WODU Studios | On-Air Hosts

Meet the DJs!

Alex

Austin

Rachael

Jessica

Taylor

Zachary

Janell

Allen

Alex

Monique

Mitchell

Nick

Jared

Aaliyah

Jeremy

Kevin

Timaiah

Tiniah

Otis

Haja

Levon

Bruce

Hey, I'm Delilah! My show is called The Decade Dropout, where we "Tune in. Drop out." My show is pretty much just an amazing jam session to get listeners going in that mid-day slump we all get in. I'm a parks, recreation and tourism major with an emphasis in tourism management. I'm a senior and I graduate in May. I love classic books. Oscar Wilde and Bob Marley are my heroes.

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Alex hosts a Hard Rock and Heavy Metal show called Flatliner with Austin. Outside of WODU, Alex has had three internships at Charlottesville Radio Group working as an On-Air host and Public Relations intern. Alex is studying music business and production and is a Senior at ODU. Heavy Metal is his favorite genre of music and his passion. He is also a guitar player and has been playing for 9 years.

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Janell grew up moving around the world with her Navy family and found her love for metal in Italy at age 12. Her first metal records were Metallica and Led Zeppelin but her favorite band has and always will be Bullet For My Valentine. She is a Junior as a Music Business/Production major and minor in Marketing. You can find her on WODU's Headbanger Haven, skating to her classes, waitressing at Tokyo Fresh, or rocking out at metal concert in the area.

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Rachael is a Southern Baptist girl born in Houston, Texas and raised in the church. Rachael is a sophomore here at ODU and a chemistry major with a love for theatre arts. She loves to sing and watch lots of television. her favorite shows are Scandal and The Walking Dead. She is very excited to be a part of the WODU Inspiration Station team this semester.

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As a teenager, Jessica “J Michelle” Johnson discovered her passion for broadcast journalism. When she entered Old Dominion University in the fall of 2011, she immediately got involved with WODU Studios, and hosted a hip-hop talk show, called “JSwagg’s Juice.” During her sophomore year, she launched a gospel talk show entitled “Inspiration Station.”

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Bruce aka Positron is in his second season of Positron's Playlist. The show centers around Electronic Dance music and local DJ culture. Positron has had local DJ's such as El Capone, Mr. B, Dj Iris and others. Positron has big plans this semester and hopefully will be hosting WODU's first dance concert. Stay classy and keep dancing.

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Austin was born and raised in Oakton, Virginia and spends the majority of his time telling awesome jokes, annoying his co-host to death, playing his guitars as loud as possible and just generally being awesome. He's usually described as devilishly attractive, funny and highly energetic. He enjoys listening to Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, and EDM in his spare time with his favorite bands of all time being Pantera, Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold. A fun fact about Austin is that he seems to remind everybody he's ever met of Jack Black. And, he does mean everybody.

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Aaliyah is the host of Kitten's Corner. WODU is her first experience in WODU and hopes to learn a lot. In her free time, she enjoys vinyl collecting, Youtube and blogging. Her favorite musical artists include Childish Gambino and The Weeknd. She joined WODU because she always wanted to have her own show to get experience for her job goal to be on radio.

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Jared is a senior who's majoring in Political Science and Communications. He is also the SGA Vice President for 2013-2014. He is the host of the early morning show - "Morning Inspiration". In his free time, he is a musician with his bass guitar and enjoys basketball. His favorite types of music are gospel, R&B and Hip Hop. He feels that his experiences at WODU will complement his major well.

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Haj was born and raised in a little known place called Alexandria, Virginia. Her friends would describe her as "monotone" and "sarcastic" but still overall a lovely human being. When not reading vintage novels or listening to exquisite melancholic tunes, Haj enjoys watching films that normally end in a somewhat tragic manner. Every day, she wakes up hoping that Leonardo DiCaprio will retire from acting to walk arm in arm to and from Webb Center with her. Although it hasn't happened yet she still holds out hope that this dream will eventually be fulfilled.

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Mitchell was born and raised in Manassas, Virginia and is a rising junior at ODU. Mitchell enjoys doing live broadcasts of football and basketball. In his free time, Mitchell indulges in video games and sports discussion. A lover of all things, he wakes up everyday thankful to see the world.

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Zach Riffle was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He learned how to play guitar by signing up for lessons, where he continued to play for 3 years. He then moved to Zuni, Virginia for the majority of high school, where he started a band with his fellow students. Since starting the band they have released their first EP and played multiple shows all over the 757.

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When asked how they would describe her, Alex's friends said, "not of this era," "eclectic," and "artistic." They said she "lights up a room, [is] energetic, [and a] great motivator," with incredibly "cool pants." Apparently she's pretty cute too!

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Nick Baughan, aka "Numbers" is a junior at Old Dominion from Richmond, Virginia. He's always been a die-hard fan of all sports; his favorite teams include the Washington Redskins, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Miami Hurricanes, Liverpool FC, and of course, everything Old Dominion. He enjoys listening to all kinds of music, watching movies and TV, and hanging out with friends. He credits his friends and family for always being a great support system for him in life.

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Jeremy Barsell, a Psychology major and junior at ODU, was born and raised in Virginia Beach, but would love to live in a more urban area. In his free time, he enjoys listening to alternative rock, EDM, and pretty much anything that isn't country. Not only does he love listening to music, but can play multiple instruments, of which his favorite are the drums.

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Timaiah was born and raised in San Diego California. She is a Mass Communications major pursuing a career in Broadcast Journalism. During her free time she loves to spend time with people. She also enjoys choreographing and acting. She is the Chief of Staff for the Student Government Association so she spends a lot of time in the SGA office. She loves to watch and critique films with her twin sister Tiniah... it's just what they do. Another fun thing they do is come up with crazy premises for movies and television shows. She is a very talkative person so it is only right that she have a talk show. Music also plays a major role in theirr lives and on our talk show. We have a diverse playlist but also love to give new up and coming artists a chance!

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Tiniah Smith was born and raised in San Diego, California. She is a Psychology major. Her passion is working with children, she plans on being a child psychologist. Her first concert was last year's ODU homecoming concert.

Levon is a sophomore here at Old Dominion majoring in Mass Communications with a minor in Business Music Management. He has a passion for the arts as he graduated from the Governor's School for the Arts' department of Musical Theater. His goal is to eventually make life successful by becoming a solo artist but he plans to stop by Broadway in my course.

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Ronald

Rory

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Matt Haslem is just a simple corndog eating man trying to bring the joy of punk and pop punk back into people’s hearts. Talking about random things while playing music from the bands that you used to know and love like Blink-182, Sum 41 and Linkin Park.

Matthew

Suleyman

Sollel

Shakia

Kendall

Stephanie

Brian

Eric

Isaiah

Nathan

Suleyman is the host of the Dream Factory. He enjoys DJing in his free time. He joined WODU because he hopes to reach more people with his music.

Sollel is a host on the Ebony and Ivory Show. In his free time, he enjoys dancing, talking and chopping. His favorite music artist is Beyonce. He has always wanted to do radio broadcasting, which brought him to WODU.

Kendall is the host of Throwback at 3. This is her first experience in the radio industry. She enjoys writing and being weird. She loves listening to Mastodon, Alice in Chains and pretty much anything metal. She finds that working at WODU is a great experience.

Stephanie is a host of Schmacked. She is a freshman and is majoring in Creative Writing. She was formerly a host on the now defunct Girl Talk show. In her free time she enjoys art, writing, listening to music, talking and ghost hunting. She likes listening to Rascall Flatts, Fall Out Boy, Imagine Dragons and Demi Lovato.

Brian is a host of Barber Shop Talk. He is a junior majoring in Journalism. You can listen to him on select basketball games as a commentator. In his free time he enjoys playing basketball, writing and watching sports. He enjoys listening to Jay Z, Kanye West, Common, Eminem and Green Day. His love for sports brought him to WODU.

Eric is also a host of Barber Shop Talk. He is a junior. He like basketball, writing and chilling in his free time. He enjoys listening to A Tribe Called Quest, Arcade Fire, The 1975 and Outkast.

Matt the 'Squatch' was born in the Colorado rockies, and moved to Va at a young age. After many years of fighting of search parties he moved east to live amongst the "Greys." Being a diehard Redskins fan he decided to come out of hiding and join the Monarchs of ODU. He loves all things sports, and when he's not working he can be cooking or thinking of ways he and pinkie can take over the world. He is a geography major who hopes to work for Google one day, a dream that continues... When not hiding from bigfoot chasers the 'Squatch loves listen to good music and all things sports, where he continues to wait for a Cubs World Series Championship. If you want to know why he's called the 'Squatch, well no one wants to know that.

Isaiah is a host of Schmacked. He is a freshman majoring in Communication. In his free time, he enjoys sprots, music and his fraternity - Phi Kappa Tau. His favorite artists include Fredo Santana and Florida Georgia Line. He joined WODU because he feels that it is a good experience to do fun and be on the radio.

Nathan is a host of the Haze. In his free time he enjoys playing music. His favorite bands are Title Fight & Dinosaur Jr. He joined WODU because he has always wanted to be on the airwaves.

Tee Brant was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He spent his teenage years in Zuni, Virginia, where his obsession with alternative rock music began. He soon learned how to play guitar and formed the alt-rock band "Tomlin Hill" with several close friends. The band has now released an EP and a full-length album. In his spare time, he is an avid writer, having completed his first screenplay at 19. He is currently working on his first novel.

Rivers

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Leann

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Micah

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Allen is the host of Sports with Spurlock. In his free time, he enjoys lifting, talking and listening to the radio. He enjoys listening to Kid Cudi and the Killers. He enjoys speaking about sports and DJing.

Otis is Jared's cohost on Morning Inspiration. WODU is his first experience with radio. He enjoys listening to Jay Z, Kanye West, Gorillaz, Adele and John Legend. He hopes to gain some new radio experiences.

Matthew

Mike is the host of Bullet Points. In his free time, he enjoys lifting weights, running and reading. He joined WODU because he felt like it gives him a reason to research things outside of classes.

Mike

Shakia is also a host on the Ebony and Ivory Show. In her free time, she enjoys softball, drawing and twerking. She likes listening to Drake, Lil Wayne and Future. She joined WODU because she thought it would be cool to try something new and her best friend wanted her to join.