Hi WREKers! The end of spring semester is busy for everyone, but WREK is especially . Between WREKTACULAR, graduating a new class of dummy ops, and on-boarding our new exec team, WREK has been hard at work finishing another incredible year here at Georgia Tech. Continue reading for exclusive photos, updates, and more in this special WRAP PARTY Edition of WREK the Newsletter!

WREKTACULAR '26

On April 11th, hundreds of students and music fans alike made their way to Variety Playhouse for WREK's annual WREKTACULAR Festival!

WREKTACULAR is a labor of love, with planning starting all the way back in October. The festival is completely student-run, including booking, planning, and merch, marketing, and tech! This year, we were lucky to have Atlanta-based indie sensation Lunar Vacation as headliner; with touring acts Shallowater, Full Body 2, and Joyer; and local openers Hubble, Strumbrush, Siichaq, and Nico!.

Take a look at the WREKTACULAR '26 photo gallery, shot by members of the WREK Media Team:

SOFO Grant Equipment

This past Fall, WREK received a grant of over $9,900 from Georgia Tech's Student Organization Finance Office for brand new live sound equipment. This equipment will help WREK put on better live events, while allowing WREK members to train with industry-standard sound equipment. The check was presented to members of WREK's Exec between innings at the Georgia Tech Baseball game on April 9th. Big thank you once again to GT SOFO and the exec members that put together the grant application.

Dummy Op Graduation

Every semester, our dummy ops complete their training by taking an operator test administered by members of our exec. Once they pass, they become a newly-minted and fully-fledged WREK op able to run our broadcast on their own! To celebrate, our exec holds a Dummy Op Graduation for all the new operators during Georgia Tech's reading day. Congratulations to all of our new Spring '26 operators!

'26 - '27 Exec Board

Every spring, we say goodbye to our WREK seniors (and super seniors; Georgia Tech is hard!) and onboard a brand new exec team. They are tasked with keeping the station running during the next school year, which is no easy feat. Our tower and our equipment is maintained by our Engineering Team, under the watch of our Chief Engineer. All of our graphics are made in-house by our Design Team, lead by our Design Lead. Love Live @ WREK? Thank our Live Sound Director, Booking Director, and Local Music Coordinator!

This year we have introduced 2 new exec positions: Executive Assistant and Webmaster. These new roles will work with WREK's financial operations and website operations, respectively.

Meet your new WREK Exec below!

General Manager - Nate Ryerson

Chief Engineer - Henry Schaeffer

Business Manager - Theo Sommer

Operations Manager - Christian Byrd

Program Director - Cora Reagin

Executive Assistant - Andrea Loza

Asst. Chief Engineer - Kingsley Amponsah

IT Director - Evelyn Wang

Webmaster - Emily Li

Auto Czar - Lauren Travis

Local Music Coordinator - Jackson Cropper

Live Sound Director - Howard Zhu

Booking Director - Marleigh Moats

Publicity Director - Olivia Landivar

Content Coordinator - Caitlyn Chapman

Design Lead - Aisling Mahony

Studio Director - Kendall Michaud

Member-At-Large - Ayan Guha

Congratulations to our new '26-'27 Exec Board, and congratulations to all of the graduating members of our '25 - '26 Exec Board!

Join the WREK Media Team!

WREK's Media Team is always looking for new student members to help create content for the WREK Blog, for WREK socials, and for WREK the Newsletter. Interested in writing, photography, or video editing? Want a chance to interview artists or take photos at concerts? Join the WREK Media Team in the fall!