On a rainy Saturday in March, Core DJs moved into the student center with lights, sound, and balloons for our annual music festival COREFEST 2024! In front, the lounge area was converted into an indoor market with local and student vendors selling everything from clothes and jewelry to art and ceramics! The station gave away free copies of an art zine made with submissions from our DJs, in addition to selling festival T-shirts, tote bags, and stickers.  Moving through the crowd and into the concert, bands lined the walls selling...

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Each year, 90.3 The Core attends the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Conference. At this two-day event, college radio stations from across the nation (and beyond) gather together to meet one another and attend panels on how to improve their stations!  IBS has been supporting college and high school radio and media since 1940, and is led by a team of passionate volunteers and is sponsored by different businesses and organizations including the College Radio Foundation. More information about IBS is available at ibsradio.org....

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On Saturday, February 24th, 2024, fellow DJs Rachel from Impulse Control, Jenna from The Great Escape, and I (of Snoopy Waves) trekked to Philadelphia’s own Union Transfer in pursuit of The Paranoyds, a grrrl powered garage rock band from Los Angeles, California. In January, we were offered the life-changing opportunity to bear witness to the sheer force wielded by this band as they opened for The Kills, a popular rock band that we had previously not heard of. Additional accommodations such as a post-show interview and press pass rocked...

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