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WLOY Star Search!
Monday, April 14th, 2014 by Joe Lomuti
WLOY has searched Loyola high–low, under–over, in–around, and have found them! The talents for this year’s WLOY Star Search competition have been chosen! There will be dance. There will be song. And there will be drama. Check out the list of acts below:
Grant Kahl
Branna Maher & Diego Galindo
Cecilia & Tessa Sugarman
Symone Harris
Ryan Glass
Sam Chemali
Matthew Dunbar
Kevin Tenorio & Ren Macalalag
GWB.com
Megan Ferguson
Chris Furino & Patricia Bryan
Dionysian Jelly
Amanda Fleck & Xavier Taylor
From this list WLOY will nominate the “Brightest Star” of the search– the most worthy star who will take home awesome prizes and merch! And if you are not a competitor you can still be named the “Victor of Chance”, as we will be raffling gift cards to local Baltimore eateries including: Evergreen Cafe, Cafe Hon, Charmery Ice Cream, and Roland Park Bagels. Also, WLOY will be showcasing a new performer, CT band Disable Time. Check them out on youtube!
All these festivities will commence April 24th, in McGuire Hall @ 8:30pm. Come by, support your friends, and win some prizes!
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WLOY Stage at Honfest 2014
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 by The Professor
Something’s new this year at Honfest. The east stage at the intersection of Chestnut St and 36th will become the WLOY STAGE! Yes, that’s right, WLOY will be running the stage, showcasing 15 artists and bands, putting up a merchandise tent so you can get all kinds of cool stuff from those artists AND broadcasting the whole festival live for 2 days! It’s going to be a fantastic couple of days and you need to come join us! Wonder who we’re bringing to the show? Here it is, so mark your calendar now:
Saturday June 14, 2014
11:00am Sahffi
12:00pm Saleem & The Music Lovers
1:00pm Maria Dontas
2:00pm Mark Hopkins
3:00pm Eliza Doering & The Penny Black
4:00pm Television Hill
5:00pm Mike McMonagle
6:00pm N&S
7:00pm Swampcandy
Sunday June 15, 2014
12:00pm QueenEarth & Janice B
1:00pm David Glaser
2:00pm Matt Hutchison
3:00pm Don Kim Trio
4:00pm Claire Anthony
5:00pm Caleb Stine
Oh, and as always IT’S FREE! We’ll have a whole lounge thing going on with tables and chairs so you can come chill out, have your food, and enjoy some great music all day long! Yeah, there’s other stuff to do at Honfest, but… do you really want to risk missing ANY these folks?
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WLOY Spring Semester Tickets
Thursday, January 16th, 2014 by The Professor
Here we go again! WLOY is bringing you more shows to enjoy for free. Win tickets by listening to the station, friending and following us on social media and coming to our events (Thursday night 9-11 free concerts, Live at Boulder Fridays 12-2).
Rams Head Live shows:
01.18 Saved by the 90s – A Party w. The Bayside Tigers
01.24 Skies in Chaos w. Yesterdays War, Down To Everything, Wrecking Crew, Dad Shoes
01.25 moe.
01.31 Eoto w. Emalkay, ELM
02.12 JJ Grey & Mofro w. Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
02.25 Young The Giant w. Cayucas
02.27 Animals As Leaders w. After The Burial, Navene K, Chon
03.01 Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers**
03.01 ZZ Ward
03.13 Uncle Kracker**
03.20 Mindless Self Indulgence
03.22 The Legwarmers
04.21 Alterbridge w. Monster Truck
04.26 Ani Difranco
**Baltimore Soundstage shows:
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Order Your WLOY Sweatshirt Now!
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 by The Professor
They’re here, they’re ready to ship and they are in very limited quantities.
These are high quality Gildan Ultra Cotton Sweatshirts
*9.5 oz., 70% cotton, 30% polyester.
*Pill-resistant air jet yarn
*Double-needle stitching throughout.
*2×1 ribbed cuffs and waistband with spandex.
We have a VERY limited number of XXL size sweatshirts. You MUST tell us in your online order if you want a XXL size sweatshirt!! First come, first served.
Sweatshirts are available now on campus, in the station (11a-11p M-Th), at Thursday Coffeehouse and Late Night events (9-11p) and Friday Live at Boulder (12-2p) events for $25.
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WLOY Picks Ten Christmas Classics
Friday, December 6th, 2013 by The Professor
Well, maybe we picked 11, because we play music and can’t count. Ok, give us a break. We polled a few current and former staff members to see what they can’t live without at Christmas time. You know, the music that makes them enjoy the season, not want to shove pencils in their ears if they have to hear it one more time (Elmo & Patsy, we’re looking at you). And because we care about you, our listeners, we even threw in an iTunes link so you can add them to your own playlists at home (you’re welcome). Here they are in no particular order, along with a reminder to get into the spirit of the season and share your gifts with others : (more…)
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The Great Russian Nutcracker – Moscow Ballet
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 by The Professor
Once again, WLOY scores you a chance to do something cultural and even seasonally-relevant! On December 21, for one day only, the Moscow Ballet will put on 3 performances of The Great Russian Nutcracker. WLOY has tickets for you for the 12 noon show. Want to win a pair? Of course you do! Come to our Late Night Concert Thursday December 5 from 9-11pm in McGuire Hall, enter at our table during the Live at Boulder remote broadcast Friday December 6, noon-2pm or listen in to the station for your chance to win one of the 4 pairs of tickets we’re giving away! Don’t miss out on this one day show – get your own tickets now!
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WLOY MERCH IS COMING!!!
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 by Joe Lomuti
Here at WLOY, we like to “keep it fresh” in everything we do. We hope to provide you with only the freshest new music, entertain you with a fresh line-up of live acts, and of course, cultivate the freshest batch of homegrown fruits the Loyola college experience has to offer. In our unrelenting quest for freshness, WLOY wishes to bring you brand new gear for the upcoming winter season. I’m not going to spoil it all, but were talking fresh sweatshirts, mugs, bags, and even tighty whites. So, help us help you by taking this brief survey. Your input matters.
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What Albums Are We Listening To This Week?
Thursday, November 14th, 2013 by Billy Dries
Kait Connaughton - Beach House - Bloom
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CBI Playback!
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 by Joe Lomuti
If you haven’t already heard, WLOY had recently returned from The National Student Electronic Media Convention in San Anonio, TX and we didn’t come home empty handed! WLOY was took the trophy in categories: Best Community Involvement for Word on the Street and Best Feature for our original production What Happens Next. Five representatives of WLOY lead by The Professor himself, trekked to the lone star state this past weekend. Now, they share with you an account of their experiences: (more…)
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White Christmas Opening Night Tickets!
Monday, November 11th, 2013 by The Professor
WLOY has more tickets for you! The Hippodrome has a limited run December 3-8th of this classic holiday film, turned musical. WLOY has opening night tickets for you to win, and 4 chances to do it. Attend our live shows Thursday November 14 (Caleb Stine) or 21st (Claire Anthony) to enter and win, or stop by our table in front of Boulder Gardens Cafe 12-2pm Friday the 15th and 22nd to enter the weekly raffle.
Can’t make it to opening night? It’s ok, you can always buy your tickets here.
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