Homecoming Week: Alumni Feature!
The WVUM we know and love would be nothing without its rich history of hardworking, passionate, and impactful WVUM-ers of radio past. Every year, the University of Miami uses Homecoming week to welcome alumni back to the Alma Mater and in turn honor their impact. WVUM is extremely grateful to have a myriad of returning alumni that host guest shows or visit the station! To emphasize the widespread appreciation of these figures, we’ve highlighted a few of the returning members below. Read on and keep it locked!
Amber Robertson, Class of 2012.
Guest show: This Friday 5-7pm!
Favorite WVUM Memory: Winning the MTV Woodie Award!
Favorite thing about WVUM: I met my husband in the studio.
Favorite Musical Artist: That's a loaded question.
Fun Fact: I still work in radio.
Brendan McCarthy, Class of 2003.
Guest Show: Friday from 1-2pm
Favorite WVUM Memory: There are so many, my first show, the late night engineering sessions, designing the way we gather audio from around campus, working on the transmitter....
Favorite thing about WVUM: Everyone is different, everyone is an individual, every show has a personality all its own.
Favorite Musical Artist: In general, Seamus Kennedy, but from WVUM that would be They Might Be Giants.
Fun Fact: I'm a leader in a Cub Scout pack and a Boy Scout troop; and I have five kids from 2 to 13, so I'm going to be one for a long time to come!
Aveen Mirani, Class of 2002
Favorite WVUM Memory: Meeting Lady Gaga. She was dressed in a sleeping bag and had an unpublished demo cd with her.
Favorite thing about WVUM: Meeting new musicians who spontaneously showed up at the station to try to get their stuff played .
Favorite Musical Artist: Myself, the dj ! I enjoy mixing all sorts of music that I heard on the radio.
Fun Fact: Listened to WVUM since I was 10 years old.
Falyn Freyman, Class of 2012
Friday 5-7pm (with Amber!)
Favorite WVUM Memory: Putting on our on-campus live music series WVUM Days Out. We brought Danny Daze, Jacuzzi Boys, Soul Clap and a whole bunch of other cool performers for some lunchtime partying on the UC patio.
Favorite thing about WVUM: I made so many best friends there! It also introduced me to Miami's alternative nightlife scene which was pretty life-changing at the time.
Favorite Musical Artist: So hard to choose.. Radiohead was probably most formative. David Byrne was the best concert ever. And Angel Olsen's last album All Mirrors is for sure a recent highlight.
Fun Fact: I'm the associate editor at Time Out Miami. We recommend the best things to do, eat & drink in the city and also curated the new Time Out Market in SoBe. Check it out 8).
Andy Sapiro, Class of 1980
Favorite WVUM Memory: Too long ago— can’t remember.
Favorite thing about WVUM: That I still get to play DJ once a year.
Favorite Musical Artist: Yo La Tengo!