WKU’s Revolution 91.7 radio back on the air with live talent

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After a short hiatus, WKU student led radio station Revolution 91.7 is back.

For two years, their station went silent when it came to live on air talents, but now the students are back behind the mic again, creating an opportunity that was once unavailable to them.

“It is definitely a very positive feeling. I have been so grateful for this opportunity. Like, I am just very happy that I get to share my love for radio and that I’m finding a community of people that also loves radio, and they also want to get involved in it and try it out,” said station manager and WKU senior Rachel Comella.

The opportunities do not stop at the mic, however, with dozens of opportunities to grow a handful of skill sets. Behind the scenes, students are learning about public relations, social media development and even event planning and so much more to help them prepare for a world outside of WKU.

“That has been a big thing for me as someone who is also managing our PR team, and we have younger people on that, giving different opportunities and using the radio station as the heart of our operation and branching off into more multi-dimensional media opportunities, such as our social media platforms such as different collaborations and stuff like that, where it’s not traditional, you’re on air, but it’s still using that branding in the radio station as the heart of it,” said station PR director Sofia DiMercurio.

Also coming back this year, though, is the student favorite Mayhem Music Festival, which focuses on highlighting locally based music talents while supporting both the students and local businesses supporting mayhem.

“Our kind of mission with that has been to provide an event that can kind of unite the community because of how unique Bowling Green is as a community, and how much regional and local talent we have. Our goal has been to completely showcase that through the event, and we’ve made so many meaningful connections just within the community as well. For vendors, partnerships that have made this event be able to come back and still have the same way as it has had in past years,” DiMercurio said.

But harsh lessons were learned after the two year hiatus, and it is from those lessons that the leadership are now focused on getting as many students involved as soon as possible, to continue providing the same opportunity to students farther down the line.

“Making sure that I have people that I can set up to keep it going. I want to give them all the tools and opportunities to allow them to continue to grow Revolution, continue keeping it going, basically because it’s awesome. I mean, I love radio. I’m very excited about it. I love working with it. So I definitely don’t want to see this place go back again,” Comella said.

The music festival is this coming Friday, and you can always listen in to Revolution on 91.7.