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Allan Wylie in the broadcast booth. - Photo / Larry Jacobson via WBUR.org

Meet Allan Wylie: the blind sports broadcaster chasing his dreams at Rowan

Luke Brown, Staff Writer October 9, 2024

When Allan Wylie was 12 years old, he fully understood sports. He fully grasped what sports meant, how they impacted lives, and why they were so significant. With this understanding, Allan discovered his...

RTN’s sports team live-streamed Rowan Mens Hockey’s home opener on Sept. 23. - Photo via Rowan Television Network

Rowan RTN Provides TV and Film Students With Real-World Experience

Chelsea Valcourt October 12, 2022

Rowan's Radio, Television & Film program has produced Emmy-award-winning professionals and successful, freelancing content creators through its vigorous curriculum and ability to provide students...

Radio host John Kincade discussed confidence building and key insights during Pizza With The Pros on Monday, Nov. 1 - Photo via @RowanSportsCAM on Twitter.com

John Kincade Talks Confidence Building During “Pizza With The Pros”

Drew Peltzman November 2, 2021

Philadelphia sports radio host John Kincade spoke to Rowan students during this week's Pizza with the Pros event on Monday, Nov. 1.  John Kincade, a Pennsylvania native, spent 25 years as an Atlanta...

Special logo for Rowan's “Pizza with the Pros” announcement. - Graphics Editor / Jana Jackstis

Rowan University Announces Internship Opportunities with Minor League Baseball Team Wilmington Blue Rocks

Jennifer McGraw April 7, 2021

During a special “Pizza with the Pros” event on Monday night hosted by Neil Hartman, the director of the Center for Sports Communication & Social Impact, an expanded partnership with the minor...

Lloyd Wilson broadcasts a Delaware Blue Coats game alongside Kayla Santiago. Wilson is one of the four Rowan students who were selected to be broadcasting interns for the Blue Coats this semester. - Staff Writer / Christine Harkinson

Wilson: My Journey to Becoming a Delaware Blue Coats Broadcasting Intern

Lloyd Wilson March 24, 2021

My internship with the Delaware Blue Coats has been an opportunity of a lifetime. I have been blessed with the opportunity to do play-by-play for a G-League team. Very few students and people ahead of...

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin discusses following her dreams and the road the becoming a journalist. - Photo via Lou Rocco / ABC

An Intimate Conversation With Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Sunny Hostin

Chelsea Valcourt March 8, 2021

The best way to grow professionally is to speak with those who already have the career accomplishments and real-world experience that you are working toward. Nineteen students majoring in radio, television...

Legendary television host Larry King has died at age 87. - Photo via npr.org

Television Legend Larry King Dies at 87

Jennifer McGraw February 3, 2021

Larry King, long-time CNN talk show host of “Larry King Live,” died from a sepsis infection in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 87 on Jan. 23, 2021.  King’s career took off in 1957 on...

The Rowan Radio logo. - Photo courtesy of Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM

How Rowan Radio is Adjusting to COVID-19

Joel Vazquez-Juarbe October 13, 2020

Rowan Radio is back on air but with new precautions. More than 30 people logged into the station's first Zoom meeting of the semester on Sept. 17 to listen to the radio's new COVID-19 guidelines. "We...

From left to right: Kelly Green, Alyssa Compa, Derek Jones and Geneva Gerwitz at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in June 2016. The student radio station won its seventh Gracie Award for election coverage. - Photo provided by Derek Jones

Rowan Radio wins Gracie Award for election coverage

Eric Conklin April 1, 2017

Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM’s trophy case is continuing to fill up. Station members Alyssa Compa, Kelly Green, and Geneva Gerwitz won a Gracie Award for their election-coverage radio show, Decision 2016, which...

Rowan Radio members meet Phillies at Citizens Bank Park

Chris Devine January 24, 2017

Members of Rowan Radio WGLS-FM had a special opportunity to practice their broadcast interview skills on star players of the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday. Starting pitcher...

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