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For the fourth consecutive year, С����Ƶ’s campus radio station, 107.7 The Bronc WRRC FM, will broadcast live on the opening day of the Philadelphia Flower Show on Saturday, March 5.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation’s largest and longest-running horticultural event, attracting over 260,000 people annually from across the country who come to see displays by the world’s premier floral and landscape designers. The 2016 show will run from March 5 – 13 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

In 2013, 107.7 The Bronc made history, becoming the first college radio station in the 184-year history of the Philadelphia Flower Show to broadcast live from this world-renowned event. At the time, The Bronc was selected over many of Philadelphia’s notable commercial and college radio stations, primarily because of the station’s programming and audience, which is complementary to the event. The same reasoning is true today, and why The Bronc has been selected to return each year.

John Mozes, general manager of 107.7 The Bronc, said, “We are honored that the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has invited us back to broadcast live from the Philadelphia Flower Show. The learning experience our students receive at this world-class event is unparalleled and I believe, one that prepares them the best for the world of broadcasting. We are proud to be a broadcast partner.”

This year, The Bronc will provide six hours of comprehensive coverage from the center of the showroom floor, featuring special editions of its regular Saturday morning programming such as Turf’s Up, Sustainable You, Your Pet Matters, and Inside Your Mind. These shows, all of which are exclusively student-run or student-produced,  will focus on this year’s Flower Show theme, Explore America: 100 Years of the National Park Service.

Below is a complete line up of shows and times to be broadcast from the Flower Show:

• 9 a.m. Turf's Up Radio
  • A show about outdoor living, lawn care and maintenance, hosted by Darren Gruner, and student co-host/producers Matt St. Onge and Andrew Zayicek.
• 10 a.m. Your Pet Matters
  • A show about pet health, including prevention and wellness, hosted by Dr. Michael Tokiwa of The Animal Hospital at Kingston and Blawenburg, and student co-host/producer Matt McGrorty.
• 11 a.m. Sustainable You
  • A student hosted and produced show about ways to live your life a little greener featuring student co-hosts/producers Mary-Lyn Buckley, Gianluca D'Elia, John Wade and Jalen Thomas.
• 12 p.m. Inside Your Mind
  • A show that focuses on issues from mental health to addiction. In honor of the flower show, student hosts Margarita Leahy and Ian Smith, along with producer Jamal Forney, will discuss the psychological impact of flowers.
• 1 p.m. Turf's Up Radio 
  • Special edition
• 2 p.m. Your Pet Matters
  • Special edition 

Alan Jaffe, senior communications director for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, said, “We are very fortunate to have 107.7 The Bronc returning as a broadcast partner for the Philadelphia Flower Show. The enthusiastic radio students at The Bronc bring a level of professionalism and excitement to the broadcasts, and they engage a young audience that is vital to the success of the Flower Show and our organization.”

“Students manage everything,” Mozes said. “They pool the questions prior to interviews, take care of all pre- and post-production, update the station website, and manage social networking before, during and after the broadcast.”

The Flower Show broadcast will be available on 107.7 FM, and via our Android and iOS apps. Search and download WRRC1 in /.

Located on the campus of С����Ƶ in Lawrenceville, NJ, 107.7 The Bronc is exclusively run by students. Last year, The Princeton Review named the campus radio station as the 15th best college radio station in the country. Rider’s radio station was the only one in New Jersey and Pennsylvania to be included on the list.