• DJ of the Month: Aaron McCann

    By Kevan Olsen   WXJM’s DJ of the month for November has been awarded to Aaron McCann, a senior music industry major at JMU, with a passion for Loud Rock as a DJ and composer. Writer Kevan Olsen sat with him to discuss his show, “The Noise with Sick Rick” ...
  • Dame Theory: WXJM’s Longest Running Show

    By Karlee Lewis If you tune into 88.7 FM between 7-8pm on Mondays, expect to hear junior political science pre-law student Delaney Keefe, super-senior graphic design major Wren Snyder, and their ever-changing cohort of co-hosts discussing feminism, politics and other social justice topics. The show itself, ‘Dame Theory’, is WXJM’s ...
  • Top Five Fall New Releases

    By Victoria Dravis With the arrival of cold weather comes a surge of new music begging to be listened to throughout the weeks leading up to finals. Whether it’s singles or full albums being announced, the end of the fall season promises tunes that will carry into the New Year. ...
  • Thankful for College Radio: A Playlist from the WXJM Web Team

    By Logan Chaudoin Ah, it’s finally November; the most thankful time of the year. As we wait for Thanksgiving break to approach, the days feel like they drag on and on. We are all working on last minute projects and papers that are due the week before Thanksgiving, but all ...
  • Who's tuning in?

    By Kevan Olsen In a world of suffocating media and entertainment, it seems that the fate of radio is sealed with an ever expanding graveyard. First went the newspapers, then magazines, cable TV, at this rate it seems like everything is being replaced. Society has moved almost all media online. ...
  • A Life in Song: Jack Presbury, Product of the Folk Revival

    By Abby Church  For Jack Presbury, a JMU professor who teaches in the graduate counseling program, music has always been a hobby. Now that he’s retired, he’s taking more time to focus on his creative outlet. Originally from Kansas City, Presbury has been writing songs all his life. Growing up ...
  • Hip-Hop: A History

    By Ally Engelbrecht While hip-hop was not officially labeled until the ’70s, the social and emotional bearings of the style originated in times dating back to the 1920s prohibition. Following the Great Depression in America, high rise buildings and complex expressways began to pop up in cities, more specifically in ...
  • A rockin' night at the pony

    By Karlee Lewis From 9 p.m. Tuesday to midnight, The Golden Pony in Downtown Harrisonburg was alive with the sounds of alternative, indie and post-hardcore live music. The four bands on the bill for the night represented the eastern United States, coming from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Although the bands ...
  • DJ of the Month:

    By Ally Engelbrecht DJ Matt Callahan, a senior writing, rhetoric and technical communication and media arts and design double major, has been chosen as "DJ of the Month" for October. WXJM writer Ally Engelbrecht sat down with him for a few minutes to talk about his hip-hop show, "Unbranded Content." ...