Orientation Radio

Hard to believe, but HWS Orientation is a little over a month away!   So if you're a first-year student, tune into 105.7FM as you get off the Thruway for Orientation Radio, a news and information service for all incoming HWS students and their families!

Orientation Radio runs from 1am to 12 noon (exact times TBD) on Friday August 27th and provides info like:

• Directions to campus
• Where to park
• Info about temporary one-way roads
• Schedule of events
• Weather forecasts
• Updates about last-minute changes
• ...and much, much more!

Plus, join WHWS out on the Hobart Quad (you'll be going there to check-in at the beginning of the day) as we spin the tunes and generally entertain everyone!

Webcast is Fixed

Not sure what happened there...our account with Live365.com (our webcast hosting firm) switched from "live broadcast"  (simulcasting our FM radio broadcast) to "uploaded playlist".  Since we don't have any uploaded playlists (and normally wouldn't have any), the system just played the default playlist...which is a loop saying it's trying to connect.

Anyways, it's fixed as of 1am on Sunday.  Apologies for the inconvenience!

Musselman Arts Triathlon on WHWS!

Tune in to 105.7FM WHWS on Saturday July 10th for our live marathon broadcast of the MUSSELMAN ARTS TRIATHLON at the Smith Opera House!   WHWS will carry the broadcast from 10am until approximately 6:45pm, when the Geneva Red Wings game begins.   If the game is rained out, we will stay with the Musselman until 10pm.

From the Smith Opera House's website:
We welcome you to explore the second annual "Musselman Arts Triathlon" at the historic Smith Opera House in downtown Geneva. From 10am to 10pm, the stage will feature continuous and spontaneous creations of painting, music, and dance by professional visual and performing arts. Donations to the Smith Opera House are invited in lieu of an admission charge. Co-producing the event are Donna Davenport (dance), Mark Olivieri (music), and Cherry Rahn (painting).

Schedule of Performers 
(subject to change without notice)

10:00 - 10:45	Graham Keir Quartet
10:45 - 11:30	Mike Kaupa w/pianist
11:30 - 12:15	Alden: plays Crumb's Makrokosmos and Debussy
12:15 - 1:00	African Percussion Ensemble
1:00 - 1:45	Musselman Pre-Race Briefing (required for athletes)
1:45 - 2:30	J.J. Kaufmann jazz piano with bassist
2:30 - 3:15	Timmothy Baker plays solo violin
3:15 - 3:45	TBD
3:45 - 4:30	local Geneva talent
4:30 - 5:00	Musselman Pre-Race Briefing (required for athletes)
5:15 - 6:30	Fracas Quartet
6:30 - 7:30	Zuzanna Szewczyk plays and 21st-century piano literature
7:30 - 9:00	Triathlon Contemporary Players: Contemporary new works by living composers: Baker, Bellor, Kelly, Olivieri and others
9:00 - 10:00	Be Here Now Ensemble

Updating our Website - UPDATED

We are in the process of updating the WHWS website to take advantage of Static Pages within Blogger.  Please bear with us as things may look a little weird for a day or two!

UPDATE 06/18/10:  Website changes should be finished.  Now we bug-test for a week or two to make sure everything still works correctly.  If you find a bug, let us know via our Contact Page.

Geneva Red Wings - Twitter Feed for Rain Updates

Hmph. This baseball season is not off to a great start with all the rain outs! Well, to help deal with that, we've added the Geneva Red Wings Twitter feed to our site on the right side there...they'll post info about rain delays or cancellations as they happen!

Geneva Red Wings BASEBALL on WHWS!

Beginning Sunday June 6th at 1:00pm, the 2010 NYCBL baseball season on WHWS kicks off with the Red Wings taking on Utica at home on McDonough Field in Geneva! Tune in to 105.7FM for all the play-by-play!

Listen to the games on the web via TeamLine!

The full schedule of games is posted on the Geneva Red Wings website. Home games (marked in red and purple) will be broadcast on WHWS 105.7FM!

T-Shirt Design CONTEST!!!

It's time for a new look, and WHWS wants YOUR BRIGHT IDEAS!

Design our next t-shirt and win a $50 gift certificate to the Scandling Cafe. Plus a free t-shirt, of course! T-shirts will be ordered over the summer for giveaways during fall semester.

Want more info about WHWS itself? Check out our Wikipedia entry.

THE RULES:

1. Your design must incorporate the WHWS logo, available for download here (black on white) and here (white on black).
2. Your design must say the frequency (105.7FM).
3. Designs that also include the web address (www.whws.fm) and/or the phrase "Hobart & William Smith College Radio" are encouraged.
   
4. Designs must be single-color. (either white on dark color, or black on light color)
5. Submit a vector EPS or high-resolution JPG (1500x1500 pixels at 300dpi, minimum)

The rest is up to you - you're only limited by your imagination!

E-mail your submissions to whws@hws.edu before 5:00pm on May 11th.
Winners will be chosen by WHWS management using whatever criteria they damn well like. All decisions are final. The winning submission becomes the sole property of WHWS.

+ Make Your Mark on the HWS Community!
+ Show Off Your Artistic Genius!
+ See Your Work on the Chests of Hundreds of Fellow Students!

SUBMIT YOUR T-SHIRT DESIGN TODAY!

MOVING UP DAY on WHWS

Friday, April 30th at around 5:30pm tune in to WHWS 105.7FM for MOVING UP DAY!

Held each spring, this academic awards ceremony is one of William Smith College's oldest traditions. Moving-Up Day ceremonially marks the moment when all classes "move up" as seniors "commence" to graduation and leave their class space to the juniors, the juniors to the sophomores, and the sophomores to the first-years.

(note: Moving-Up Day begins at 4:30pm, the lacrosse game begins at 4pm and is expected to finish around 5:30pm. We will tape-delay Moving-Up Day to begin immediately after the lax game ends)

HWS Open House - part deux!

Round two of the HWS Open House is this Saturday April 24th and WHWS will be blowing your mind with free swag and loud music at the Scandling Center.

Join us in Saga cafeteria from 12:15-1:15pm, then 1:15 - 3pm we'll be out in the Fireplace Lounge, same place we do Fridays at the Scandling Cafe every week!

HWS - Humans vs Zombies

BRAAAAAAINSSS....
BRAAAAAAINSSS....
BRAAAAAAINSSS....

The zombies are coming! The zombies are coming!

Actually, the zombies are HERE!

The first ever HWS HvZ tournament is underway at 1:00am Friday morning, with 81 fresh victims resistance fighters in the game vs one Original Zombie...but the odds are bound to change! Can the humans survive the next two weeks?

Follow the action here: http://hws.hvzsource.com/players.php
or at the Facebook page, too.

Come see WHWS at the HWS Open House!

Stop by the Scandling Student Center on Saturday April 17th and 24th, both from 1:15 to 3:00pm to chat with WHWS student & professional staff as we attempt to lure prospective students into our trap show off how awesome it is to work in radio at WHWS! :-)

We'll be available to answer any questions and we'll probably have some cool station swag to give away, too! Do I smell free t-shirts...???

Featured Artist: ALEX TORRES & His LATIN ORCHESTRA!

Every hour from 11am to 12mid you'll hear a track from Alex Torres and His Latin Orchestra. Why? Because they're our featured artist and they're coming to The Smith Opera House to play live on Saturday April 23rd at 8pm...that's why! :-)

Tickets available at thesmith.org or call (315) 781-LIVE

Formed October 1980 in Amsterdam, NY (just west of Albany - fellow upstaters!) this 11 piece orchestra is led by the Bronx-born bassist Alex Torres. They have been presented by hundreds of festivals, performing arts centers and events annually to perform their original blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms such as Salsa, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Bomba, Plena and Latin Jazz.