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TICKET TUESDAY!

etrush2 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:56:28 +0000

Hello all! This is officially my first blog ever…

Today is Ticket Tuesday at WPGU! We’re giving away tickets to the Death Cab for Cutie at Assembly Hall! A lot of !!!! i know, but if you havn’t heard about this show- listen up.

*Death Cab for Cutie is playing at Assembly Hall this Sunday, October 12.*

Tune in to WPGU 1071 for a chance to win all day today!

In other news, I did an interview with Nick (Death Cab’s basist), and we’re going to air that on Friday. He’s a funny dude.

That’s it for me right now, good luck with ticket tuesday!
-liz

Coming home this week? Tune in to PGU!

Lambo — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:40:25 +0000

Another year, another Homecoming extravaganza… and PGU will be right in the thick of it! This week we’ve got all your favorites for a Homecoming celebration that won’t quit ’til it’s all over!

To begin, we’re giving away tickets to Death Cab for Cutie all week long as we gear up for this awesome show on Sunday, Oct. 12. Tune in all week long for your chance to win tickets to this awesome show!
Next up, it’s time to tailgate yet again! That’s right… before the big game, we’ll have a big tent, free beer, face painting, and all the fun you can have! We’ll be set up on Fourth Street, just east of Assembly Hall, so be sure to come out and have a great time!
Don’t have tickets to the Homecoming game? Neither do we. Don’t have tickets to the game against OSU? Now we can help! We’ll be at Presby Hall this Friday for your chance to win tickets to what’s shaping up to be a great game!
Have you checked out The Canopy Club lately? We have! We’re out there every Sunday and Tuesday for their great weekly events — Pizza, Pitcher & a Movie and The Piano man! Be sure to stop out and say hi to the PGU Crew! We’ll be broadcasting the awesomeness live and handing out cool free stuff to boot!

Well, that’s all I’ve got thus far! Be sure to check back throughout the week for more great PGU events to come! Oh, and welcome home, you crazy Illini Alumni!

Holy tailgate! PGU gets ready for some FOOTBALL!

Lambo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:30:55 +0000

That’s right Illini Fans… it’s back! The biggest of the big… the drunkest of the drunk… the pizza-est of the pizza… THE PGU PREGAME!

With less that 24 hours to the Illini home opener, we want everyone to know where we’ll be so that you can come out and have some great Miller Lite and free pizza from Boston’s in Champaign! Join us just off of 4th Street near Assembly Hall as we broadcast our Pregame show live from the WPGU Stage and feature the best in alternative music inside our giant tent!

We’ll also feature fun and games for the whole family, including bags, face painting, an Illini Pride costume contest and much, much more! Don’t have tickets to the game? No problem! We’ll have some to give away along with a number of other awesome prizes for anyone who comes in looking for a great time and lots of fun!

It’s the biggest pregame party of the year, PGU Pregame near Assembly Hall! Open from 9-11AM right outside of Memorial Stadium! Come on out and enjoy the game!

This week at PGU: The end of an era.

Lambo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:00:15 +0000

This week on PGU, we’ve got a great Ticket Tuesday and a show you just can’t miss.

First off, tomorrow we’ve got 5 pairs of tickets to Blind Melon at Canopy Club, and they’re all for you! Listen in all day for your last chance to win tickets to the show, which starts at 7 at Canopy.
Also this Friday, tune in from midnight to 1 to hear an hour of radio to remember as Matt Senator spends his last shift at WPGU. The Flashback Cafe will carry on into the Fall under new management, but that DJ will have big shoes to fill.

WPGU out and about

Matt — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:39:54 +0000

The WPGU Promotions staff has been busy this week. You can catch us tonight on the south quad at 8:30 for a friendly game of capture the flag. Tomorrow we’ll be at the corner of Wright and Daniel fro 12-2 taking live requests and playing all your favorite WPGU tunes. Friday we’ll be over at the Capstone Quarter Condominiums doing a free car wash. So come tonight, or tomorrow, or Friday, or all three days if you simply can’t get enough of WPGU fun.

This week on PGU: We’re out there, come and get some!

Lambo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:21:02 +0000

This week(and every week, really), PGU is working hard to be all up in your grill! We will be out and about in a lot of fun ways, working to ensure that your Summer doesn’t suck and your life is made just a bit more awesome!

First off, we’re spending Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 2PM out in the world, taking your requests! Check us out at IUB on the corner of Wright and Daniels as we offer up WPGU “Quickies on the Quad!” Yes… we know we’re just off the quad, but the sentiment is still there, plus our rock and roll sound can be heard all the way at Foellinger, so it counts! Stop on by for free stuff and to get your requests on the air, courtesy Illini Apple Center.
On Thursday, we’re going to be driving around, giving away the cool stuff that we don’t want anymore in our first ever WPGU Mobile Garage Giveaway! From CD’s and Frisbees to PGU party beads and shot glasses, we’re doing a little spring cleaning in the middle of summer, and our trash can be your treasure! TUne in to PGU from 5-7PM to find out where we’ll be, then come on out for your chance to get some cool free stuff!
Finally, on Friday, WPGU is getting wet & wild as we wash cars at Capstone Quarters, near I-74 on Lincoln Ave in Urbana! Stop on by for a free wash on us!

This week on PGU: We’re getting revolutionary!

Lambo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:10:26 +0000

As the 232nd birthday of this great nation approaches, WPGU is out to start a ruckus with our oldest rivals, the British. We’re waging a war on the air waves this week as we pit American bands against their British counterparts in a series of battles for total musical domination. In this contest, there are no winners and there is no prize. That is, unless you count patriotism and and excellent sense of what’s awesome as prizes, in which case everybody wins!

Want to join in on the good fight? Tune in every day through Friday, July 4th at 12:30 and 5:30 as we spin the songs from the opposing artists, then log on to the217.com/wpgu to vote on which song was better. Polls will only be open for 3 hours, so log on quick! As they say in Chicago, vote early, vote often!

Also this week at WPGU:

We’re playing Glow-in-the-dark Ultimate Frisbee on the South Quad as part of our ongoing Summer Twilight Games! Come out to the South Quad on Wednesday at 8pm to join in the fun.

WPGU is cleaning out it’s prize closet and giving you a chance to pick up some cool free stuff at an undisclosed location. Tune in on Thursday to find out where the WPGU van will be as part of our Mobile Garage Giveaway, then come find us to get cool free stuff, including CD’s, t-shirts, and the random crap that makes us cool to know!

Artist Carl Hauck is being featured as our Band of the Week. Tune every day at 4:30 to hear a new track by this awesome musician!

That’s where we’re at for this patriotic week. Be sure to tune in as you celebrate the birth of something awesome.

AMERICA!

This week at WPGU: Capture something special!

Lambo — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:50:54 +0000

What a week for rockin music and fun in the sun! WPGU is rolling into another summer week with a lot of exciting events and some cool programming, too!

First off, our Twilight Game this week is going to be Capture the Flag! This Risky ritual (pun intended) of awesomeness and espionage will take place on the South Quad at 8PM and feature two teams, two flags, and a lot of good times.

Next off, this week is the last week to enter the WPGU Be the DJ Contest! Want to show us how it’s done? Think you’ve got better music than we do? email your summer-themed iTunes playlist to bethedj@wpgu.com or drop it off at our studios before Friday at noon.

On Ticket Tuesday this week, we’re giving away 5 pairs of tickets to Little Pieces with New Ruins on Sunday, June 22! The show will be held at The High Dive, and looks to be an awesome good time!

SPEAKING OF NEW RUINS… They are this week’s WPGU Band of the Week! Tune in at 4:30 every day this week for your chance to hear a new track by this awesome band!

And finally, be sure to check out the WPGU booth at Taste of Champaign-Urbana this weekend, as we will be out there with fun, games, and some cool swag throughout the weekend!

We’ve got a long week ahead of us with a lot to do, but it looks to be a good time for all who attend!

Peace.

Twilight Games

Matt — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:01:24 +0000

Tonight was the kick-off to a summer full of Twilight Games. This week we played Ghost in the Graveyard, hiding, running, and dodging our way around the South Quad. It was sweaty, heart-pounding, action-packed, and an absolute blast. Thanks to everyone who came out. And to those who missed all the fun, do not fret my friends. WPGU will be hosting Twilight Games every Wednesday this summer. Just meet at the South Quad at sunset (8:30pm) and be ready to relive all of your favorite childhood night games. Next week we’re playing Kick the Can, so wear your running shoes. We’ll do a quick run-through of the rules so don’t worry if your memory is a little foggy on the specifics. Other games to look forward to include Capture the Flag, Sardines, and many more. See you out there!

Beach Party every Friday @ Noon

Matt — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:50:49 +0000

Happy Summer!
WPGU will be kickiin’ it summer style out in front of the station every Friday at noon in full beach party fashion. Stop by for free freeze pops and high fives, as well as hula hoop and limbo competitions. Shake your booty to the classic music of The Flashback Cafe and come celebrate the weekend, summer, and how much you love WPGU all in the same event!