General Body Meetings: Last Thursdays at 7pm
General Manager— Aidan Appelson
What I do: I am in charge of staff and most executive functions of WMUC! I run GBMS and EBMs as well as usually starting events and new things to branch out to for the station
Ask me questions about: Who on staff to contact about your specific question or if you have an idea about how something could be changed around WMUC
Email: wmucgm@gmail.com
Programming Director— Molly Szymanski
What I do: All things DJ! In charge of training, scheduling, making sure logs and playlists are done, keeping everything FCC clean and fun
Ask me questions about: Your radio show, becoming a DJ, FCC or Spinitron questions
Office hours: Tuesdays 3-4pm (station/zoom)
Email: programmingwmuc@gmail.com
Operations Director– Gem Miller
What I do: all things about the Physical Station and management stuff for the live room, rec studio and listserve!! I also do swipes which I am most often asked about
Ask me questions about: swipes babey also booking!!
Email: wmuc.ops@gmail.com
Business Manager— Joy Lee
What I do: Manage $$$, request money from SGA, organize meetings, and other secretarial things like managing TerpLink, digital files, and subscriptions!
Ask me questions about: Spending WMUC funds, requesting funds for WMUC, Terplink, and activities we can host as a station!
Relevant Forms: General Body Budget Request Form
Email: wmuc.biz@gmail.com
Phone: 410-818-8207
Team Meetings: (#business-team in Slack)
Relevant Channels: (#budget-request)
Team Meetings: Tuesdays at 8pm (Outreach, Social Media, Events, and Video)
Slack Channel: #comms-team
Comms Director— Daniella Locatis
What I do: Oversee all comms functions (outreach, social media, promos, graphics/zine), organize comms meetings and content/event planning!
Ask me questions about: any comms team function
Email: wmucpromos@gmail.com
Promotions Directors— Apurva Mahajan and Aidan Gooding
What I do: Support the press committee sourcing, covering, and publishing about local music events in the DMV area
Ask me questions about: Doing press coverage for your favorite band
If I don’t answer, reach out to me on slack again (I really appreciate reminders)
Email: wmucpromos@gmail.com
Community Outreach Director– Tuvia Reback
What I do: I am the king of fundraisers, PSA’s for the station and general outreach to the UMD community and to everyone. Best reached by slack or email! wmuc.outreach@umd.edu
Ask me questions about: Creating PSA’s for your club or how you can help with fundraisers!
Email: wmuc.outreach@gmail.com
Social Media Director— Micaela Hanson
What I do: Create and post social media content, try to be creative, and organize.
Follow our Instagram, Spotify, Twitter, and TikTok @wmucradio.
Join #social-media if you want to help me out!
Ask me questions about: Post requests, Tik Tok viral ideas, or just to chat !
If I don’t answer, reach out to Hannah Lee or Olivia Mezzullo, Asst. Social Media Directors
Email: wmuc.social@gmail.com
Graphic Design Manager—
What I do:
Ask me questions about:
Email: wmucgdmanager@gmail.com
Slack channel: #graphic-design
Zine Director— Guinivere Roberts
What I do: Anything and everything wmuc zine related! I help coordinate submissions, editing, layout—everything from start to finish.
Ask me questions about: Becoming a member of zine team, contributing to the zine, or any zine questions!!
Team Meetings: Tuesdays at 7pm
Email: wmuczineonline@gmail.com
Slack channel: #zine
Music Director— Justin Li
What I do: Mostly planning and facilitating music team meetings, in which we will, as a team, find the next new thing in music and keep the station cutting-edge. We produce a weekly WMUC newsletter and run a show on FM at 11:00 am on Tuesdays. I also manage relationships with promoters, oversee music submissions, and handle charting.
Ask me questions about:
If I don’t answer, reach out to Chris Savani or Freddie Briden, Asst. Music Directors
Team Meetings: Monday at 7pm-9pm in the Station Lobby
Email: wmucmusicdir@gmail.com
If I don’t answer, reach out to ____, Asst. Music Director
Office hrs:
Record Librarian— Jake McInturff and Carolyn Wood
What we do: We take care of the records, record players, and record people.
Ask me questions about: Anything involving records, records players, and music. Also, ask Jake about nice artists in Zambia
Team Meetings: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 PM
Email: wmuclibrarian@gmail.com
THIRD RAIL RADIO AIRS SUNDAYS 6-8PM @ LIVE ROOM
Live Music Directors— Ana Clemmer and Julia Matney
What I do: Book, and coordinate Third Rail Radio-- WMUC’s live music show on sundays @6pm
Ask me questions about: People you would like to see (hear) perform live, how to get involved in third rail, how to submit to third rail.
Band Recs for Third Rail: https://forms.gle/aPzEodcSpYvxr3r6A
Email: wmuclivemusic@gmail.com
If I don’t answer, reach out to Ana Clemmer and Guinivere Roberts, Asst. Live Music Third Rail Media Manager— Angie Chavez
What I do: Third rails socials
Office hours: dm on slack
Video Managers— Grace Fetters & Akash Choudhury
What we do: film/edit fun little videos for the station.
Ask us questions about: Joining video team, videos you think would be good for promoting the station, etc
Team Meetings: Tuesdays 8-9
Email: wmuc.vids@gmail.com
Recording Studio Director— Gabriella Feinberg
What I do: I manage the recording studio and train artists who wish to use the studio.
Ask me questions about: Studio training, renting equipment, how people use the studio
Studio Training: Saturday 12:30pm
If I don’t answer, reach out to Emon Chatterji, Zoe Cadman, or Yael Garcia, Studio Assistants
Email: wmuc.recordingstudio@gmail.com
Team Meetings: Wednesday at 7
Chief Engineer— Oliver Foley
What I do: Repair and Maintain all the tech and equipment in the station
Ask me questions about: The Board, how broadcasting works, getting something fixed or replaced
Team Meetings: Wednesday 7pm
Office Hours: 8:30PM SUNDAYS
PLEASE CONTACT ON SLACK FIRST
If I don’t answer, reach out to Parker Johnson, Asst. Engineer
Email: engineering.wmuc@gmail.com
Team Meetings: Fridays 2-3pm (Zoom)
Join #website-development on slack for link
IT Director: Oliver D’Esposito
What I do: Mostly web development, but also IT help in areas not covered by engineering team.
Ask me questions about: Getting involved in web development for the station, or problems with our servers / websites.
Office hours: Email: wmuc.it@gmail.com
App Managers: Akash Balenalli (iOS) and Kellen Gardner (Android)
What we do: We manage WMUC’s Android and iOS apps. Thomas leads the Android app and Akash leads the iOS app.
Ask me questions about: Getting involved in developing the apps/station, what you can do to help out in general. Also don’t hesitate to share any new ideas for the app or any strange bugs/crashes!
Team Meetings: WR Mondays 7pm, DTP asynch on Slack
Join WMUC News Slack: here
News Directors— Sydney Nauman (Weekly Roundup) and Olivia Yasharoff (Drop the Pop
What we do: Run and advise our news program
Ask me questions about: Getting clips for journalism classes, reporting or anchoring for news broadcasts
Email: wmucnewsdirector@gmail.com