Tufts...and radio

[kristinhaze.livejournal.com]

Hello,

I have been accepted to Tufts for graduate school (Museum Education, specifically) and was wondering if there are any graduate students who post/look at this LJ community or if anyone knows of an LJ community geared towards the Tufts grad. programs. The community journals I found on here for Tufts were primarily made up of undergraduates and incoming Freshmen. I know this is a journal for Davis Square as a whole, so I apologize for getting specifically into the University, but any Tufts grad. students (past, present, or future) out there?

Also, during my undergraduate years I was involved in college free-format radio and am itchin' to get back to it. I was wondering if people listen to the Tufts campus station and what they think of it, is there a presence in the community, etc.

Thanks!

Comments

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

The Tufts station (WMFO) has a significant presence in the community. And, it's rumored, a lot of behind-the-scenes drama. But it's a very high-profile station, and definitely worth getting involved with if you can find the time.

[seaweedgirle.livejournal.com]

MFO is great. I especially like the industrial show on Tuesday nights from 8-10 p.m. Overall, it's a great station!

[bluepapercup]

I went to Tufts for undergrad and stayed in the area afterwards. I wasn't directly involved with WMFO in my time at Tufts but always really enjoyed listening to it. :)

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

I'm in the Theater History PhD program.

This semester we had a seminarcross registered with art/art history that had at least one person from your program.

Tufts is a good place, there isn't any sort of grad school online community for it on LJ though (but there are general grad shcool communities)

[coffeekitty.livejournal.com]

i'll be starting my adventures in grad studenting at the tufts bio dept this summer - so thought i'd say hi :-)

[kristinhaze.livejournal.com]

Hi!

[dreams-of-wings.livejournal.com]

I join the hi-saying, along with everybody else. And just so you know, this is a happily SMALL community - of the people who have already commented/said hello I know three of them. :) (And they are all cool and safe.)
I'm in the English grad program, just finishing my first year and my second round of papers.
And if you want to know about Boston area radio-things generally you should talk to cos who magically seems to know everybody and very nearly everything.
Welcome! If you want to meet people/get a mini-tour of the area/glean random information/whatever, etc, please let me know. I'm very friendly and I don't bite. :)

WMFO and other Boston college radio

[cos]

heh, thanks :)

WMFO 91.5 FM is a pretty good freeform station, but on a very cramped frequency. There's a much more powerful 91.5 FM college station up north (WUML at Umass-Lowell) that reaches into the northern Boston suburbs bordering Medford, and there's the weaker WZLY 91.5 FM at Wellesley College, among others.

Metro Boston is a paradise for college and noncommercial radio. The only places in the country that compete (and I really have searched the radio dial in almost the whole country) are metro NYC and ... actually that's about it. There's a lots of good college and noncommercial radio in Chicago, the Colorado Front Range, and along I-91 in CT and MA, too, but nothing like Boston.

WMFO is one of the few around here that I don't know much about internally, so hopefully someone else will chime in and tell us more. I know WMFO used to broadcast WBRS's live music program The Joint live, the year before I got to WBRS. And that they seem to mostly be off the air at nights and during breaks.

Other local stations that do freeform or could have an opening for freeform, and that let community members join and get shows, include WMBR 88.1 FM (MIT), WBRS 100.1 FM (Brandeis), and WZBC 90.3 (Boston College). There are also some in nearby cities like Worcester (and Lowell, as I mentioned above).

Re: WMFO and other Boston college radio

[kristinhaze.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the info! The freeform/non-commercial station I was at during my precious undergrad years was in upstate NY (Binghamton, NY). It was always a good time. Very interesting to know about WMFO's frequency. Thank you.

[kristinhaze.livejournal.com]

Hi! Thank you! Since late July/early August I've lived in Cambridge (a sublet), Concord (a boyfriend), and now Quincy, which is close to where I work but not too much else. My lease is up at the end of October and I'll be looking for a place MUCH closer to Tufts then...perhaps I'll take you up on your offer for answering questions I have about apartments in the area. Thanks again.