The Galaxy is back and its range is broader than ever.

The student-run radio station after a 2-year hiatus has returned and it’s expanded its scope beyond Webster Groves. The Galaxy now broadcasts via the World Wide Web, meaning its audience can be anywhere around the world.

“You can access it anywhere you have an Internet connection and a computer,” said Promotions Assistant Maggie Noelke (BA, Advertising and Marketing Communications, 2007). “The Galaxy is literally everywhere.”

And although its reach spans the globe, its focus remains here at home.

The goal of the revived Galaxy is to become a true community radio station, similar to KDHX-FM, providing a valuable service to Webster University and its surrounding community, said Student Media Coordinator Jim Singer.

Already, Galaxy staffers have reached out to KDHX to build a better partnership. KDHX, in return, hopes to use the partnership to promote community radio at college campuses throughout the St. Louis area.

Partnering with local schools such as Washington University, SLU and Webster “provides a great pool of volunteers for us and a great learning experience for the students,” Station Manager Nico Leone said. “It exposes them to a lot of what we do and gets them talking to each other.”

More than 40 students — with majors ranging from business to advertising and marketing communications to audio production — already are involved in the station, representing a variety of shows that include sports talk, world music, big band and more.

The Galaxy also launched another Gorlok first when it returned: live broadcasts for sporting events.

“It’s amazing to see how far we came in just a few short months,” said play-by-play announcer Matt Majikas (BA, Broadcast Journalism, 2007). “The response to it was tenfold beyond anything I expected. We had people listening all over the country.”



Those involved in reviving the station see it as a connection between students, between the university and its alumni, and between extended members of the surrounding community.

“This is a great opportunity for alumni to stay connected with the university, to keep up-to-date with what’s going on here and to listen to live events, like a basketball game, as they happen on campus,” Singer said.

For current students, it’s also a great learning environment for students from all different majors. “I get to put to work what I learn in the classroom,” said Public Affairs Director Patrick Gable (BA, Public Relations, 2009).

Said Noelke: “This is a learning environment where mistakes are used as a learning tool. I am getting all this great experience and learning from my mistakes … not being fired for them.”

Students do it all. They serve as general manager, music director, program director and disc jockey. They manage the station, set the schedule and produce all the shows. “I want the students to run everything,” Singer said. “I’m just the mediator in all this.”

Click here to listen to The Galaxy online.

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