In support of activities in the wider Triangle area, WHUP will be a media sponsor of the 2016 First Night Raleigh event. WHUP listeners can look forward to hearing more details on the station in the next few weeks. Presented by Artsplosure, First Night Raleigh is the largest family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year’s Eve celebration in North […]
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Support us on WHUP Wednesday!
Weary of the barrage of solicitations and efforts to get you to empty your wallets for the holidays? Well, here’s one more to compound the fun: our very own international philanthropic appeal, WHUP Wednesday! If Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday haven’t already tapped you out, please consider making an online donation. […]
WHUP Listeners Join Campaign To Re-Name Orange County Interstate Sign!
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 Reaches Global Audience
In less than a month, the WHUP website has seen visitors from across the globe. Our goal has always been to reach a global audience, and it’s exciting to see so many international listeners right from the start. So far, we have had listeners on every continent except Antarctica: Brazil and Argentina in South America […]
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 […]