My name is Jess Ward. I’m the Creative Director for WWPV and a senior at Saint Michael’s College studying Media Studies, Journalism, and Digital Arts while pursuing my own music on the side. Outside the classroom, you can find me painting, writing, or singing in my A Capella group, Soulful Harmony. I know the words to every Disney song and have an abundance of knowledge about astrology.

Favorite thing about WWPV or being on the radio: sharing my love of music with people near and far– and when I get a text from a friend asking “what song is this?”

Band or Album currently like or listening to: Wasteland, Baby! By Hozier

Hello! I’m Lily Stumpf, the Music Director at WWPV. I am currently majoring in Physics while pursuing minors in Studio Art and Math. My interests outside of the radio station include painting, photography, and drawing. I am the (PR) Social Media Coordinator and Photographer for the Women’s Rugby club team. Additionally, I spend time working as the Secretary for the Society of Physics Students on campus. I’ve had a radio show since the beginning of my first year at St. Mike’s. Being behind the mic is one of the best feelings. I love being able to share new music and have a platform to showcase my favorites! I play a lot of Celtic music during my show and love listening to the High Kings, The Dubliners, and Dropkick Murphys to name a few.

This week in government…

Vermont Unemployment Rate Holds at 2.8 percent in June

Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for July 23 – 27, 2018:

Monday, July 23 – Friday, July 27
Mayor spending personal time with family

Wednesday, July 25
8:00 am              Mornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue – Gene Richards, Director of Aviation, Burlington Airport, to attend for the Mayor

Paul, our station manager for WWPV has been working hard on improving the station this summer. The Westport Public Library, in Westport, Connecticut holds a large book sale each summer. This past weekend was the 26th annual summer book sale by Westport. This year’s featured more than 70,000 deeply discounted items in over 70 categories from A-Z. Paul reached out to Westport Public Library last week in hopes of getting donations, specifically media for library like CDs and Vinyl LPs. At the end of sale, leftover books are made available to multiple organizations, including preschools, schools with limited book budgets, special care homes for children, juvenile detention centers, women’s shelters, domestic violence shelters and prisons. Books have also been collected and sent to Africa, India, and the Philippines by concerned citizens. Any remaining books are recycled into paper. As it turns out, the Library was able to donate many records and CDs to WWPV, ranging from all different genres which will be able to be used by many DJs this fall and for many years to come. A big thank you to Westport Library for their generous donation. All of us at the station really appreciate it!

Hey everyone! My name is Jason (he/him/his) and I’m the Music Director here at WWPV. I’m in my final year at Saint Mike’s and I’m majoring in International Relations and minoring in Spanish and Environmental Studies. I’m originally from Malden, MA which is a super culturally diverse suburb just outside Boston.

As Music Director, I manage the “sound” of WWPV. Even though we allow DJs to play almost any genre of music during their shows, my job is to curate our collection of CDs and tracks that are available to our DJs for airtime. I spent a lot of the first semester this year updating our collection by branching out to different record labels to see if they’d be interested in getting airtime at WWPV. I would love to see this continue under the reigns of a new Music Director next year. This year has been a great year for WWPV, we’ve been much more active in the Burlington community and I’m excited to see what the new executive does with this new momentum.

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