WHUP is known for staging unique events, and we’ve got one happening on Saturday, December 7 – An Evening of Rare Spirits! The centerpiece will be a tasting of vintage whiskeys and other impossible-to-find bottles dating from the 1940s to 1980. Also on the bill: Tasty hors d’oeuvres from Saratoga Grill, fortune telling by the […]

The annual WHUP Fund-A-Thon will take place Monday, December 2 through Sunday, December 8. We postponed the week from our usual October dates due to the need to direct as much charitable giving to Western North Carolina as possible for immediate Hurricane Helene relief efforts. But we continue to rely on our listeners and supporters […]

After much discussion of the station’s needs and how best to meet them, the WHUP board at its October meeting has finalized the details of hiring a full-time station manager. The search for the ideal candidate will formally begin after the completion of the WHUP Fall Fund-A-Thon on December 8. The process of hiring our […]

This week tune in for some special shows during the WHUP Fall Fund-A-Thon, October 23-29. Our twice-annual fundraisers have always been essential to pay the bills and keep the station running smoothly, but this time around our goals have expanded beyond just sustaining our operations and we’re setting our sights on an exciting milestone—hiring a […]

As an all-volunteer organization since our first broadcast in October 2015, WHUP has achieved a level of success even the most optimistic among us thought impossible in such a short time. In any given week, folks tune in to WHUP from more than 20 countries and 30 states, and we have had a parade of […]

WHUP is pleased to partner with Sleepy Cat Records and Down Yonder Farm in Hillsborough for the Second Annual Sleepy Fest, a day of local music, art and all-ages fun! Last year we served as the primary media sponsor for the event that spotlights the collaborative community of musicians under the Sleepy Cat banner, and […]

WHUP is kicking off our spring fund drive on May Day, a global day of unity, togetherness, and rebirth. We invite you to celebrate the week and advance our mission by making a contribution to our community radio station, one of the few truly independent media outlets left standing. Since we went on the air […]

After many months of planning, WHUP has hired our first employee, Eva Baysmore-Green, as our part-time volunteer coordinator. Eva resides in Mebane and has been working hard to fill some of the functions that we need to improve our programming and services and has been recruiting folks to help manage our social media, assist with […]