Student run radio station WWCU FM is back on air after two long years of transition. On Jan. 27 at approximately 4:40 p.m., the station was rocking the radio waves on the new frequency 95.3. The old call number 90.5 FM is now for the local NPR station, Blue Ridge Public Radio. The station was […]
WWCU will expand its over-air reach in WNC
June 10, 2021 by
The story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on June 10. The small radio station that at one time could only broadcast to a few Western Carolina University buildings will soon reach more the 100,000 people in the Western North Carolina area. The student run station, WWCU, on the WCU campus is switching frequencies […]
WWCU FM begins broadcasting online due to frequency transition
February 25, 2021 by
Story co-written with Patrick Clemons. For the first time in its 73-year history, the student-run radio station at Western Carolina University is silent. But not for long. Feb. 1, 2021, marked a new challenge for Western students as WWCU FM began the transition to its new frequency of 95.3 FM, with the potential to reach […]
Goodbye Power 90.5 and hello 95.3
April 25, 2018 by
Western Carolina’s student radio station, Power 90.5, is moving up the FM band to 95.3 concluding a plan almost ten years in the making. The new frequency will be operational by June 23 of this year but the music format and the new name are still in the works. The current signal has the potential […]
