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When I first came to Temple, I remember getting some free
posters from a table at the Welcome Back Block Party. Free
posters.. I mean, what’s cooler than free posters? You
know I had to sign my email address on the sheet of paper at
the table, even though I had no idea what it was for. Soon
enough, I was getting emails about WHIP... a Student Run
Radio Station... and it sounded fun. After just the very
first meeting I went to... seeing the people and the fun and
the energy... I knew I wanted to be involved.
WHIP 91.3 FM had just stopped broadcasting a few months
prior, because their studio was being moved from their nest
in the Student Center Village to somewhere new. "Next
semester, we will be broadcasting over the Internet full-
force," is what I kept hearing. "As soon as our new studio
is finished."
Here we stand at the end of 2006, and our new state-of-the-
art radio station home and studio is finally finished. We
currently reside in the back of Temple University’s TECH
Center... with a comfortable abode to broadcast the voice,
diversity and talent of the students to the Temple community
and the world.
Since my freshman days, seasons have changed and all the
great people who welcomed me into WHIP have graduated and
moved on. All the students who held it down at events and
hosted their own shows on 91.3 are now alumnus. A whole new
generation of Temple students are on campus now... waves of
freshmen and transfer students, but few who know anything
about WHIP's rich legacy.
As time goes on, I am more than excited to see how the
station will grow and develop. WHIP has transformed from an
idea on paper 10 years ago, to a low-frequency FM station in
the student center, to what is now an unrivaled form of
expression to bring out what the students HAVE to offer in
their shows as well as provide to the students what they
WANT to hear. The boundaries are endless in years to come.
WHIP stands for “We Have Infinite Potential,” and I believe
in that 100%. Since my freshman year, I have continued to
hold up the station’s name proudly and preserve its
existence and its mission. At times it was hard,
representing a radio station that had no broadcast and
barely any active members. Yet, I’m proud to have spent
hours upon hours of my own free time to help plan the
station’s future. I’m proud to have stood by the station in
its darker moments when other people were unsure. I’m proud
of everything the station has done collectively, what all
the people who came before me have accomplished, and what I
have done personally on top holding down a job and taking 15
credits per semester. I’m proud to say that I’ve had long
days of meetings and sleepless nights of work to ensure that
WHIP and its missions did happen.
And it was always worth it. Every single time.
Yours Truly,
Andy Katowitz
General Manager
2006-2007
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