Ray's List: WLFR's New Studio

Raymond Tyler produces and hosts our new video column Ray’s List. Raymond was nice enough to take Galloway Patch behind the scenes with him at the new WLFR FM radio studio and station, so we asked him to share his thoughts about the new studio and WLFR in general.

I spent my teen years of the late 1980s to early 1990s tuning in every weekend to 91.7 WLFR, or as we called it Lake Fred Radio. Roy Heck, Charlie Bucci, Marc Asbury, Bum Rush, DJ Kosmic Kev, DJ Nino and Able. Hip-hop and house music had turned the job of playing records into an art form. So I loved listening to what the Lake Fred DJs were doing with music and sound.

I went from tuning in to Roy Heck and Charlie Bucci’s shows, to going to parties where Kosmic Kev would move hundreds of Stockton Students to what is today classic hip hop. Eventually I would be in the studio live as Do It All, Nino and Able did their shows.

Lake Fred Radio was a path that to larger commercial radio, nightclubs and casinos, music tours and even television. Today I am proud so to say I have a radio show on 91.7 WLFR FM.

I was wishing I could have called all of the DJs that inspired me as I toured the new student life center at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and saw the new studio last week.

The new building doesn’t officially open for another month or so, but because I now produce and host "The Soul Connection" radio show, I have limited access to the building.  

The New Student Life Center is now the first thing you see as you arrive at the main campus entrance. The building also is home to Richard Stockton College’s TV studio RSCTV as well as 91.7 WLFR FM. The new radio offices offer both radio hosts/jocks as well as their guest new and exciting space.

The new office space can serve as a waiting room of sorts for guests. When I walked into the new studio, I was most amazed by how much space and natural light is now available. We now have a set up for two guest microphones (both microphones are brand new) and even more space for the show host to operate.

Long time listeners to current WLFR shows like Black Plastic, be assured we still have turntables and vinyl will continue to be a part of the WLFR music experience. All of the diverse shows that are scheduled on WLFR should be back on the air after missing less than four days of programming.

The success of the transition can be credited to Joel Ludovich, assistant professor at the School of Arts and Humanities and Communication. Professor Ludovich is the Advisor/General Manager of WLFR 91.7 FM.

Professor Ludovich and the station managers have been working hand and hand with Richard Stockton College faculty, and radio show hosts to make WLFR better since her arrival circa 2006. Professor Ludovich has done wonderfully moving us into the new studios and campaigning for WLFR to be appreciated by the whole of the college.

So as Richard Stockton College comes to the end of another school year, WLFR is now in the heart of the student life center at the foremost position on campus. There is a large window that will now allow fans to see their favorite WLFR personalities as they are on the air.

By the summer time Dunkin' Donuts and Johnny Rockets franchises will also be in the same building as the radio station. So the days of WLFR being thought of as under the radar are truly gone, while the best is still to come.

Ray’s List for Great Shows Heard Only WLFR

"The Soul Connection," Fridays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with co-hosts DJ Nino and Michelle Moseley.

It’s like three hours of Ray’s List with guests, books, current events, sports, relationship questions and great music from the American Song Book, Rock and Roll, Old School Hip Hop and lots of underground music as well. It’s as much fan as I can have without professor Ludovich banging on the glass like a scene from WKRP.

Although we don’t take calls, we do interact with listeners via Facebook.

"Take Over Radio with DJ 10 Spot," Fridays at 10 p.m. to midnight and Saturday Nights, midnight to 2 a.m., DJ 10

Spot keeps South Jersey’s longest running hip-hop radio show “going and going and going.” You can hear the new hop-hop on "The Take Over Show" even before it’s “on the block.”

"M4 with Joe Molineaux." Business Advice & Eclectic Music, Tuesdays 4-6 p.m.

Joe offers his listeners interviews with South Jersey’s leaders in business. Joe also provides insight and advice and plays music that ties to the theme and guests of each show.

"House Of Classics with Leon Bryant," Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon

"The House Of Classics" takes the listener back to when singers could sing, and love songs included harmony. House of hits includes the names that made popular music popular, like Nat King Cole. Bryant plays the hits along with rare classics and adds the viewpoints by a man who has lived to hear a lot of great music over the years.

There are plenty of other great shows on today’s 91.7 FM WLFR. The station can be heard 24 hours a day.

WLFR can also be accessed when not near a radio at WLFR.FM.

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