Corresponding with the weekly publications of the periodical, the North Carolina A&T student newspaper The Register has decided to launch a 30-minute radio talk show that aims to allow subscribers and fans to get more coverage from the paper’s staff and also attract a larger number of readers to the paper as well.

Named ‘The Register Rewind,’ the radio show will serve as a supplementary to the Wednesday publications by airing every Friday afternoon on WNAA 90.1 FM. Featuring the editors of the paper, some of the staff members and writers, and an occasional guest on the show speaker from time to time, The Register Rewind is a radio talk show that was made to inform Aggies on the recent stories in the college paper in hopes of reaching a wider audience.

“We’re having a radio show to recap what happened in the week, in accordance to the A&T Register. It’ll be our chance to share our opinions about any comments, questions or concerns that we have as a staff that are covered [in the weekly newspaper],”says LaPorsha Lowry, the Scene editor of The Register. “Anything that gets people to read or gets people to be interested in the newspaper or just campus life in general is cool with me.”

“I think it’s a great way to get more news coverage of the paper,” says Dexter Mullins, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.  Being ecstatic about the launching of the show, Mullins admitted that he was somewhat timid about being on the radio.

“It’s our show where we can do anything we want, so I’m a little nervous about this because I don’t know what the rest of the staff is going to say when we enter the radio booth.”

The idea was first conceived when Mullins was on the university’s radio station several weeks ago to talk about social media with Mable Scott, A&T’s director of university relations. At the end of the show, a throng of listeners called in and expressed how they would like to hear more from the A&T Register, sparking the idea that the staff should have a show of their own.

With Scott’s approval, Mullins decided to launch the weekly broadcast to support the wishes of the paper’s audience. “[The Register Rewind] will give our fans another way to listen to The Register,” Mullins said.

Not only is the staff excited and hyped about the new radio show, but students around the campus are thrilled as well.

“I think [The Rewind] will be informative to the students at A&T,” says Shabaza Vaird, a freshman psychology major from Greensboro. An avid reader of the paper, Vaird was excited because the radio show will reach a broader audience.

“There’s some people who’ll rather sit and listen to the news on the radio and hear it in the media as opposed to sitting down to take the time to read it in print.”

• Derek Lineberger