From 12 p.m. Friday, April 29, to 12 p.m. Saturday, April 30, the campus radio station, WSYC 88.7 FM, will be broadcasting from its studio during “Up All Night With WSYC.”

Matthew Trust, the public relations director for WSYC, wanted “Up All Night” to be bigger than past years.

Instead of broadcasting solely from the WSYC studio, WSYC will shift the broadcast to the Ceddia Union Building multipurpose room from 7 p.m. April 29 to 1:30 a.m. April 30.

As an incentive for students to listen and participate, “WSYC 88.7 FM will be giving away a prize on the 15th minute of each hour,” Trust said.

These prizes include tickets to see Beyoncé, Coldplay, Florida Georgia Line, WWE Monday Night Raw, Bluetooth wireless speakers, a tablet and more.

“Additional prizes will be given away at the MPR,” Trust said.

“The idea is to have students interact more up close and personal with WSYC.”

“We have 22 different WSYC DJs participating in the 24-hour broadcast,” Trust said.

WSYC will decide who the winners of the different prizes are through each DJ. Winners selected could be through who is the eighth caller or who can answer a question correctly, depending on what each DJ wants to do. This is not the first year the event will be held, although, last year “Up All Night” did not occur due to lack of resources and personnel.

“‘Up All Night with WSYC’ was created in February 2012 as a public relations project,” Ted Carlin, adviser for WSYC and communication/journalism professor, said. Matt Kanzler spearheaded “Up All Night with WSYC” for the annual SU Student Research Conference.

“The focal point of the project will be a 24-hour broadcast marathon with the intent purpose of raising general awareness amongst the students and surrounding community,” Kanzler said about his project in 2012.

Trust added, “We want students to interact, be social, listen to good music and overall, celebrate a semester worth of hard work.

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