The Wesleyan Connection

The program, “The Middletown Youth Radio Project” (MYRP) on Wesleyan’s station WESU 88.1 FM was featured in the Feb. 3 edition of The Christian Science Monitor. MYRP partners 12 elementary and middle-school students with eight Wesleyan University student mentors. Every Friday night, two 10- to 12-year-old DJs put on their headsets in the WESU radio studios and host their own half-hour radio show. Both Wesleyan students and the neighborhood kids benefit from MYRP, says Sonia BasSheva Mañjon, vice president of diversity and strategic partnerships, and Ben Michael, WESU station manager.

“The program … connects students and their curricula work with hands-on application right here in our neighborhood ,” Mañjon says in the article.

Ben Michael, general manager of 88.1 FM WESU is asking listeners to donate this holiday season during the Fourth Annual Winter Pledge Drive.Wesleyan's own non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, 88.1 FM WESU is hoping listeners give the gift of WESU this holiday season during its Fourth Annual Winter Pledge Drive Dec. 1-14.

Operating as a community service of Wesleyan since 1939, WESU has served Connecticut river valley listeners for nearly seven decades and is one of the oldest college radio stations in America. (more…)