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MONTCLAIR, N.J. April 21st, 2022 – Montclair State University’s WMSC 90.3 FM is celebrating the station’s 55 anniversary with a 55-hour live broadcast marathon starting April 22 at 4pm. The special event programming will showcase the best WMSC shows and more than 24 hours of vinyl-only music, as the station partakes in college radio’s Vinylthon […]

Radio news reporter Lisa Glasberg, known in the industry as Lisa G., has been named the 2022-2023 News Professional-in-Residence for WMSC-FM, the campus radio station of Montclair State University.  The veteran iHeartRadio news anchor, writer, and reporter who can also be heard on WOR-AM in New York will work exclusively with WMSC’s news department alongside […]

 🦅 Host Lauren Bentivegna goes out to ask students how registration went for them, what classes and professors students recommend and more! 🤗 ▶️ “On The Fly” is available on Instagram @wmscradio and on wmscradio.com!  

 🦅 NEW ON THE FLY EPISODE 🦅 This weeks episode is a FUN one 😆 In honor of April Fools day and Registration week, the On the Fly team goes around campus to ask student about April Fools day and registering for classes for the Fall 2022 semester! 🤭🥳📚🦅 ▶️ “On The Fly” is available on Instagram […]

Put your seatbelts on for this one. By Sal DiMaggio   90.3 WMSC FM · Montclair State Students React to Rising Gas Prices   Ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Americans have seen a dramatic increase in gas prices, especially in New Jersey. American gas companies have decided to stop business in Russia for […]

March is Women’s History Month! 👸 Host Lauren Bentivegna asks students who their favorite women role models are! 🦅 ▶️ “On The Fly” is available on Instagram @wmscradio and on wmscradio.com!  

Music Librarian Jared Tauber and News Director Anandaji Cruz Rosario had a chat with the MSU Lymphomies, a student group participating in a movement to spread awareness of Lymphoma. You can learn more about the MSU Lymphomies at msulymphomies.org

 

 

By Patrina Geiger Published February 21, 2022 The Red Hawk Diner reopened for in-person dining after two years of being closed due to the pandemic on Feb. 14. Montclair State University had sent out an email announcing this ten days prior on Feb. 4, telling students that they had to make same day reservations in […]

Host Lauren Bentivegna asks students their thoughts on Valentine's Day! 🦅 ▶️ “On The Fly” is available on Instagram @wmscradio and on wmscradio.com!
Hosts Erin Lawlor and Lauren Bentivegna ask students if they have experienced bullying and harassment on campus! 🦅 ▶️ “On The Fly” is available on Instagram @wmscradio and on wmscradio.com!

 

HUDSON RIVER, NY – Members of the United States Coast Guard helping passengers off US Airways Flight 1549 and onto their boats to bring them safely on to land. | Photo courtesy of USCG Press, Wikimedia Commons  By Ryan Breyta  Montclair, NJ – New York Waterway ferry Captain Vince Lombardi went to work on January […]

Dr. K, aka Montclair State University President Jonathan Koppell, treated our listeners to an unannounced 90-minute live vinyl DJ set this week, where he played 70’s funk, 80’s rock n' pop, and one-hit wonders from a collection of vinyl he rescued from “certain doom” and shipped to WMSC where it would be kept safe. Dressed [...]

Join us on Wednesday November 17th at 3PM Eastern for #focusdisruption, a special program about disruption in the workplace, education, mental health, climate and misinformation. #Focus is a School of Communication and Media-wide initiative, pooling all student media resources and organizing stories under a hashtag. You can click on the iHeartRadio tab to listen to […]

WMSC 90.3 FM earned seven national awards from College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) on October 29, including first place honors for Best Audio Special Broadcast (“World College Radio Day”) and Best Video Comedy (“We’ll be Back”).

Dr. Brigid Harrison is a political science and law professor here at Montclair State University. She recently spoke with our Morning Buzz Producer Kenny Horn about NJ’s political spectrum and what voters are talking about: Running against Phil Murphy is Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican who has been campaigning for the past 22 months and is […]

June 22 MONTCLAIR- The newly renovated College Hall at Montclair State University was re-dedicated today, less than a year after the building reopened following a lengthy refurbishment. The University renamed the building Susan A. Cole Hall after Montclair State’s 8th president of the same name.  President Cole led Montclair State for 23 years, building the [...]
The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  Education spending is a large part of state budgets across the country, especially in New Jersey. In 2008 then governor Jon Corzine passed his school funding formula which has many glaring problems that [...]
The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  Due to the death of George Floyd there has been much attention on the issue of police brutality and there has been a push for increased racial sensitivity training and body cameras. While [...]

 

The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  It all started with governor Chris Christie. Due to New Jersey's deficit and new light rail projects in southern New Jersey Chris Christie proposed a gas tax which passed even being  approved by [...]
The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  The San Francisco 49ers recently traded for the third overall pick in this year's draft. This has in part led to the rise in the draft stock of University of Alabama Quarterback Mac [...]
The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  The Pemberton Public School System, located in Burlington County, NJ  is being given a lot of attention as of late on state education aid. In the latest school funding formula signed by Governor [...]
The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  Lately the Jersey City public school system has been a topic of discussion in school funding reform agendas. Some New Jersey Republican state legislators argue that Jersey City and Hoboken have seen major [...]

Making an Informed Decision NJ Primary Election 2020   By: Cristal H Santos    To view this full article with all available information and images, click on the following google drive link!   https://docs.google.com/document/d/179jKC8-u59g0_0pXCTrL-Cr9gYbjiAs09Fq9gCf98v8/edit?usp=sharing  

Check out The Morning Buzz shows from both Monday, March 30th, and Tuesday, March 31st. During this time, we are remaining positive and hope the same for you! We want to continue to keep everybody informed and we hope for health and safety for everyone at this time. You can listen and/or watch The Morning […]

By Kyle Pepitone Over the past month, residents of Montclair have been receiving information concerning the 2020-2021 budget for the school district. The Board of Education has been drafting out the budget for the upcoming school year. Starting back in October of 2019, the board has met several times. According to their budget presentation, they […]

By Matt Orth The coronavirus has been spreading like wildfire in the past month, affecting over twenty countries and almost every continent. The United States is now beginning to see its fair share of cases, with most of them being found in California. While there are only a few cases on the East Coast, New […]