week TEAM WXUT including myself will be participating in Relay for Life 2010 in the Rec Center from Friday to Saturday. Then on Saturday evening I will be DJing some-sort of dance sponsored by RSA.