Sabrina Hernandez
      Staff Writer

On Friday, Oct 2 WUAG Radio hosted an event in the Curry auditorium in honor of the fifth annual College Radio Day. Despite the rainy weather, the creative team did not allow the dreary weather to hinder the highly anticipated event.

WUAG Radio station collaborated with the UNCG Coraddi magazine and Hippo Records to make this live concert a promotional event as well.

According to Collegeradio.org, College Radio Day is a national event that raises awareness for college radio.

It was primarily scheduled to occur on College Ave along with food trucks, but the event was changed the day of and was held in doors from 5PM to 10PM. Regardless of the last minute change of plans, students listened to bands such as indie rock band Vundabar. The Boston trio, Vundabar stands out from the ‘do it yourself’ crowd thanks to a jangly lean on pop sounds and their second album is very catchy, according to Consequenceofsound.

Students at UNCG also listened to tunes from the Gawk album. A recent WUAG Radio DJ, sophomore, Paige Rabinowitz says she loves their CD and plays it in her music rotation frequently. “As a new DJ it gives me more purpose to school. I am learning the ropes quickly and it’s a good place to work and volunteer. I hope to become a music producer one day and the school radio is giving me the experience I need.

Diego Vergara, music director of WUAG radio assisted with the event and was thrilled with the outcome of UNCG College Radio Day. The audience was enthusiastic and seemed to enjoy the bands. “The last band that just played was Toneburst. Their head vocalist Jasper, was a loyal WUAG DJ for some time. Since he never received a staff position that he applied for every year, we are commemorating his work, because we do care about our DJ’s who put in a lot of hours. When Jasper is up there he doesn’t give off who he is right away,” he said.

“His personality comes off as low speed. As their guitar drops there is an energy they wouldn’t see in Jasper, almost an angry tone,” said Vergara.

Along with the bands Vundabar and Toneburst, Menthol rocked the stage, led by Matt Martin. Diego explained he thought they were great, fun and messy.

Jacques Le Coque, a garage rock band was scheduled to play but failed to show up. They cancelled a show in Raleigh and instead were going to perform at UNCG for free, but were unable to make the event due to rain.

During this time students explored older music from the Hippo Records table, who were promoting an event in which the Blind Tiger is hosting a large record vendor’s event on Dec 13th from 12pm-6pm. Students also engaged interest in the UNCG Coraddi literature and art magazine group, who gave away free stickers and magazines.

According to the founders of College Radio Day, Dr. Rob Quicke and Peter Kreten, the aim is to raise a greater, international awareness of the many college and high school radio stations that operate around the world by encouraging people who would not normally listen to college radio to do so on this day.