31 October 2009 :: Program Guide
Our Fall 2009 Program Guide is up! View it in the programming section. Also, here is a nice picture of WMCN's good friend, Aaron.
30 October 2009 :: Webcast
WMCN's world renowned webcast is back on the horse after some time spent on the IR. To access our webcast and hear what's going on at the station, click on the radio to your right...
25 September 2009 :: Apply Now
To apply for a radio show, please follow this link
Applications are due by Monday, October 5th at 10PM
May 13, 2009
From all of WMCN's graduating seniors... Bye WMCN, we'll miss you.
May 6, 2009
Before We Go
WMCN is off the air for the summer, but before we bid you adieu, we have our last charts of the semester and audio from Big Quarters' live performance last week.
Check back here in the coming days for new staff announcements and a heartfelt goodbye from your webmaster.
April 25, 2009
Sims from Doomtree dropped by the station on Thursday. Cameras were rolling:
Photos from the performance can be found in our gallery. Don't forget those staff applications, due in two days!
April 15, 2009
Now Hiring
WMCN staff positions for the 2009-2010 academic year are now open! If you'll be a Macalester student next year and love college radio, then you should most definitely apply for one of the many distinguished positions now available. You can download the application here, and return it by e-mail or to the station door by April 27. If you're interested in a paid managerial position, contact current management as soon as possible.
April 6, 2009
More Pictures & More
TQD from Background Noise Crew dropped by the station for a live performance last Thursday. Here's the proof:
All is well at WMCN. We have new charts, a webcast strong and clear, and we'll soon be announcing staff openings for the 2009-2010 academic year. A new decade for WMCN...the 2010s...how great it will be... Check this space for updates.
Liner Notes is on our blog. Morrissey is in our city.
March 26, 2009
Sorry to keep you waiting...
Webcasting is back!
March 22, 2009
WMCN returns from spring break tomorrow morning. In the meantime, we have updated concert listings and new photos.
March 17, 2009
Ticket Giveaway
Tune in to WMCN on Saturday, March 28 from 6 to 8 pm for a chance to win free tickets (and free camping passes) to the 10,000 Lakes Festival this summer. The four-day event will be held July 22 to 25 in Detroit Lakes, MN, and featured performers include Wilco, Dave Matthews Band, Gomez, Mason Jennings, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Honeydogs, Trampled by Turtles, and more!
March 14, 2009
Bad News (Bears)
We're off the air. Or is that good news, because it's spring break? If it is indeed bad news, then the good news is that we'll be returning on Monday, March 23 with our regular programming.
February 23, 2009
Regeneration
We have new things: a complete program guide; first charts of the new semester.
In other news, Orikal and Analyrical dropped by the station for a live performance during last Thursday night's edition of The Hip Hop Providers. It looked like this:
You can watch part of the performance here:
Or listen to the whole thing here. More photos in our gallery. And more fabulous content on our blog.
February 16, 2009
Los Macalesterinos!
We are on the air! We are webcasting! We have updated staff listings! We have a new edition of our newsletter! We will have a complete spring semester program guide before next weekend is over!
February 10, 2009
Spring 2009 concert listings (pics and quips coming soon). We launch in six days!
January 27, 2009
Sound Salvation
They'll have to move Valentine's Day to February 16, because that's the day that WMCN, heart overflowing with love, returns to the air for spring semester. We need new DJs to carry our amorous torch. Could it be you? If you think so, fill out our online application, or pick up a paper copy at the Info Desk, station door, or tomorrow at lunchtime in the basement of the Campus Center. All applications are due no later than February 9 at 10 pm. See you soon!
December 8, 2008
Fa La La La La (La La La La)
WMCN is now off the air for winter break. Thank you to all our DJs, staff, and listeners for an excellent semester, and a very special thanks to all those artists who came to our humble station this fall to play a live set. We'll be doing more of this in the months to come.
Check back here during the break for expanded audio and video content, and in January for information about spring semester DJ applications. New charts coming soon, as soon as CMJ overcomes their web difficulties.
'Tis the season for some top ten love. Read our blog.
November 25, 2008
HALEY BONAR!
St. Paul beauty and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Haley Bonar will be dropping by the station for a live performance at 8 pm this evening. Finally, a sequel to her enchanting performance in the Campus Center three years ago, when I was a lowly first-year and all my guy friends seemed to have a crush on her. Tune in! The webcast works.
Speaking of that Haley Bonar performance in 2005...Eric Anderson opened then, and only three days ago, he played our fall concert in the art gallery in support of Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps. That show was a great success and bodes well for future station-sponsored events outside of the studio.
Here are some photos from the Big Quarters performance on WMCN last month. More can be found in our gallery.
Take notes from our blog.
November 22, 2008
WMCN Presents...
Live in Macalester's art gallery tonight, starting at 10 pm:
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps
Cataldo (featuring Mac grad Eric Anderson)
Fun will be had!
Also, here's one more for the archives, Kritical Kontact on WMCN on November 14.
Our long-gestating reviews section is in the process of being constructed, with high quality materials from our newsletter and elsewhere. Take a peek!
November 13, 2008
Archivin'
Click the links for two more recent live performances in the WMCN studios: Green Sketch (September 26) and JSL from 301 Studios (November 7), who was kind enough to play a set even when his pal Rek the Heavyweight couldn't make it. Up next: Kritical Kontact tomorrow at 8 p.m., and Margaret Stutt from 10 a.m. to noon on November 16.
All of our archived in-station performances can now be found in one place. How convenient!
Our webcast has been hit-or-miss recently. We're working on it. Continued apologies...
November 2, 2008
Charlie Parr is here...
...in the form of an mp3. Listen to last month's fantastic in-station performance right here. Don't forget new charts and a new edition of Liner Notes, featuring a WMCN rock director tell-all. This and all future copies can also be found in the periodical racks outside Cheapo!
We hope to have webcast difficulties resolved soon. Sorry for the interruption.
October 26, 2008
Up Next
Upcoming live performances in the WMCN station:
REK THE HEAVYWEIGHT (Spawn from Atmosphere): November 7th, 8-10 p.m.
KRITICAL KONTACT: November 14th, 8-10 p.m.
Check out new charts, in which The Replacements make an appearance for the first time in decades, probably (but not for new material). J Mascis has also returned.
October 12, 2008
Big Quarters on WMCN. Listen right here.
A new edition of Liner Notes will be arriving on shelves and blogs tomorrow (and maybe at Cheapo too)!
October 9, 2008
As Seen On Blog
The great Charlie Parr played a one hour set in the station on Sunday, and here are the video clips to prove it. Here he is with a song called "Come Along and See":
This one's lower resolution, but its Charlie Parr index is very high. It's called "Last Payday at Coal Creek":
That's WMCN's own Andrew Berger introducing Mr. Parr out of view of the camera. Andrew could write a much more knowledgeable appreciation of the man's music than I could muster, so I won't attempt it. More video and audio coming soon.
October 2, 2008
Big audio dynamite
Here's the promised audio from last Friday's live performance by Sarah Johnson in the WMCN studio. More stuff coming soon. We'll also be hosting the legendary Charlie Parr in the station this Sunday, so stay tuned for that.
September 25, 2008
The Word Is Out
Listen in for two more live performances from the WMCN studio tomorrow (Friday) night. Around 7 pm, Twin Cities band Sarah Johnson will be dropping by for DJ Arella Vargas' local rock show, and hip-hop group Green Sketch will grace the airwaves during Music Director Nolan Levenson's show from 8-10 pm. Check back here in the coming days for video and audio from the performances.
September 21, 2008
Inaugural Live Performance
Twin Cities singer songwriter Jeremy Messersmith dropped by the station last night for a special live performance. We videotaped the whole thing, and one song already "leaked" on YouTube (see above, and pardon the extraneous noise). We hope to post more video and audio soon, and of course, this is only the first in a series of in-station shows that WMCN will be hosting throughout the year. Don't miss Jeremy at the Varsity Theater this Thursday for his CD release show.
Also, check out our fall semester program guide, and our first CMJ charts of the new radio year. DJs, let us know if you see any problems with your program guide description.