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 […]
WWCU GM Lyndan Jones supports and serves the community
December 11, 2020 by
WCU senior Lyndan Jones puts the light into a now dim radio station where COVID-19 has taken over. The motivated student has been leading WWCU FM as the student general manager for three years, beginning only as a sophomore. Jones originally learned of the station from Valley Ballyhoo during her freshman year in 2017. She […]
WCU hosts the Tunnel of Oppression
February 26, 2018 by
Western Carolina University strives to be a school full of diversity. On Feb. 13 and 14 students set an example of that driven stride to show others what they can do to change views. The Tunnel of Oppression, set up by Intercultural Affairs, is a walk through experience that involves seven different situations/ types of real […]
Metal Mayhem radio show will blow your mind
April 3, 2013 by
Do you crave head-banging metal music but don’t know where you can listen to it? The Metal Mayhem radio show hosted by Sawyer Anthe and Benjie Stewart comes on Power 90.5 every Saturday night at 8 p.m. If you can’t listen to them on the radio don’t worry because you can also listen live on wwcufm.com […]
What’s really going on at WWCU-FM?
February 8, 2011 by
WCU alumni have been petitioning for a change at WWCU-FM. Several news outlets have written stories about the alumni wishes, and the department’s response to their proposals, but no one has taken into account what the students at the station are thinking and the big story about what is going on. This story outlines the […]
