HR 435 — Commending WTJU.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108628D HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

435 IE Offered March 7, 2024 N Commending WTJU.

TN ––––––––––Agreed Patron––Callsento by the House of Delegates, March 8, 2024 R O WHEREAS, WTJU, a community radio station of the University of Virginia dedicated to bringingObringing people together through music and conversation, has greatly served the Charlottesville and AlbeDarle County communities for many years;

andersation, has greatly served the Charlottesville and AlbemarleL WHEREAS, founded in 1955 by the University of Virginia's Department of Speech and Drama and UL airing for the first time in 1957, WTJU began as an educational radio station featuring classicClclassical musicmuEic hip-hop;

anddened its musical programming over the years to include jazz, folk, rock, blues, anEand D WHEREAS, WTJU became a student organization independent from the Department of Speech and Drama in 1963 and has been under direct oversight of the University of Virginia since 1993, when the station hired its first paid staff member, general manager Chuck Taylor, who would guide the station until his retirement in 2010;

andandf Virginiamember, general manager Chuck Taylor, who would guide the station WHEREAS, WTJU's operations today also include student radio station WXTJ 100.1 FM, the andginia Audio Collective podcasts, CharlottesvilleClassical.org, and a variety of educational programs;

and WHEREAS, WTJU regularly sponsors shows at venues in Charlottesville, including Twisted Branch R Tea Bazaar and the Jefferson Theatre, and often hosts live on-air sets by local bands;

and WHEREAS, WTJU has become an integral part of the Charlottesville community over its history,R helRESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That WTJU hereby be commended for its legacy of service;3 and, be it 5 RESOLVEDhelping FURTHER,to Thatmake the Clerkcity of the House of Delegates prepare a copywonderful ofplace this resolution for presentation to WTJUlive, aswork, an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the station's contributions to Charlottesville and thetune Commonwealth.in;

/now, /therefore, 3be itry, R RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That WTJU hereby be commended for its legacy of service;

and, be it for presentation to WTJU as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the station's contributions to Charlottesville and the Commonwealth.