Attention WHUP listeners! Orange County has an opportunity to change the “Welcome to Orange County” Interstate sign, currently placed on I-40 westbound at mile marker 269, and the county wants your input! The current sign, created in the 1990s, greets motorists entering Orange County with the message “You’ll Be a Fan for Life.” Now it’s […]
Can’t get enough live music? Join us for more in December!
No need to brave the cold and the rain – WHUP brings more live artists directly to you. Curl up in your favorite listening spot and enjoy these upcoming events. The Americana Music Show (Wednesdays, 7-10pm) will feature Lori Yates, one of Canada’s premiere country singers, on December 2nd during the 8 pm hour to […]
Five Live Reasons to Tune In!
WHUP currently sports five (yes, 5!) shows that include live in-studio performances as part of their programming. That’s more than any other radio station, at least as far as we know. It’s also the next best thing (and a heck of a lot cheaper) to a front-row seat. Here’s a list of those shows, along […]
WHUP sign to emblazon downtown
After several months of painstaking planning and construction, WHUP’s amazing outdoor sign has been approved by the Hillsborough Historic District Commission and will soon be mounted on the brick wall outside our studios. The museum-quality work blended the design and fabrication skills of Cap’n Dave Kornegay (pictured), Jim Tomburg and Ellen Steinberg, who donated their […]
WHUP Launches New Website
The new WHUP website is now live. Be sure to bookmark it. You’re going to want to come back regularly to check out all the on-demand audio we’ll have. The WHUP IT team has put in countless hours to build this site and the high tech systems in the studio that will automatically take recordings […]
Show Schedule To Unfold In October
WHUP’s ambitious long-range programming plan includes an array of original music, news and public affairs programs with local character and personality but broad appeal. Our focus on live music means we’ll be inviting a steady stream of local, regional and national-caliber musicians to join us in the studios, beginning immediately. We’re setting a high bar! […]
WHUP Hits Moolah Target!
We are pleased to let our friends and supporters know that a fantastic and humbling response to our home-stretch Spare Change campaign has pushed WHUP just past our initial funding goal of $70,000, which we set more than a year ago. That may not be much in megabroadcaster circles, but for us it was enough […]