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MATT HOWQAN Staff Writer
Deep in the dark areas of the third floor of the Russell
House resides the black sheep of student media... WUSC
FM.
Shunned by many and feared by all, Carolina's studentrun
radio station lives by the motto, "We may be wierd, but
we have more fun."
n With such personnas as The Skipper, Circle K, Robbie
Van Winkle, Slippery McNasty and Big Rod running amok
over the airwaves, WUSC definitely adds an air of oddity
to the Columbia radio scene. The station's free-form format
not only gives disc jockeys almost total freedom in choosing
their music, it also creates a perfect environment for
creativity. Programming choices range from specialty shows
such as The Purple Lagoon and Rocksteady Columbia to
three hours of movie soundtracks or bad comedy albums.
Whatever time of day you tune in to 90.5 FM, you're
bound to hear something out of the ordinary. Whether it's
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express themselves in whatever way they feel is appropriate,
and for many that seems to be the major appeal.
"On your made-to-order, formula commercial stations,
everything sounds the same 24 hours a day... there's no diversity.
But on WUSC each three-hour show is radically
different from the next. If I wanted to have nothing on my
show but singing dwarves, I could conceivably do it," said
station manager Trey Lofton.
"Singing dwarves?" You might ask. Stranger things have
happened in the Wussy(as it is affectionately called by its
employees) studios. A brief trip to the studios themselves
or the station office gives one the feeling that you're "not in
Kansas anymore."
Posters proclaiming such bands as "Skankin' Pickle"
and "Crust" adorn the walls, and music magazines are
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"Some people may think that we're trying to fight the system
or something like that, but really, we're simply here to
entertain ourselves," said Eric Greenwood, music director.
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cannot be mactched by any other station in Columbia. The
students who man Wussy are as individual as the music
they play. Both genders and many different nationalities
are represented at WUSC, where everyone is a minority.
The station is more than just music to the DJs, however.
It provides a "family" of sorts (the "Addams family"
comes to mind) and offers a chance to meet people who are
radically different from yourself.
One such example is the Tuesday night tradition of
"UNO night." Held at the music director's house, this is a
chance for all the DJs to gather for late-night shenanigans
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students with a chance to express their love of music
and share it with others but also to have a good time
in the process. Just listen to 90.5 and hear for yourself.
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