General Manager
Sullivan gaffney
Sully, from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is WHCL’s General Manager! He started his radio show freshman year, making this his 5th semester with WHCL. Throughout the years he has been the studio engineer, music director, and now general manager. Sully has old recordings of his dad in college doing radio shows, which led him to realize that he also wanted to pursue this passion. He loves British invasion so much that he used to have a radio show called “Beans On Toast” where he would play bands like his favorite, the Zombies. Now, Sully’s new radio show is called “American Essence” and focuses on the American singer song-writer and folk music. Sully likes to watch movies, his favorite being Breaker Morant. He also really likes Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom being his favorite from the beloved director. In addition to music and movies, Sully likes basketball. He is an IM mercenary and roots for the Celtics. Despite being an econ and computer science double major, Sully finds the time for his hobbies and interests.
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
DYLAN BUCKSER-SCHULZ
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Assistant Music director
Christian Gutierrez
Christian Gutierrez is the undisputed top Beach Boys fan at Hamilton College. While we're waiting for independent confirmation of that claim, it has been noted that his knowledge of music from the '60s and '70s is way more extensive than one might expect from a sophomore from Far Rockaway, New York, by way of Northern Kentucky, particularly when it comes to Quebecois artists of that time period. This massive knowledge comes in handy in his role as one of WHCL's Assistant Music Directors. Listeners benefit as well from his Friday evening (6 PM) program, Rainbow Bridge, where he plays the hidden gems of the '60s and '70s. On Thursday nights at 9 PM, he hosts Christian's Compadres, where he interviews students about their musical tastes and personal lives. When he's not tending to WHCL matters, you can find him working in the Fillius Jazz Archive, playing guitar and piano around campus, singing in the Clinton Community Choir, or drawing portraits of his friends and classmates.
Music director
Maiko Giannakis
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assistant music director
Arya Mattoo
Arya is a sophomore from Westport, CT and an Assistant Music Director here at WHCL. When she’s not in the stu spinning sick beats from Lana Del Rey and Radiohead during Directors Hour (Wednesdays at 8!), you can find her cozy on the third floor of Root Hall enjoying the free hot chocolate amenities or exploring Root Glen. Consider signing her petition to change the name of the studio to StROOTio. Not only can you trust her with putting you on to new music (check out Phantogram and Black Box Recorder), you can also trust her with finances, cuz she’s an Econ minor. Her goal this semester is to try every soup flavor from the Cider Mill, starting with the tomato one, and traveling back in time to relive the Big Thief concert at MASS MoCA.
Staff and Programming Director
Adam Richter
Adam is a math major, minoring in music, from Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Where is Hopkinton on a map? Adam can point out to you easily, being the president of the Geoguessr club. When he’s not helping out the WHCL e-board or listening to his favorite artist, Stevie Wonder, Adam is out golfing with friends, rock climbing or playing intramural basketball. Don’t ask him why he roots for the Red Sox, Cardinals and Angels (it’s a long story), and especially don’t hand him a piece of chocolate. Catch him in CJ or Sadove where he will either be locked into his math homework, or helping other students with theirs. Tune in to his radio show, “Please Don’t Go,” every Monday at 10pm!
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR
JONATHAN MEAD
Jonathan Mead is the long-standing Community Advisor of WHCL. His regular responsibilities include serving as the station’s Chief Operator for the FCC and acting as the old sage of WHCL, keeping the rest of us college students in line. Jonathan was born in Montreal, Canada, but spent most of his younger years on Long Island, New York, before returning to Montreal for college in the 1970s. Some highlights from his time in Montreal include attending Expo 67, though unfortunately missing the opportunity to see the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane perform there, watching a Cirque du Soleil show back when the company was still a struggling circus troupe that performed only in Quebec, and knowing who Celine Dion was before she became a household name around the world.
Jonathan eventually moved to California, where he worked as a computer programmer, before making his way to Clinton, New York, where he has lived for the past thirty years. You can listen to his show, “Anywhere but Here,” every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m., where he plays music from around the world, ranging from Scandinavian yoiking to Afrobeats. When he is not hosting his show or taking care of other WHCL matters, Jonathan sings in the Clinton Community Choir, works for the Board of Elections on Election Day, and occasionally works the front counter at Tom’s Natural Foods.
Publicity Director
Charlotte Tsekerides
Charlotte is a Sophomore majoring in psychology and minoring in French and film. She lives in a quad in dirty Dunham with “three of her friends.” She works at the costume shop on campus, crafting clothing for the theater department and senior productions. When she’s home in Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island, she likes to go on drives with her dogs Jasper and Luna, and play the piano at home in her mom’s makeshift quilting studio (sweatshop). She frequently practices yoga in her room, as well as on the third floor of Chapel on occasion. She also loves to go thrift shopping with her friends, as well as drink large amounts of iced oatmilk lattes. She recently enjoyed bawling her eyes out to the new Phoebe Bridgers album on her drive up to campus, and almost got in a car crash (not her fault there were tears in her eyes). Her top five songs in 2022 were, in order, Liquid Smooth, I Want You, A Burning Hill, A Pearl, and First Love — all by Mitski. You can catch her on her show goated with the sauce at 1 on Tuesdays where she plays songs from every decade!
Events Coordinator
Brennan Cunningham
Brennan Cunningham is a junior from Roseland, NJ. His first year at Hamilton, in an effort to be silly, he lied to roughly thirty fellow students that he was a skilled pickler. When he was a child, old ladies would touch his beautiful red hair, and he could do nothing about it; he was very afraid of the ghost piano teacher from Goosebumps; but not anymore. Brennan’s patronus is a river otter. When the journalist Erik Wemple met Brennan and found out that he was THE Brennan of 88.7 WHCL FM’s Soul Hour (Saturdays at 6PM), Mr. Wemple lowkey freaked out. Brennan’s signature dance move is the airplane—catch him hitting it at any of our events!
SENIOR ADVISOR
Ellie Carlson
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Senior Advisor
Haley Sharpe
Haley is a senior, and a Creative Writing major with a minor in Psychology. She is from Southbury, CT. Some spots on campus where you’ll find her are the Fojo South Pit, and the Kirkland Glen. Her show Ditzy Bops is Tuesdays at 6pm, with an eclectic focus, but some major features are Magdalena bay, Wednesday, and Phoebe Bridgers. Other than the WHCL, she’s a barista at Fojo Beans, is a volunteer tutor for Clinton Elementary School students, and is an editor for Red Weather. This fall she’s most excited for the WHCL event, Reading Man, and is ready to order herself a red pepper and gouda soup from the Cider Mill.
ASSISTANT PUBLICATION EDITOR
Pedro Hernandez
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PUBLICATION EDITOR
Maddie Cloutier
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assistant PUBLICATION EDITOR
Julia Ritzenberg
Julia is our lovely Assistant Publications Editor, majoring in environmental studies with a tentative literature and government minor. She is originally from the good ol’ J.O.B., but now lives near a pond! Her favorite color is green and for her death row meal she would have multiple courses consisting of ceasar salad, sushi, and soup. She has had a show here every semester since coming to Hamilton (except when she was frolicking in Florence for her abroad semester). When she's not on the radio, she has been book-binding and cyanotype printing (so creative and cool). Recently she has been leaving everyone with one question to ponder on; would you rather have a hook arm or a peg leg?
Webmaster
MARIA EMILIA CHAMORRO
Emilia is a Cinema and Media Studies major and is double-minoring in Italian and philosophy! From Nicaragua, Emilia has been with WHCL for 4 semesters. During that time she has hosted a radio show called “Fleeting Obsessions” and over the past summer hosted another called “Back To 505.” She currently holds the position of Webmaster! Wes Anderson is a favorite of hers and she loves “Darjeeling Limited.” In terms of music she puts her top five artists as arctic monkeys, red hot chili peppers, soda, the strokes, and malcolm todd!
Studio Engineer
Nick Kreidler
Nick Kreidler (also known as Clifford, ask him why) is a Junior who comes from a little town called Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he loves to cuddle with Marlin, his pet cat, despite his deadly allergy. He enjoys being outdoors, canoe racing, Nordic skiing, biathlon (a sport with guns), and occasionally playing ultimate frisbee. He is a Physics major and Environmental Studies minor. He works for the Sustainability Office, as a CA in Major Hall, the climbing wall, and TAs a physics lab. He listens to a lot of indie rock, Dire Straits, 80s disco, Her’s, and Maggie Rogers on his Beats Studio Pros. He is also an Arinator (loves Ariana Grande). For WHCL, he is currently serving as the Studio Engineer, fixing things when they break. He had to solder the microphone cables back together (almost died). His show is called The Living Room on Thursdays from 3-4pm, where he plays “all sorts” of music. A fun fact about Nick is that he went to Camp Coniston with none other than Noah Kahan, where he demolished Noah in spikeball. He frequently experiences Tarantism — an uncontrollable urge to dance.
MEMBER AT LARGE
Eliza Visconsi
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member at large
Ryan Francin
Hailing from Bergen County, NJ, Ryan is a yet-undeclared sophomore who is looking to concentrate in math and art, although he finds Hamilton's use of the term concentration in lieu of major to be a bit weird. When not in the WHCL studio, you can find him hanging out with friends, grabbing a coffee from FoJo North (NOT Fojo South!), or studying up in Sadove 3rd floor. Despite the impression given off by his calm and friendly demeanor, Ryan is actually a second degree black belt in karate. Whatever he's doing, you can expect to find him listening to music by the likes of Frank Ocean and Slayyyter, which you can be sure to hear when tuning into his show Twink and a Redhead with his friend Jenny on Saturdays at 2:00.