Want to gain some fantastic leadership experience, boost your resume, and get paid for doing what you love? You’ve come to the right place! KWVA has a few student job openings for positions that start next fall. Check out the descriptions below! Applications are due by noon on May 22nd.

Position # Position Title (On Handshake)
2717702 KWVA Music Director
2717716 KWVA Music Blog Director

KWVA Music Director: $475 per term

Purpose: To establish and maintain relationships with national music promoters and record labels; To chart the KWVA top music played list weekly, provide to DJs and submit to NACC; To maintain and develop the KWVA music library.

Principle Functions/Requirements:

I.    Administrative Duties:

• Recruit, train and coordinate staff of assistant music directors, music reviewers and format directors;
• Maintain and continually update musical library through the procurement of musical materials from music labels, promotion companies, and other sources;
• Maintain a database to keep track of KWVA music property and the individual who check-out music to review;
• Establish and maintain productive and professional relationships with music labels;
• Coordinate with Production Director and Scheduling Coordinator on live in-studio performances;
• Hold monthly music open house/reviewer meetings;
• Attend weekly staff meetings.

        II.    Clerical Duties:

• Supervise the entire musical library, including all genres;
• Maintain KWVA Digital Music Library;
• Maintain KWVA Digital Rotation Library;
  • Keep entire musical library color coded by genre and up to current station standards;
  • Make weekly reports to NACC and all other industry trade magazines and journals to which the station reports;
  • Post weekly charts for all in KWVA to view in studio and on the KWVA website;
  • Identify all unacceptable tracks on CDs as per FCC regulations;
• Submit quarterly department reports to the General Manager.

KWVA Music Blog Director: $325 per term

Purpose: The KWVA Music Blog Director supports the online presence of the Music Department.

Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for posting weekly content to the KWVA Music Blog (kwvaradio.org) via the WordPress dashboard, engaging DJs to produce content, and collaborating with the Promotions Department to strategically feature Music content. This leadership position is expected to take approximately 10 hours/week for best learning outcomes.

The responsibilities of the Music Blog Director include.

• Weekly Postings
• Soliciting DJ Involvement – album and concert reviews, playlists, spotlights, and any other creative content they bring to the Music Department.
• Collaborating with Music Director and Promotions Director for web presence.
• Assist the Music Director and DJ Director with regular Music Listening Parties.

For this week’s DJ Spotlight, get to know Luigi Ghersi, host of “Shocker In Gloomtown,” every Friday from 11 am-noon on KWVA. His show features mostly ’80s, ’90s, and contemporary indie/alternative rock. Luigi moved to Eugene during the Summer of 2017 and is currently working towards a masters degree in architecture at the UO. He was born in Lima, Peru, but lived most of his life in Salt Lake City, Utah before coming to Eugene.

KWVA: How did you choose your show name, “Shocker In Gloomtown”?

L: “Shocker In Gloomtown” is the name of a track by one of my favorite bands, Guided By Voices. Oregon weather can be pretty gloomy, and since I usually play pretty energetic, loud music, I thought it would be fitting to the context of the show.

KWVA: When did you get involved in KWVA and why?

Luigi: I figured it would be a fun way to get involved with the school outside of my department. I also thought it would be a great way to meet people that are into similar bands as me.

KWVA: Who is your favorite artist to play on the air and why?

L: The Mats! The Replacements hold a special place in my heart. I started listening to them during a very defining period in my life. There’s something so brutally honest and authentic in Paul Westerberg’s singing that fascinates me and that now makes me feel nostalgic for a time when I started my own band and fell in love for the first time. I think the first track I’ve ever listened from them is “Kids Don’t Follow,” and I was instantly enamored with the group. They are also a flagship band of “college radio” so it’s always fitting to play, I think.

KWVA: Are you involved in other music-related projects/hobbies outside of the station?

L: I used to have a band back in Salt Lake called Chalk. These days, I record music at home when I have extra time (which is rare), but I haven’t produced anything I feel proud enough to share so far. I really miss playing shows and being involved in local scenes, though.

KWVA: If you could eat or drink one thing in the studio while doing yourshow, what would it be and why?

L: An herb chicken and brown rice Sustain Bowl from the EMU cafe. It’s such a good deal and it has been “sustaining” me through grad school so far.

KWVA: Is there a specific artist or band you’d like to meet one day? Who, and why?

L: I would love to have a beer with Paul Westerberg, and skateboard with J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. For a while, I really looked up to them. They would probably find me annoying, to be honest, so maybe I shouldn’t.

Thanks, Luigi!