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NESCom at Husson in Bangor, ROCKS

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Nelz

I had the pleasure of attending the NESCom alumni dinner at Husson College in Bangor, Maine last night. Just before a great dinner, we got a tour of the Wildey Center. WOW! It was beyond high-tech. I would have to say that there is no other facility like it in the northeast. Former Pres. and Founder, George Wildey; Dean of Education, Ben Haskell; Dave MacLaughlin, Rodney Verrill, Gary Kasparek, Mark and Kim Nason, Nikki Rediker, and the rest of the staff, should be proud of their accomplishments. Many grads have become successful television, radio, news and sound engineering professionals.

It's a great school for young people to learn basic and advanced skills in many areas. Oh, yeah,...it's great for old people, too.

KUDOS to NESCom! ;)

nelz
former NESB grad
former NESCom Dir. of Admissions (8 years)
former Husson Dir. of Student Dev.
 
I got a chance to visit nescom 2 years ago because one of my high school buddies was attending their. I think its a very great place to be and I wish I was their. the only thing I was against, and as far as I understand; some of the students who go to the school are against, is being on a set rotational playlist (or at least when I was thier) are the dj's allowed at all to bring their own music to play? It is college radio...


Nelz said:
I had the pleasure of attending the NESCom alumni dinner at Husson College in Bangor, Maine last night. Just before a great dinner, we got a tour of the Wildey Center. WOW! It was beyond high-tech. I would have to say that there is no other facility like it in the northeast. Former Pres. and Founder, George Wildey; Dean of Education, Ben Haskell; Dave MacLaughlin, Rodney Verrill, Gary Kasparek, Mark and Kim Nason, Nikki Rediker, and the rest of the staff, should be proud of their accomplishments. Many grads have become successful television, radio, news and sound engineering professionals.

It's a great school for young people to learn basic and advanced skills in many areas. Oh, yeah,...it's great for old people, too.

KUDOS to NESCom! ;)

nelz
former NESB grad
former NESCom Dir. of Admissions (8 years)
former Husson Dir. of Student Dev.
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Jamie

This is where a lot of young people miss the boat when it comes to institutions like NESCom. The radio station operates in a manner to prepare students for the "real world." Believe me, real world radio is tough, there's a lot to know, and jobs are tough to come by. If students want to "play radio" rather than take it as the serious (show) business that it is, there are a number of colleges and universities that operate stations as radio clubs (free-form radio) where anything goes. On the other hand, many universities have taken their stations pretty serious recently; they are programmed and formatted.

nelz
 
I fully agree with you on the real world part, it's one of the reason's why I would want to go there. I can't be at WWLR forever. It's going to be very hard to leave when I have to because being a dj week in and week out the audience has gotten to love the music you play. (obviously not everyone likes my show so you can say what you want on that...)Its fun to go up to townspeople that might be hanging around in public and asking them if they listen to the station and if they do what they think of the show. as well ask them if you could change anything what would it be?
what makes it even harder loving what you play is as some of you guys probly are aware is their currently is no rock, county or oldies in the NYC market where I am from. Because of this freinds family and aquatences down in my area play cd's, ipods sometimes even satellite radio. its the same music I hear on the radio up here on TOS, or on WCCC, lazer 99.3 or WAAF when I drive through inland CT-MA. When one of them visit me up here me I tell them to listen to those stations and they like what they heard on the radio. and say the'll listen to that station again when their in that area go figure... thats my two cents...
Nelz said:
Jamie

This is where a lot of young people miss the boat when it comes to institutions like NESCom. The radio station operates in a manner to prepare students for the "real world." Believe me, real world radio is tough, there's a lot to know, and jobs are tough to come by. If students want to "play radio" rather than take it as the serious (show) business that it is, there are a number of colleges and universities that operate stations as radio clubs (free-form radio) where anything goes. On the other hand, many universities have taken their stations pretty serious recently; they are programmed and formatted.

nelz
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My wife (Who I met there) went, but sadly I was already booked DJ-ing a wedding. I would like to have gone. When I went, we started the year with a "loose" playlist, and ended with a music log. I think that college radio is for fun... But WHSN is for learning, and if someone wants to build a career, they need to balence out the need to have fun playing thier favorite songs, or having fun learning a business.
 
I still to this day hear good things about NesCom. Not being a graduate, :-\ I wasn't invited to attend the festivities. (Kids were sick over the weekend, So even If I was invited I wouldn't have been able to attend... 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other.... anyway....)

I heard a promo on the air the other day that was extremely well produced. It was about having an extraordinarily heroic day and turning on WHSN and making ones day complete. Not only was it nice to listen to, but incredibly true...

Still a listener after all these years...

Dambro
 
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