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Thank you for your support!

Mark Krieger — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:28:51 +0000

Thank you for all your support during past Radiothons! Without your help, our brand new On-Air studio would NOT have been possible. You can find all the pictures throughout the renovation on our Facebook fan page! Don’t worry if you don’t have Facebook, you can still see the full gallery. Just click the link below.WJCU Renovation Photo Gallery

The WJCU Air Studio Renovation is underway!

Mark Krieger — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:12:20 +0000

With the support of you the listeners during Radiothon 2010, we raised over $40,000! The big project that this year’s Radiothon was planned to fund was the rehab of the ailing air studio. Well, June 21, 2010 WJCU moved over to the production studio and began gutting the air studio! Take a stroll over to the WJCU Facebook Fan Page for more pictures of the progress.Don’t have facebook? Fear not, here’s the link to the public photo gallery: WJCU Air Studio Renovation

2010 WJCU Banquet Awards

Robert Duns — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:44:30 +0000

An annual tradition here at WJCU is that at the close of every academic year, we take time to honor and recognize our volunteer staff for the outstanding quality of non-commercial radio they provide to the community year in and year out.

At the banquet we also formally introduce our director staff for the upcoming year, and the new manager of the station. John Carroll University Class of 2009 graduate Jimmy Perkins has been named the station’s new manager for a two year term, taking over from current manager Rob Duns who will return to his weather reporting on The Heights and academic programs with John Carroll University and Mississippi State University this fall.

Incoming directors to the station include Scott McMillen (Music) who is taking over after Laurie Wanninger, Mark Ehrbar (Production) replacing Andy Johnson, Howard Regal (Sports) filling in after Craig Willert, Nehemiah Jackson (Programming) who is following Mark Ryan, Meredith Garcia-Painter (Personnel) who is taking up Katy Finucane’s post, and Bob Seeholzer (Web) who is taking up the position from Rob Duns.

Director positions held by non-graduating seniors that will continue next year include Anna Schade (News), Pete Nigra (Public Affairs) and Greg Monaco (Operations).

At the awards, Beautiful Mess‘ Holly Duns took home honors as Student Broadcaster of the Year and Director of the Year and shared Best Promo of the Year with Diversified Funk’s Carole Anthony and She’s Got The Beat’s Katie Sickels. The trio collaborated on the “Ladies Night” station promo currently in rotation.

Mark Ehrbar, heard Thursday mornings was named Best New Heights DJ for Fall 2009 and newcomer Marc Nowicki was honored with the Best New Spring DJ for Spring 2010.

Friday night staple Bill Peters was voted Community Broadcaster of the Year for his work on Metal on Metal while Aldona Stempuzis was given the first Lifetime Achievement Award from WJCU for her 18 years of service as executive producer of The Lithuanian Voice. Aldona will be retiring at the end of the spring season after a career devoted to bringing Greater Cleveland a piece of Lithuanian culture every Sunday on the radio for years.

The evening also included an appearance from Jerrod Koston of the band Venomin James. Jerrod has been a true friend to WJCU and non-commercial radio in his music, and 88.7FM was honored to have him at our annual banquet along with members of his family.

Congratulations to all of this years nominees, winners and honored staffers!

Welcome!

Robert Duns — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:22:47 +0000

Check out the all-new wjcu.org! We’ve got plenty more cool features coming so click around and check out our new makeover!

Discover Our Rich Culture This May!

Robert Duns — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:09:54 +0000

Two of Cleveland’s cultural gems are taking off this month and you don’t want to miss out! May 2010 will see Opera Cleveland’s performances begin in The State Theatre at Playhouse Square and The Asian Festival kicks off later this month in the East 30th Street Neighborhood.

Uncle Fred has all the details on these events in the latest editions of Arts on the Heights–now available as podcasts below.

Announcing Our New Summer Lineup!

Robert Duns — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:27:02 +0000

Summer is just around the corner and we’ve got some great new shows to add to the Summer 2010 lineup! Stay tuned for new programming gracing the 88.7FM frequency from Nehemiah Jackson, Nicole Rex and Raz Pounardjian.The new WJCU season starts Sunday May 16th at Midnight! Check our schedule for details.

The Black Keys in Cleveland

Robert Duns — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:47:49 +0000

Akron’s own The Black Keys are coming to Cleveland’s beautiful Nautica Pavilion this summer!

“Beautiful Mess!” Turns 4!

Robert Duns — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:50:34 +0000

Join the celebration on WJCU as Beautiful Mess celebrates its fourth year on the air at 88.7FM. Started by now WJCU and John Carroll University alum Diana Orabovic in 88.7FM’s Spring 2006 season, upon graduation she passed the reigns over to current host Holly Duns in 2008. The fun starts every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. (EST) and includes ticket give-a-ways, new music and a special phone-in hello from the original star of this popular show, Diana Orabovic.

This past year Beautiful Mess’ Holly Duns was voted as WJCU’s Student Broadcaster of the Year, and also won for best station promo in the collaborative effort with Carole Anthony of Diversified Funk and Katie Sickels of She’s Got The Beat with “Ladies Night”.

Catch Daphne Willis’ Live Interview as a Podcast!

Robert Duns — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:16:41 +0000

Listen to Nehemiah’s live studio interview with Daphne Willis as a WJCU music-scooped podcast!

For more information check out her official website.

WJCU Teams Up With Relay For Life

Robert Duns — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:42:41 +0000

WJCU was honored at The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life as “The Last Team Standing” helping to raise over $30,000 this weekend for cancer research.

88.7FM volunteered its services to DJ the 18-hour event in University Heights with WJCU personalities Mandey Corsi (Team Captain) of “The Heights”, Katie Sickels of “She’s Got The Beat”, Jack Morton of “Midnight Sun”, Lydia Munnell and Anna Schade of “The Heights”, Eric Simna of “NEO Rocks”, Gene Natale of “The Rock”, John Roddy of “The Vindictive Alarm Clock”, Diega Bravo of “Latin Lingo” and WJCU’s weather reporter Rob Duns.

Appearances were made by many other members of the WJCU staff throughout the day and night committed to help find a cure for cancer.