Radio To Rock Yeshiva Airwaves

WYUR, the Yeshiva University student run radio station, began test its broadcasting this week for the first time in over three years. After being shut down in 1995 due to equipment problems and lack of financial resources, WYUR plans to commence full operations in the coming week.

After months of planning and installations, the technical aspects of the radio station were completed early this summer. Renovations costing in the thousands were needed to restore the station to complete functionality.

A carrier-current station, WYUR requires that buildings receiving broadcasts are telephone wired and equipped with transmitters to redirect the thirty-watt radio waves through the restricted listening area. Currently, all dormitory buildings on the Uptown and Midtown Campuses are equipped to carry WYUR transmissions.

Eli Gurock, WYUR's co-station manager, is currently compiling a list of shows that will make up the station's programming. The selectivity of the programs will be strict. Gurock will not only examine proposals for relevance and content, but live auditions will also be conducted to ensure quality and appropriateness of shows. "We are having DJ auditions next Tuesday and Wednesday from 8-2, check the flyers around campus and sign up for a slot. Stop by, show us what you got," said Gurock.

While the official schedule has not yet been completed, the station managers are attempting to complete a lineup that represents the full range of Yeshiva and Stern College interests. Among the types of shows being planned are music, serious and fun-talking call-in shows, live campus events including sports events YCSC functions and shiurim.

Nachum Segal, a YU Alumnus and one of the most popular Jewish radio personalities in the country, initiated his professional communications career while working as a D.J. for WYUR.

The "resurrection" of the Yeshiva radio station affords students the unique ability to bring together all factions of the greater student body. With overwhelmingly positive student response and administrative support, the radio station possesses the promise and foundation to become a driving force in the Yeshiva world.