University radio station WBGU-FM will be participating in World College Radio Day on Friday for the first time.
While this is WBGU’s first time participating in the day, this is the sixth year it has occurred according to WCRD’s website.
WBGU-FM social media manager Amanda DeLong has played a huge role in planning Bowling Green’s part in the day.
“It’s a good year to start it because of the new studios,” she said.
Falcon Radio will be helping WBGU, giving away items from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., while WBGU will be doing giveaways every 15 minutes from 12 to 6 p.m.
“It’s an opportunity for us here at college radio to kind of have fun and separate ourselves from commercial radio stations,” WBGU general manager Alison McDonald said. “It’s our day to say … we’re a community driven organization and here are the people that help us.”
Christy Bacurin, WBGU’s operations manager, said for most giveaways there is only one sponsor, but for WCRD around 10 community sponsors have donated more than $500 in prizes, including a $100 Loonar Station gift card, a $50 gift certificate to Gallery Salon and Spa and other gifts from Cloud Five Vapor, Cookie Jar, Pisanellos, Biggby Coffee, Grounds for Thought, the Golden Vanity and Lola’s Yogurt.
“Friday is going to really bring us closer to the community, so we’ll have more local people listening than we usually do,” Bacurin said.
Various guests will also be on air including the Plastic Shatners, UAO, Women who Like Women and the MIC Club.
Over 50 percent of the giveaways will be done over social media, requiring winners like and follow the stations social media pages.
Aside from listening Friday and keeping track of social media, students will also see members of WBGU around campus, playing minute to win it and truth or dare games for prizes at the 15-minute mark of every hour from 12 to 6 p.m. The games will be streamed on Facebook Live, and the winner of each game will receive a free hot pack from Cookie Jar.
There will also be tables in the Bowen Thompson Student Union from 2 to 4 p.m. and free coffee donated by Biggby in the radio lobby in the Kuhlin Center.
“There’s some people on campus who don’t even know there’s a radio station, so it’s kind of bringing awareness to freshman and those students that didn’t know that we existed,” DeLong said.
Tune in to 88.1 from 12 to 6 p.m. and like facebook.com/wbgufm to win social media prizes. The phone number for giveaways is 419-372-8810.
