wrst staff members
Operations manager
This year’s Operations Manager is Brianna Hone! Brianna is majoring in Radio-TV-Film, and completing certificates in Digital Marketing and Advertising. Her goal for this year is to get more student voices on-air! Brianna enjoys playing board games and video games with friends, and reading! She likes listening to Alternative Rock, but more recently Fall Out Boy. After graduating, she wants to start small and work her way up to something bigger in the radio world either as on-air talent or a some sort of management position!
Operations Assistant
This year’s Operations Assistant is Taycee Zach! Taycee is majoring in Multimedia Journalism, and minoring in Radio-TV-Film. Her goal for this year is to boost student recruitment and get more special student programming on-air such as new music blocks or talk shows. Some of her hobbies include collecting vinyl, being an on-air host at WRST, writing the crime novel I’m working on, and critiquing obscure movies with friends. Taycee listens to a variety of subgenres, but her favorite being shoegaze, nu-metal, boy bands, and 2000s post-hardcore/emo! She is currently a member of the Milwaukee Radio Alliance promotional street team, and is hoping to continue growing her career in radio with their company, whether it’s through promotions or programming-or both!
Digital Content Manager
This year’s Digital Content Manager is Isabella Gould. Isabella is majoring in Interactive Web Management and minoring in Radio-TV-Film and Web and Mobile Development and hoping to receive certificates in Advertising, Digital Content Creation, and Web Design. Her goal for this year is to use what she is learning in her web design and advertising classes to reach new audiences through social media in promoting WRST. Some of her hobbies include dancing on the UWO dance team, working out, fishing, playing guitar, and coding. Isabella listens to a variety of genres including punk rock, folk, alternative, indie, contemporary, pop, and country. After graduating, she would like to work in web or software development.
News Director
This year’s News Director is Jacob Link! Jacob is double majoring in Radio-TV-Film and Multimedia Journalism. His goal for the year is to promote the radio station to get UWO students more involved in the station and to increase listenership among the student population. Some extra-curriculars include playing on UWO’s football team and being the assistant news editor for the Advance-Titan! Jacob enjoys a variety of music but depending on the day listens to alternative, rock, rap, and indie. After graduating, he wants to pursue a career in sports broadcasting!
Sports Director
This year’s Sports Director is Dylan Eckhart! Dylan is majoring in Radio-TV-Film, minoring in Communications, and completing certificates in Sports Media and Digital Content. His goals for this year are to expand WRST’s outreach to the campus community, as well as increase listenership for WRST sports broadcasts. Some of his hobbies include spending time outdoors, hunting, hiking, listening to music, going to the gym and hanging out with friends and family! Dylan likes listening to a variety of genres, his favorite being country. However, his favorite band is AC/DC because he’s always loved classic rock. After graduating, his dream job would be to continuing to do play-by-play, but wants to be involved in sports media/broadcasting in some way!
Sports Assistant
This year’s Sports Assistant is Aedan Applegate! Aedan is majoring in Radio-TV-Film and minoring in music production. His goal this year is to better understand the different roles within the WRST program. Besides working at WRST, Aedan is a part of the badminton club and enjoys working out with his roommate. His favorite genres include rap and hiphop and his favorite artist is Trippe Red. Following college, Aedan wants to work in foley sound or podcasting because he’s had so much fun working on the sports broadcasts with WRST.
Production Director
This year’s Production Director is Amar Chowdhury! Amar is majoring in Radio-TV-Film. His goal for this year is to leave WRST better than how he found it. Some of his hobbies include playing Magic the Gathering. writing, working out, reading, and playing sports, especially baseball! Amar likes listening to alternative, indie and hiphop! After graduating, he wants to go to grad school!