By: Lathan Gil
The start of the 2025 – 2026 academic year is finally here! And 107.7 The Bronc has some fangtastic events coming up! One of them is Scream Screen X, our annual drive-in movie and trunk-or-treat experience. Starting on September 15, Rider students get to vote from 13 movies to watch on Friday, October 17, on one of the biggest inflatable screens on the East Coast.
Nothing ever stays the same at 107.7 The Bronc, and Scream Screen will have some small but great changes this year. “A lot of sponsors, student orgs and more will be at Scream Screen, but some new stuff is the Haunted Hula Toss! It’s a giant ring toss. You throw hula hoops on Halloween characters. We also have an obstacle course, that’s new this year!” Rosalyn Tiangco ‘26, the Student General Manager at 107.7 The Bronc revealed to Beyond The Mic.
For the food lovers, of course we’re coming prepared for y’all. We are going to have food trucks and food vendors like Yooo Cuz, Bronc Bites, DeLorenzo’s The Burg Pizza On The Go, Monster Energy, TCC Hibachi, B2 Bistro + Bar, and Ice Cream Emergency.
This year’s sponsor of Scream Screen is Advance Auto Parts in Lawrenceville.
With fan favorite films Five Nights at Freddy’s, Sinners, Nosferatu and more in the mix, vote here to make your voice heard with what film you want!
107.7 The Bronc Is Going to The Marconi Radio Awards!
I don’t know if you know this secret, but 107.7 The Bronc is nominated for College Radio Station of the Year! The reel created by Wake Up Rider host, Owen Nelson ’27 helped the radio station get nominated by the National Association of Broadcasters!
Then on a sunny August day, the video nominations came out, and based on our reactions which you can watch here, we were quite surprised and delighted at the thought of being nominated. And with our fifth nomination in six years comes some pleasure and pressure to the staff!
Rosalyn Tiangco was one of the first to know, “All of the staff found out practically at the same time. Emily [O’Connor ‘26] and I were at the radio station about to go to the sponsor when John called to tell us, then the rest of the staff found out around 15 minutes later. But then we had to start thinking about costs of transportation and the content we will have to push out afterwards in the event we win. We certainly do not get a break, but we aren’t complaining. We got nominated!”
And certainly, the hard work is paying off since 107.7 The Bronc raised $3265 to fund our transportation to and from the event. Find out if we win the most prestigious award in college radio on the radio industry’s biggest night Tuesday, October 21!
Give a Pint to Save a Life
Almost two weeks after Scream Screen is our annual Scream Screen Blood Drive! Everyone who donates (or attempts to donate) blood on Wednesday October 29, and Thursday October 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the BLC Cavalla Room will receive two Sky Zone jump passes! This event is a real generous thing for our Broncs and the entire Rider community to participate in. It’s all about community for our student GM, “I love this event because it is so accessible to the campus, and we can help each other out and feel like a community.” To schedule an appointment to donate, go here.
The Soda is Going to Pop at This Top Chef!
Rider Student Top Chef is coming back Tuesday, December 2! And with it is a new theme! In honor of Rider’s partnership with Liberty Coke and Coca Cola, the theme of this year’s Top Chef competition is using Coca-Cola products as one of the ingredients.
Yup! The theme is to infuse one of Coke’s many products into your recipe and the food you create. Rosalyn has some tasty tips for students who want to enter this year’s contest, “You could put Fanta Orange in chicken and make Fanta Orange Chicken! Thats the whole idea of it, just incorporate a Coke product in the food.”
The Bronc always chooses the theme, Rosalyn revealed. “The inspiration behind it was an idea to expand our brand and promote someone else. So having the theme be soda helps [Coke] and helps [The Bronc]. It is also interesting to see how students incorporate it in their dishes.”
Make Sure to Show Up & Show Out
The Fall semester is filled with some soda poppin’ events. Make sure to listen to The Bronc and The Bronc Retro, watch out for our email blasts and check out 1077TheBronc.com to see updates on these and more events! Make plans now to attend Scream Screen X October 17 in the BLC visitor’s lot. Drive in, go trunk-or-treating, paint pumpkins, play games, vote now and watch the movie you voted from your car at Rider’s biggest Fall event.