The cleverest and most eclectic stop on the dial—featuring everything from indie rock to reggae to blues—is a safe haven from Lady Gaga’s and Ke$ha’s overcooked tracks.
Since 1949, Emerson College’s radio station has been student-run, making it a revolving door of young talent both in front of and behind the microphone. “So many radio stations today are just jukeboxes programmed by corporate offices hundreds of miles away,” says Program Director Katie DiMartile. “At WERS we have retained our souls.”
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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