WEHC 90.7 FM

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• <h4 class="lw_blurbs_title">Ben Dunkley ’26</h4><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><picture class="lw_image lw_image16828 lw_align_none"><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/52/width/500/height/482/16828_IMG_6259.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/52/width/500/height/482/16828_IMG_6259.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/52/width/500/height/482/16828_IMG_6259.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/52/width/500/height/482/16828_IMG_6259.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img alt="" data-alt="" data-decoration="true" src="/live/image/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.jpg" title="Ben Dunkley" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/52/width/609/height/587/16828_IMG_6259.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1857" data-max-h="1791" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>My name is Ben, and I am a 3rd year politics student on a 1-year exchange from the University of Exeter in the UK. I started interacting with WEHC when I arrived in the US as I am a committee member for the student radio station in Exeter, <a href="http://www.xpression.fm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xpression FM</a> and was keen to continue doing radio for my year away and make use of the fantastic facilities that WEHC has to offer. In the UK I had worked on a myriad of shows, from news panel shows on national and local topics, hosted my own variety music show and done a handful of different sports commentary gigs, from commentating professional FA Cup ‘soccer’ matches, to even a boxing fight night, covering 12 fights in one sitting.</p><p> At WEHC I have learnt a lot about running the board for live remote broadcasts and editing audio for pre-recorded shows. I have been grateful to gain a better understanding of US politics and society, and WEHC has offered me that opportunity to meet people that I never would encounter in a hundred years in the UK. I hope to make an extended political pre recorded show analysing the current US political landscape and how people outside the US interpret it, as I am often asked what the European opinions are on current affairs.</p><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"></div></div>