WMPG – News

Listening party transports Oz fans over the rainbow

Michael Kmack — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:09:42 +0000

The cast of “The Wizard of Oz” radio play dressed up as their characters to entertain guests at a listening party for the premiere broadcast.

Brains, heart, courage: New ‘Wizard of Oz’ radio play has it all

Michael Kmack — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:00:35 +0000

The cast will host an in-person listening party in tandem with the show’s debut on campus radio station WMPG.

McGoldROCKS serves up a musical buffet for many tastes

Michael Kmack — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:19:22 +0000

With a lineup of five acts, the McGoldROCKS concert treated students to a full afternoon of free music in the open air of USM’s Portland Campus.

Theatre students are hyped up to mic up at new recording studio

Michael Kmack — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:01:32 +0000

The same equipment once used by a famous voice actor is now helping students learn how to create podcasts, audio books, and more.

Media or Martians? Radio play ponders which of them is the real invading army

Michael Kmack — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:43:05 +0000

The Theatre Department chose “The War of the Worlds” as its first radio play to be produced at the University’s new recording studio.

New radio show turns up the volume on matters of diversity

Michael Kmack — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:05:02 +0000

WMPG broadcasts Intercultural Insights every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. with a rotating roster of hosts.

USM Community Savors New Orleans Flavor at WMPG’s Cajun Cookin’ Challenge

frank.gallagher — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:55:48 +0000

�Ӱɴ�ý students, staff, and faculty enjoyed a tantalizing smorgasbord of Crescent City cooking and New Orleans-style music on Fat Tuesday, courtesy … Read More

USM Community Radio Station WMPG Celebrates 50 Years As ‘An Extraordinary Place’

frank.gallagher — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:57:42 +0000

Fifty years ago, Howard Allen, a student at the �Ӱɴ�ý, stuck a small antenna out the window of his room in … Read More

Fifty years of campus radio began with a record player in a dorm room

Michael Kmack — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:54:47 +0000

WMPG celebrated its 50th anniversary with a picnic buffet, live music, and lots of memories.

Work out by day then rock out by night with Tina Turner at Hill Gym

Michael Kmack — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:41:47 +0000

Admission to a campus concert by rock and roll legend Tina Turner cost students only $4 in 1974.