Everyone knows that Marquette Radio is out there, but not many actually take the time to look up specific shows and decide to tune in. Throughout the week it’s understandable because everyone has lots of work to do and a limited amount of time to get it done. But let’s be real, come Thursday at Marquette, it’s the weekend. It’s convenient enough to go on the website and stream live as your relaxing after class, eating, or preparing for the night to come. There are many shows that don’t get the credit they deserve for all the work they put into it. So come next Thursday, tune into these hilarious, entertaining, informative, and unique shows put on by your fellow Marquette students.

1.     Take charge Thursday afternoon at 2:00 PM with The Grey Area

The basis of the show is to touch on topics around campus and off campus. In particular sophomores Marcus Burse and Chris Linskens like to talk about sports, entertainment and music. Another key factor to the show is the listeners’ involvement. As stated in the shows bio, “Are you tired of not being heard? Want to hear about the latest entertainment at Marquette?  This is the show for all your sports and entertainment needs.  You now have an avenue for all listeners to be heard.  We are for the people, by the people.”

Being a College of Communication Major, Marcus got involved with the radio because he thought it would be fun and a good start in the broadcasting industry. His partner, Chris is a professional DJ and owns his own DJ service company.

“My favorite part about being a DJ is pretty much having the freedom to talk about what I want. Also having a lot of people listen to my show and give feedback,” Burse said.

In preparation for the show they spend 2 to 3 hours trying to decide what to say. They think it wouldn’t take as long if they didn’t spend a lot of that time screwing around, but that’s what college is for. Since there’s a large focus on the talk show aspect, they try and find the most interesting things in sports and media and that’s how they decide what to talk about for the show.

2. Have a girls night Thursday at 9:30 PM with #GirlProblems

Luckily, junior Broadcast majors Jessica Clark, Najya Mudd and Kevon Albright met last semester for a common broadcasting class. If not for that class, their radio show probably wouldn’t exist today. Even though the show is entitled ‘#GirlProblems’ it’s not only for girls. They touch on a number of topics and guys can relate to the issues they bring up as well.

“We’ve actually had a lot of guys call in, it’s not just for girls. They can relate to it too,” Najya Mudd stated. “I love when people call in to the show and have something to say to us. Even guys we’re calling in when we talked about guy code, it made for a good conversation.” continued Jessica Clark.

Each girl has her own character while on the show, Jessica is “Jmac the Classy Brit”, Nadjya is “Princes Minaj-A”, and Kevon is known as “Kivi the FabuLOUS”.

“We have three extremely strong, distinct personalities, and most girls can relate to at least one of us, if not all three,” Mudd said.

“My favorite part of the show is debating topics, I like to prove my point, I like when others prove their point. I like to have differences in opinion,”Albright said.

All together they talk about topics like celebrity drama, boys, fashion, friends, etc. Ideas come from all over the place, whether it is from personal experience, Facebook suggestion, or random thoughts from a person they just met, such as “What is swag?”

“[The show] is based off our own lives, we each have our own experiences, but we come together to help each others segment,”  Clark said. “But sometimes my friends will write on my Facebook page and tell me about their personal lives and tell me to talk about it.”

To get some advice,  you can call in to the radio station, post on Facebook, or tweet directly at them (@itsjessie_765, @simplyyfabb, @for3valov3).

3. Relax after class Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with Bohemian Banter

Being in the College of Communication and a Broadcast major, sophomore Noelle Searles first got involved in Radio because it was a required class. But now it has become part of her life.

“I have a huge passion for music, so I like when people ask me for recommendations because I like to share,” Searles said.

Bohemian is a lifestyle that Searles really enjoys. She calls it an artistic concept, and very relaxed way of viewing life.

But think that makes this show boring. She is a very energetic person with a lively personality. That’s where the banter comes in. She includes her thoughts on subjects and offers playful remarks regarding the songs. Occasionally she will have another person on the show to bounce ideas and conversation off of, but typically she runs the show completely on her own with her own ideas.

“[The hard part] is being by your self and finding the appropriate balance between talking and playing music,” she says.

Noelle plans on continuing Marquette Radio the next few years of college, and is actually currently looking to get an internship. Her dream internship would be with WXRT, a popular rock radio station located in Chicago.

4. Go Underground Friday at 5:00 p.m. with the You Oughta Know Show

New to the DJ scene, freshmen Hank Greening and John Grant jumped right into Marquette Radio after attending O-fest. Both are in the College of Communication and were looking for ways to get out in the field. They thought a radio show was a fun way to get their feet wet and find out what they liked. Marquette Radio was their first exposure to DJ-ing, and they were a little nervous at first especially being alone for their first show.

“For your first show there is supposed to be someone in the room with you,” Grant said. “But our first show got cancelled, so for our second show no one came into the room with us.”

Although being new and alone, the boys have really started to figure out the ins and outs of radio broadcasting. With only two shows in, accidents are expected. But they keep their cool and do what they can to make sure each show runs smoothly.

The basis of the show is heavily focused on music. Coincidently when they first met they realized how similar and underappreciated their taste in music was.

“We both like the same kind of music and we thought we could turn it into something,” Greening said. “We like underground rap music, stuff that’s up and coming and that not many people know about,” Grant continued.

They still have 3.5 years to go at Marquette and intend to continue with their show. But there is always room for change and improvement, so they say concept of the show may not stay the same as it is today.

“We’ll probably stick with the same kind of music on our show, but [we’ll] probably expand more on talking and drift more into a talk show,” Greening said.

5. Get Crazy Saturday night at 5:00 p.m. with Absolute Nonsense

“It’s like that awkward conversation on the street where you only hear half of it, but with us you get the whole conversation,” junior Nicholas Drez said.

Nicholas Drez (Dr. Ez) is in the Colleges of Health Sciences, a premed major and Kyle Dooley (KDoolz) is a criminology and sociology major in the College of Arts and Sciences. The radio show was an impromptu decision made at O-fest and the name was decided upon within 5 minutes of the application deadline. But after listening to the show, you’d expect nothing less.

“[The show] is nonsensical, it’s whatever were thinking. We don’t know what’s going on, so you shouldn’t either. And if you do, we need to change something,” junior Kyle Dooley said.

“We think we’re funny, so we thought maybe other people would think we’re funny,” continued Drez.

This show is exactly as the name implies, absolute nonsense. There will always be 3 guaranteed parts to the show, however they come up though, no one knows. The show will always have music, it will always include funny tweets, and it will always touch on topics going around Marquette. So far issues addressed include: bro tanks, bad drivers, yoga pants and girls wearing boots.