[143]MTSU STUDENT-RUN RADIO WMTS-FM PLANS OCT. 16 BENEFIT CONCERT

MTSU STUDENT-RUN RADIO WMTS-FM PLANS OCT. 16 BENEFIT CONCERT
Proceeds from $7 Cover to Help Station’s Operations Costs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 6, 2008
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Elaine Pearce, 615-898-2591

(MURFREESBORO)—Those who want to rock out while supporting college radio will soon get their chance.
MTSU’s student-run radio station, WMTS-FM, will host a benefit Thursday, Oct. 16, at Main Street (Club 527). Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the show will start at 9 p.m. Cover charge is $7, and the show will be open to patrons 18 and older.
Elaine Pearce, promotions director for WMTS, said that the station organizes a benefit every semester, and all proceeds will benefit the station, which can be heard at 88.3 FM.
“Last year’s benefit at Bluesboro was a huge success,” Pearce said.
Zombie Bazooka Patrol and Canon Blue will perform, along with The Cactus’s and The Champion and his Burning Flame.
“We’re having two bands that are mellow, then more high-energy stuff later in the night,” WMTS Music Director Amanda Nielsen said.
For more information, call 615-898-2591 or e-mail manager@wmts.org.

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IN BRIEF: MTSU’s student-run radio station, WMTS-FM, will host a benefit Thursday, Oct. 16, at Main Street (Club 527). Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the show will start at 9 p.m. Cover charge is $7, and the show will be open to patrons 18 and older. For more information, call 615-898-2591 or e-mail manager@wmts.org.


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