I love sports and I can’t remember a time when that wasn’t the case. So not only have I landed a lucky gig, but one that most certainly couldn’t be more fitting for me personally. My name is Jacob Woloshin. I was born and raised in Memphis and I am the current sports director of WUMR, the University of Memphis’s campus radio station. I graduated from White Station and since I was a boy I’ve been a die-hard fan of a select few teams. Naturally, growing up in a city where basketball is more religion than sport, I quickly fell in love with the hometown program. The University of Memphis has always felt like the perfect place for me to grow into the broadcaster and human being I want to be.
As sports director, my job is to educate and mentor anybody wanting and willing to be on air. It’s not just the sports crew that I work with; WUMR is basically one big, diverse family of radio personalities. I try and encourage any interested students to try and be DJs as well as members of the sports desk. And trust me, the job definitely has its perks. As students, my crew and I are allowed to broadcast home football and basketball games. We are also lucky enough host a morning radio show from 8:35 to 9:00, Mondays through Fridays on 91.7fm, The Jazz Lover. With our football team looking solid, basketball season right around the corner, and our broadcast team more excited and ready than ever, we’re sure to have some great Memphis Tiger action which will be the inspiration for my blog posts throughout the semester.
As sports director, my job is to educate and mentor anybody wanting and willing to be on air. It’s not just the sports crew that I work with; WUMR is basically one big, diverse family of radio personalities. I try and encourage any interested students to try and be DJs as well as members of the sports desk. And trust me, the job definitely has its perks. As students, my crew and I are allowed to broadcast home football and basketball games. We are also lucky enough host a morning radio show from 8:35 to 9:00, Mondays through Fridays on 91.7fm, The Jazz Lover. With our football team looking solid, basketball season right around the corner, and our broadcast team more excited and ready than ever, we’re sure to have some great Memphis Tiger action which will be the inspiration for my blog posts throughout the semester.