There is a MANDATORY General Meeting for ALL STATION MEMBERS next Wednesday, April 27th. Time slots for Spring Carnival will be decided, and there will be
a brief update on what has been going on within the station.

The meeting will be held at the Lydon MPR. See you all there!

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of WUML's live music program
Live From the Fallout Shelter, we are planning two fund raising releases.

The first of which, out now, is a vinyl 7 inch which features the Taxpayer song "Cut It Again" from their April 5, 2004 Fallout Shelter performance and the Tanks song "No" from their September 20, 2004 Fallout Shelter performance.

All records come in hand made, hand numbered packaging and the records are available on your choice of opaque
red vinyl or opaque light blue vinyl.

This record can be purchased from Gatehouse Anchor for $4 postage paid and all funds to the WUML budget for the students to use for upkeep of their station.

WUML was informed on Friday, February 18th that the University plans on actively pursuing a partnership with the Lowell Spinners, a sports team that is unrelated to UMass Lowell and its sports teams. This decision was made without any input from the students who run WUML, and have done so for the past 52 years. Our radio station is funded through the student activities department, whose funds come from student fees.

Starting in the summer, the administration of this college plans to rob the students of 21 hours of airtime during prime time hours. If this goes into effect such classic shows as The Stress Factor, Soul Power, and Live From The Fallout Shelter, which is now in its 19th year on the air, will be need to be cut from the schedule. These 21 hours will be filled with broadcasts of non-student sports that are unrelated to this school. These games that will be broadcast are already currently being broadcast on WCAP, whose business will suffer from the competition the move will provide. As a public University, is this the best use of our resources? This decision will also affect our weekend community programming, which has already been through many program shifts due to the Lowell Sun’s program, which was introduced in the fall of 2003 and still takes up 5AM-10AM every morning, even though the Sun exited the partnership quietly on January 3rd. They have been able to develop new audiences on the weekend, but it is unfair to ask them to move again.

WUML is not against promoting the University, and actively works towards furthering their stated goals. We signed an agreement this year to broadcast all UML hockey games and up to 20 playoff games of any other sport. We are developing a service-learning plan to integrate the radio station into practicum studies involving local non-profit organizations. We’ve recently begun visiting local high schools to expose students to college. All without having anything forced upon us.

We have shown that we are willing to work with this University, and believed that we were working towards the same goals. There are now serious questions as to the true intentions of the administration, and our trust has been betrayed. All we ask is that we are shown the same respect we have been showing this University for over 50 years.

Contact information:
William_Hogan@uml.edu - Chancellor. (978) 934-2201
Laurence_Siegel@uml.edu - Dean of Students. (978) 934-2107
Dana_Skinner@uml.edu - Director of Athletics. Phone: (978) 934-2310
Mary_Connelly@uml.edu - Director of Student Activities. (978) 934-5001

gm(at)wuml.org - Nate Osit – General Manager, WUML. Phone-978-660-0033
pd(at)wuml.org - Jyllian Thibodeu – Program Director, WUML.
WUML Office : (978) 934-4975

Attention DJs and Community Members alike: It's your favorite time of the year again: The General Meeting! This is the ultra important meeting where you get to squat your time slot or try to find a new one. This meeting will be taking place February 2nd @ 6:30 in the Lydon MPR.

Attention DJs and Community Members alike: It's your favorite time of the year again: The General Meeting! This is the ultra important meeting where you get to squat your time slot or try to find a new one. Remember most DJs need to retake their DJ license inorder to be able to squat or pick up a new time slot! This meeting will be taking place September 15th @ 6:00 in the Lydon MPR.

Well summer's here and that means it's time for a new schedule, but don't worry your normal shows will come back when school's back in session. So get outside, turn your radio up, and enjoy the summer!

The familiar WJUL call letters have officially been changed to "WUML" as of October 15.
We will soon be moving our website to wuml.org (currently under construction). Rest assured, this does NOT indicate (nor do we stand for) a change in format, programming, or station philosophy. We are working our hardest to make sure this rebranding does not result in any sort of "image makeover". The change of call letters is simply an updating of our station name to reflect the school we are a part of, as is customary in college radio (for example, WUMB Boston).

We began as a carrier-current station, WLTI, when we were part of Lowell Technical Institute, and became WJUL when North and South Campuses merged to become the University of Lowell.
We have been UMass Lowell for quite awhile, so it's even a little surprising that it's taken this long for the change to be suggested.

If you would like to learn more about the call letter change or put in your two cents about it, feel free to check out the " WLTI --> WJUL --> WUML" thread in the " Static and Dead Air" section of our messageboard.