WHUP is holding its annual on-air spring fundraiser from Monday, May 2 through Sunday, May 8. Please help us celebrate by making a donation today! The goal for the Fund-a-Thon is to raise $10,000 to cover new equipment costs and operating expenses through the end of the year. Unlike many businesses and non-profits, WHUP did […]
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WHUP Adds All-Star to Board
WHUP is pleased to announce that Hillsborough resident Wendy Padilla has joined the board of Hillsborough Community Media, the parent non-profit that holds WHUP’s broadcast license. Wendy has experience in the non-prof sector as founder and President of Sunflower Turning, an organization that directly addresses food insecurity within local communities in the Triangle by teaching […]
Original WHUP Show With National Audience Returns
One of the original WHUP shows that was an integral part of the lineup back when we started broadcasting in 2015 will soon make its much-anticipated return to the airways. The Americana Music Show, hosted by Calvin Powers, will air on Wednesdays from 11 am to 1 pm. Calvin has an exhaustive knowledge of contemporary […]
Support WHUP During Our Fall Fund-a-Thon
The Triangle’s premier community radio station will hold its annual on-air fall fundraiser from Monday, October 25 through Sunday, October 31. Re-dubbed the Fall Fund-a-Thon, the event will include special live music sessions by Asheville’s Anya Hinkle and others as well as guest DJ sets put together by some of the area’s most prominent musicians […]
Donate to Our Spring Fundraiser This Week to Support WHUP and Orange County Musicians
Last fall WHUP made the unprecedented decision to share the revenue from our on-air fundraiser with Orange County musicians who were struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. With the generous support of our friends and fans, the WHUP 50/50 Event generated more than $4,000 for our local musicians plus helped keep WHUP solvent […]
New WHUP Swag Hits the Streets
Everyone loves the internationally renowned WHUP logo, which until now has only been available to show off at home on our limited edition T-shirts. Though WHUP has not gotten into the swag business in an aggressive way, we’ve now expanded our lineup of cool stuff with a new T, a weather-resistant die-cut logo sticker and […]
IT Team Works Magic Behind the Scenes
WHUP is fortunate to have a stellar group of IT wizards in our volunteer ranks, and they’ve been especially busy of late upgrading our systems and increasing our technological capacity. Led by Linux developer and alternative beverage magnate Jamey Kirby, we recently completed the process of updating the operating systems on the networked computers that […]
A tribute to Joe Tullos
WHUP lost a friend and fellow traveler when Joe Tullos made the leap to the next dimension of time and space on November 10. As the co-host of Signal 19, Joe embodied the spirit and sensibility of WHUP the same way he did in every aspect of his life whether making and recording music or […]