Pol Le, News Editor—
Doobie Radio recently created the new 24-Hour Doobie Takeover Event that featured DASU (Denison Asian Student Association), Green Team, DISA (Denison International Student Association), and Outlook. The event was spearheaded by Henry Gamble ‘24, who reached out to different organizations and planned the logistics of the event.
“[Doobie’s] executive team was trying to figure out how we can collaborate more with organizations outside our usual shows.” Station Manager Kat Amiet ’23 said.
The takeover was split into two 12-hour sessions between 9 am – 9 pm on both Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of February. Their station is housed in a cozy corner of Slayter’s first floor, highlighted by colorful posters in purple, yellow, and pink.
Each organization had its members sign up for slots of thirty minutes. They then met up with a Doobie DJ in the station and learned how to stream on the radio.
“It’s really all up to the members who are coming in. We might interview them a little bit at the beginning and then we will see how it goes,” Amiet said. “Our DJ could be like ‘Hey, do you want to talk about your organization?,’ ‘Do you want to talk about any events that are coming up?,’ or ‘Do you want to talk about what your organization’s mission is?’”
It took around a month to plan the show. The executive team was also mindful of the Burpee’s 24-hour show and the Bandersnatch’s 24-hour event, all of which happened on the same weekend.
“It was really busy for everyone, which is why we’re so grateful that people find the time to be able to have this collaboration with us,” Amiet said.
Hoa Tran ‘25, a DASU member, was paired with Joselin Aguilar Gramajo, a mentor from the Doobie Radio executive board. Tran was able to navigate the “board”, which controls the volume of all the mics, the computers, and the speakers in Slayter. They decided to play one of his custom Japanese playlists instead of doing an interview.
“You don’t have to talk. You can just play music,” Tran said.
Soham Changani’ 23, the President of DISA, used the Doobie platform to talk about his experience as an international student.
When first arriving at Denison, Soham wasn’t necessarily culture-shocked, as he had visited the U.S several times prior. Yet he still did notice differences.
“Orientation has changed a lot since I was freshman,” Changani said. “Orientation was only for international students. Because of that, you were limited to making international friends. Whereas now orientation has changed and it’s open for everyone.”
He was having this conversation with Gamble, who is a Doobie DJ.
The pair went on to discuss the social gaps that they often observed between international and domestic students, noting that bridging large cultural differences may seem daunting to some, but is always rewarding.
For the rest of his segment, Changani and Sham D Khuseynov ‘23 listened to Russian music. Khuseynov said that he didn’t think people often hear the Doobie playing a Russian playlist, his favorite type of music.
The Doobie Radio team said they are hoping that this takeover series will become a frequent event that takes place once or twice per semester. Some organizations have already reached out to show their interest in being part of the next 24-hour show.
“I feel like it’s nice because we had different people coming in,” Amiet said.