Allison Pao
Of course, programming and finances are only two aspects of our station. What we value the most about our station is our community of students, listeners, and alumni. To maintain a sense of community virtually, we have organized Zoom administrative board meetings, happy hours, meals, and movie screenings. We held our meeting with the board of trustees, elections of the administrative board via Zoom, and Visitas open house as well. We have participated in various social media challenges (WHRB versions of Bingo and the 30-Day Song Challenge), and we have increased our social media post frequency during this time. We are creating and sharing “quarantine” playlists for each other. We plan to hold virtual alumni reunions and mixers. We are sending updates to our listeners via mail and email. In summary, even though we are off-campus, we are doing all we can to bring our community closer together. The incredible silver lining of this entire crisis is that we are being challenged to rapidly innovate, and we are learning an incredible amount from this experience. As a result, I think we will emerge from this period even stronger than before.