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In Seven Daysies Best of Vermont Yearly Survey WRUV is honored to have been nominated for ‘Best Radio Station’ as well as ‘Best College Radio Station’ in the Seven Daysies 2015 Yearly Best of Vermont Survey! And not just that, but WRUV’s very ...

What brought you to WRUV? Fellow WRUV DJ, Aly Perry (Forever is Just a Day, Soundsmith Radio), is the person responsible for getting me hooked on radio. We worked at a farm together in the summer of 2014 and she was hosting Forever is Just a Dayat the time. She always talked

An interesting article was posted in the Burlington Free Press about the music industry of Vermont, featuring WRUV’s very own DJ Joanna Thomas! Hear what different musicians have to say about making a living off of their talents in such a sparsely populated state.

What brought you to WRUV? I’d always kinda thought it would be cool to have a show but I never got fully motivated until this semester. I basically think I just found some really amazing music over the last year or so and I felt like I needed to share it. Simple as ...

What brought you to WRUV? My love of making mix CDs for my friends brought me to WRUV. I wanted to make mix CDs for the world, but that was gonna be too expensive and distribution seemed impossible, so here I am, a DJ at Burlington’s better alternative. Tell us about ...

Name: Audrey Homan DJ name: DJ Sacramento Show name: Undercover Lover Time of Show: Wednesdays, 10pm-midnight Top 5 Tracks: 1. “True Stories” – Datarock 2. “Dance the Magic Dance” – Vourteque 3. “Thunderstruck” – 2CELLOS ...

What brought you to WRUV? I remember when I came to admitted student’s day my parents and I were passing the station on a tour and my mom said, “Wow, it would be so cool to be aDJ!”  I determined she was right so I signed up for DJ Training. I didn’t come into training with ...

What brought you to WRUV? I had just moved to Vermont at the time of DJ training in February 2014. I was in that newcomer stage where you want to check out what’s interesting in the new place, get involved in a couple neat things — one of the first things I did ...

WHAT BROUGHT ME TO WRUV: During my childhood, I decided to become a DJ “when I grow up” after listening to Casey Kasem (who had weekly countdown show on top 40 radio for years), plus music was (and still is) my number one love.  It’s a dream I retained to the end of my ...

What brought you to WRUV? Radio played a huge part in my own little musical naissance. For my 10th birthday I was gifted a stereo with a tape deck that could record through a tiny mic installed on its front panel. I’d spend hours listening to Boston’s alt rock radio station ...

What brought you to WRUV? I lost my job in June of 2010 and I needed some inspiration and direction. Two days later I attended WRUV’s DJ training and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made! I had a love for international music and I just needed a creative ...

What brought you to WRUV? The music definitely brought me to WRUV. I first heard WRUV when I visited UVM last spring, and I was instantly hooked. I’ve always had an affinity for good underground music, and WRUV allows me to kinder that interest at the same time as spreading ...