Reviews
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Erik Bonilla-Sanchez: 2022 BEA Festival of Media Arts and IBS Awards Finalist
2022 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts Finalist: 2-Year College Category 2022 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Awards Finalist: Len Mallioux Management Awards in the Best Radio Station Manager – College Category Erik Bonilla-Sanchez has been with WHCM for five years and was the station’s General Manager in early 2021 and Program Director of the Read more
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Koryn Koch: 2022 BEA Festival of Media Arts Finalist
2022 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts Finalist: 2-Year College Category Koryn Koch has been producing audio projects for WHCM since 2021 and currently updates listeners with weekly events happening at the college. You can hear her voice over the airways of Harper Radio during her light-hearted PSAs. Koryn’s submission, “Hidden Harper,” focuses on Read more
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Mary Renner: 2022 BEA Festival of Media Arts Finalist
2022 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts Finalist: 2-Year College Category Mary Renner, one of WHCM’s managers in 2021 and host of Backwards and Forwards every Thursday at 10am, is a finalist for her “Harper Radio – Get involved” video. Her video emphasizes the variety of roles and opportunities available for members of the Read more
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2022 BEA Festival of Media Arts Finalists
PRESS RELEASE February 16, 2022 Palatine, IL BEA Festival of Media Arts Awards Honors Harper Radio with Three (3) Finalists The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) has announced the finalists for their 2022 Festival of Media Arts Awards. Harper Radio – WHCM (88.3FM) – has three (3) entries listed among the finalists for recognition in the Read more
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2022 IBS Media Awards Finalists from WHCM – UPDATED
PRESS RELEASE January 28, 2022 Palatine, IL Updated; IBS Media Awards Honors Harper Radio with Four (4) Five (5) Finalists The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) has announced the finalists for their 2022 Media Awards. Harper Radio – WHCM (88.3FM) – has five (5) entries listed among the finalists for recognition across several categories. The Harper Read more
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Money Plane: A Review
Comically awful films are the equivalent of junk food for cinephiles across the globe. You know the ingredients are unhealthy and consuming it is inadvisable, but the combination proves too tempting and delicious. The most famous film of this nature is The Room, an amalgamation of abominations at every turn. As if under a spell Read more
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League Speculation
On Thursday, March 18th the world finally gets to experience Zack Snyder’s Justice League. In 2017, Justice League was originally released into theaters worldwide. Before it was completed, Zack Snyder left the production for personal reasons, and the studio decided to reshoot many scenes after critics said Batman V Superman was too dark. The result Read more
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Outside the Wire: A Review of the Netflix Film
A not so recent trope that has plagued the film industry is a lack of originality. Of course, plenty of great films exist that are based on novels or short stories, but the rehashing that occurs today is of a different breed and seems to be on the rise. These sequels, spin-offs, and reboots continue Read more
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Citizen Kane: A Review of the Classic Film
Orson Welles gave his best performance and was astounding in his directorial film debut of Citizen Kane, now considered one of the best movies of all time. Why is the storyline so significant? When a child suffers trauma this can set the stage for a lifetime of loneliness and disillusionment. We find such a story Read more
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Lupin: A Review of the Netflix Series
Most people have seen a magician perform and have been awed in one way or another by them. Even as someone who knows magic is trickery and misdirection you still wonder, how did they do that? I remember as a young kid on a field trip, I watched a magician pull my friends card Read more