Maria Castano, Staff Writer
We Are College Music (WRCM), Manhattan University’s student-run radio show, held a general meeting on Oct. 22, where they discussed plans on how to maintain their current influence on campus. The Quadrangle had the opportunity to attend the WRCM meeting, and learn more about how they have been steadily growing in influence over the past year.
Ronan York, a senior communication major with a minor in film and marketing, as well as the president of WRCM, led the meeting with updates on upcoming events. He announced a Halloween Bash in collaboration with Lotus Magazine scheduled for Nov. 1, featuring performances by Help Wanted, Lingerie Town and Luka. York further introduced House Night, an open mic event set for Dec. 1, where participants can share poetry, music or stand-up comedy. This indoor event, replacing the Winter Bash due to weather, will offer drinks, club merchandise and baked goods.
The club is also looking to revive the previously popular WRCM Magazine. York announced his search for students to join the magazine’s committee, hoping it can be published by the end of the Spring 2026 semester.
“We want people who are interested in helping create the magazine … from design to the marketing to the writing that is put into the magazine, we want to offer you guys another creative form where you can express yourself,” York said. “We want to have pages dedicated to people who have shows, and if they want to write a little something about it. There’s also sections regarding different genres of music or different mediums of music. We want to have this magazine really centralized on music and the people of WRCM.”
The WRCM Magazine would help to expand the club’s reach and make its activities more diverse, offering something for anyone on campus to express themselves creatively in multiple ways within the same club.
Sam Wofford, senior communication major with a concentration in media production as well as vice president of WRCM, explained how the magazine would connect with the digital media they produce and focus on.
“We have so much freedom to host events on campus, and we can really make it our own,” Wofford said. “So these events are just really good examples of those two things. The magazine is kind of like a re-implementation of an idea that was in the past, and it’s just going to be a fun way to bridge physical media with our digital listening platform.”
WRCM has diversified what it offers on campus within the last year, without having grown significantly in size and with a limited budget. York spoke to The Quadrangle regarding this.
“We barely had a budget when we did our bash last year, but we made it work,” York said. “We got the $5 decorations from Target, and then hung those up all outside the quad. We put most of our budget towards getting pizza from Broadway Joe’s. And the bands were gracious enough to just come and perform with no charge, it was really nice.”
Wofford also elaborated on what interest in WRCM looks like considering the amount of events it holds per semester.
“The club has not grown a crazy amount in size, per se, with the amount of people, but it’s grown in the scope of what we do,” Wofford said. “When I first got here, all WRCM did was the radio shows … but now we have our hands in all of these different pots. We also do live events, we also do collabs with other clubs, we will play music at events … we’ll do ‘Boo at MU’, we’ll do all these other events. So now we’re branching outside of the radio booth, which, previously, in my freshman year, there wasn’t really any of that.”
WRCM faced a period of inactivity over a year ago. Now, thanks to the efforts of the new E-Board, it has regained influence on campus. The bash events have helped them rebuild, and their presence in social media helped to make them more recognizable.
Grace Coutu, a junior childhood education major with an English concentration and the media manager of WRCM, spoke about the behind-the-scenes of the clips posted on the WRCM Instagram page.
“So that’s really Billy Walker’s thing to be thanked for,” Coutu said. “He is a part of the Manhattan Media Network, and they are the ones that provide us with the cameras and things that we can use to record the show. It’s a really fun thing. We love having the cameras in the show. People can talk about whatever they want, and if they end up on the video, they can get a post up.”
The reach of the WCRM goes beyond the student body, and its 24/7 radio show creates a space for people to voice their opinions, with some being localized conversations that cater to everyone on campus.
Wofford further spoke on how the club seeks to become a part of the routine of people on campus.
“I think it gives students a collective thing that anybody can tune into and hear from their peers, like I hear about people going to the gym and turning on WCRM,” Wofford said.
“Professors turn on WCRM whenever they have a few minutes. It’s just a really nice thing for people to feel connected to each other. And also, it’s just a great way for people to just talk into the air. Whether it’s venting, or just talking about what they’re interested in. People can talk about almost whatever they want on the show, so it’s just a great way for students to have that space.”