Fireside Chat Speaker

Becky Pohotsky '96
DJ and Program Director, WGIR

On campus on Thursday, November 16, 2006

I graduated from Exeter in 1996 and went onto Brown University where I graduated with a degree in Public Policy in 2000.  I have always been interested in music and radio even before high school, but at Exeter I was able to start actually doing radio instead of just being a listener.  I worked at WPEA for 4 years, finishing as General Manager, my senior year.  While at Exeter, I spent 2 summers interning at WFNX in Boston.  At Brown, I became extensively involved at WBRU, the alternative rock station for the Providence area, which is mostly staffed by Brown and RISD students and is billed as an educational workshop in commercial radio to the students.  To the general listening population though, WBRU is just another radio station in the market.  I was on the air there and became the Music Director my senior year.  After graduating, I went onto work in Hartford, Connecticut at WMRQ as the overnight personality and Assistant Music Director.  Next, I moved onto Springfield, Massachusetts as the Night Personality and Music Director for Lazer 99-3.  Finally in the winter of 2005, I returned to New Hampshire and am currently the midday personality and Assistant Program Director for Rock 101 (WGIR FM) in Manchester.

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