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POSITION NAME E-MAIL OFFICE PHONE
General Manager Lauren Debick [e-mail]  
Program Director Zack McDermott [e-mail]  
Music Director Kristin Babjak [e-mail]  
Assistant Music Director Amanda Harrigan    
News Director Carly Lyons [e-mail]  
Assistant News Director Clarissa Schneider    
Webmaster/New Media Director Nicole Dohoda [e-mail]  
Sports Director Caitie Ryan [e-mail]  
Assistant Sports Director Alex Bieler    
Promotions Director Beth Gaertner [e-mail]  
Assistant Promotions Director Rianna MacWhirter    
Production Director Janae Butler [e-mail]  
Underwriting Coordinator Deb Carlson [e-mail] 871-5841 ext. 3
Secretary Jenna Ralicki [e-mail]  
Engineering Supervisor Mel Himes [e-mail] 871-5841 ext. 5
Super Soul Saturday Director Lee Smith . 871-5841 ext. 9
Station Operations Manager Chet LaPrice [e-mail] 871-5841 ext. 1
 
 

Lauren Debick




Position: 
General Manager
Hometown:  Cleveland, OH
Major:  Communication Arts  
Academic Year:  Senior
Began at WERG:  Fall 2006
Previous Roles:  Assistant Program Director, Promotions Director, Production Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience:  Shadowed at 95.5 The Fish in Cleveland, Board-op for Jet 1400 and Star 104.
Hobbies & Interests:  Cheerleading, Dance, and Music.

 


 


 

Zack McDermott

Position:  Program Director
Hometown:  Freeport, PA
Major: 
Academic Year:  Sophomore
Began at WERG:  Fall 2008
Previous Roles:  Assistant Program Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience: 
Hobbies & Interests: 




 

Kristin Babjak

Position:  Music Director
Hometown:  West Mifflin, PA
Major:  Communication Arts, Advertising Communications Minor
Academic Year:  Senior
Began at WERG:  Fall 2006
Previous Roles:  Assistant Webmaster, Webmaster, Music Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience:  Interned in the Creative Services Department at Pittsburgh's WPXI-TV, former Board-op for Jet 1400.
Hobbies & Interests: 
Swimming, Listening to Music, and Watching Scrubs.


 

Carly Lyons


Position:  News Director
Hometown:  Cleveland, Ohio
Major:  Communication Arts
Academic Year:  Junior
Began at WERG:  Fall 2008
Previous Roles:  Assistant Production Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience:
Hobbies & Interests: Listening to music, Scrap-booking, Photography, Dance, Writing, Acting, Spending time with loved ones




 

Nicole Dohoda

Position:  Webmaster/New Media Director
Hometown:  Pittsburgh, PA
Major:  Theatre & Communication Arts
Academic Year:  Junior
Began at WERG:  Fall 2007
Previous Roles:  Assistant Webmaster, Webmaster
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience: KDKA 1020 Pittsburgh, intern: summer of 2009.
Hobbies & Interests: Performance Art, Singing, Acting, Playing the Violin, the Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Fraternity, Learning, Arts & Crafts, Writing Music, and Poetry.



 

Janae Butler

Position:  Production Director
Hometown:  Erie, PA
Major:  Journalism Communications
Academic Year:  Junior
Began at WERG:  Fall 2007
Previous Roles:  Assistant Production Director, Promotions Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience:
Hobbies & Interests: Listening to Music, Walking, Hanging out with Friends, Themed Movie Parties, and Taking Pictures.


 

Caitie Ryan

Position:  Sports Director
Hometown: Clearfield, PA 
Major:  Journalism Communications
Academic Year:  Junior
Began at WERG:  Fall 2007
Previous Roles:  New to staff
Current Shows:
 
Professional Experience:  Been doing a shift since Fall of Freshman year, and been on the PTSG staff since then also. Also writes for the Gannon Knight.
Hobbies and Interests: I like reading, writing, texting, Facebook, taking pictures. I also enjoy kayaking, swimming and going for walks around Erie and Clearfield. Oh and I can make a pretty awesome milkshake.



 

Beth Gaertner

Position:  Promotions Director
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Major: 
Academic Year:  Sophomore
Began at WERG: 
Previous Roles:  Assistant Promotions Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience: 
Hobbies & Interests: 





Jenna Ralicki

Position:
 Secretary
Hometown:
Major: 
Academic Year: 
Senior
Began at WERG: 
Fall 2006
Previous Roles: 
Assistant News Director
Current Shows: 
Professional Experience:
Hobbies & Interests:




Deb Carlson

Position:  Underwriting Coordinator
Hometown:  Erie, PA
Degree/Gannon Alumni:  2009, BA Communication Arts
Graduate Major:  Computer and Information Science, Web Development
Began at WERG:  Spring 2004
Previous Roles:  Webmaster, Assistant Program Director, Program Director, Music Director, General Manager
Current Shows: 
Sonic Sunrise Friday
Professional Experience: 
WERG News Team, Board-op for Lady Knights Basketball, Freelance Writer for Gannon Magazine, HTML 4.0 Training, On-camera talent for Community Access Television, Board-op for Jet 1400 and The Fan 1330, Voice-tag person for Star 104, Project Developer and Graphic Artist for Gannon's Computer and Information Science Department.





Chet LaPrice

Position:  Station Operations Manager
Hometown:  Erie, PA
Degree/Gannon Alumni:  1992, BA Communication Arts
Began at WERG:  Summer 2002
Background:  Chet began his radio career WLKK Lake Country 1400 (now JET Radio 1400) while still a student at Gannon in 1989, and then pulled weekend overnights at the old K104 in 1990-91. Chet began working at WXTA Country 98 his senior year which turned into a full-time job after graduation. Chet ran the midday show--including the All-Request Country Lunch--from 1993-2000, and was WXTA's Music Director from 1995-2001. After leaving WXTA in 2001, Chet spent a year as "Jeff Sinclair" on Planet Radio 93-9. In August 2002, Chet accepted a position at Gannon University as Operations Manager for WERG-FM.








Mel Himes  
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