Welcome to the internet home of Community Radio WCUW 91.3FM. We are a non-commercial, listener supported radio station serving Worcester County and offering over 80 programs delivered by a volunteer staff of approximately 100 programmers.

We broadcast a unique mix of musical genres, ethnic and cultural programs and news and information reflecting the interests of our diverse listening audience. Our program schedule includes folk, rock, jazz, blues, do-wop, hip-hop, classical and more. Our ethnic programming provides cultural connections for our Irish, Scottish, French, Polish, Spanish, African, Albanian, Vietnamese, Haitian, Indian, Jewish, Scandinavian and other local communities. No where else will you find such a rich mix.

We are radio of the people, by the people and for the people. We are about freedom of the airwaves and diversity of programming. We are WCUW, Worcester.

Please support Community Radio by making a financial DONATION . You can click the link, or send a check to the mailing address below. Thank you!
WCUW, Inc.
910 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610

Or call us at Request Line: 508-753-2284 - Business Office: 508-753-1012 or by email to wcuw AT wcuw.org (replace "AT" with @)

WCUW has joined the digital age and is now streaming its broadcast on the net to listeners around the corner or around the world. You are now able to listen to all your favorite shows on your computer while at home or at work over your cable or DSL connection. We've never sounded so good.

Beginning Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008 "Under the Influence" will make its debut in the 8:00-10:00pm slot. This new show hosted by Val Sampson will feature local,regional and national musicians in our air-studio discussing and playing cuts from their musical influences and also include live and recorded material from the musicians themselves.

The current guest musician schedule is:

9/30 Roger LaVallee (Curtain Society) (rock, experimental)

10/7 Duke Levine (folk, rock, blues)

10/14 Jubilee (Jubilee Gardens) (rock, world))

10/21 Sean Carroll and Brian Goodhue (The Pandas) (ambient, experimental, rock)

10/28 Mary Lou Ferrante (blues)

11/4 Ric Porter Zonkeraz (rock)

11/11 Jon Short (blues)

11/18 Walter Crockett (folk-rock)

11/25 Dave Hartwell (rock, blues)

12/02 Paul Provost

12/09 Elote Villanueva (roots, reggae)

12/16 Members of the Numbskulls

12/23 Sean & Brian of the Pandas

12/30 Bob Jordan

At the WCUW Annual Members Meeting held on October 8, 2008 a new Board of Directors was elected. Half of the BOD members will serve a two year term and half a one year term to enable the implementation of staggered two year terms.

The BOD members elected include:

Returning BOD Members-
Royce Anderson, Charles Ball, Deb Barron, Lee Morin, Hank Stolz and Barry Sullivan

New BOD Members-
Larry Haley, Mary Keefe, Agnes Rivera, Mohan Somasundaran, and Aaron White

Subsequently, at the Nov. 12, 2008 BOD meeting the Executive Team was elected from within the BOD members. Barry Sullivan will continue to serve as President, Deb Barron as Vice President, Aaron White as Treasurer and Lee Morin as Clerk/Secretary.

WCUW Members would like to express their appreciation and gratitude to: Barbara Haller, Gray and Paula Harrison, and Jabian Gutierrez for officiating the voting process and tallying the vote results.

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WCUW now features three award winning national alternative news programs to keep you informed of the issues - and whats not being reported.

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television and now WCUW, Mon - Fri from 4pm-5pm

CounterSpin is FAIR's weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart. It's heard on more than 125 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada.

CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Counterspin airs on Thu from noon-12:30pm

Making Contact, produced by National Radio Project, is an award-winning, 29-minute weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on over 200 radio stations in the USA, Canada, South Africa and Ireland.

Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and perspectives rarely heard in mainstream media. Making Ontact is broadcast on Wed. from
12:30 - 1pm

Use traditional methods or use AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM) and send the on-air DJ your request or comments. Use AIM and send the message to the screen name "WCUWDJ". This is just another way we are trying to listen to you our listeners and move into the twenty first century. Give it a try.

We're adding more and more programs to our real time online playlist capability so you'll be able to find the name of that great song you just heard. It will take a little time to get them all online but they are coming! CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR PLAYLISTS
If the current on-air program is entering their play list info it will be displayed in real time. If no data is being entered then no information will be displayed. You can also use the calendar to see what previous shows played on that day. It's a very easy to use and useful feature - all for you our listeners.

We've added a new guestbook to our website with hopes that you'll drop us a note to say hi, where you're from, and let us know your how we're doing. As we begin streaming to a global audience we'd especially like to hear from those outside our terrestrial broadcast footprint. You do need to be registered to leave a message. So don't be shy - please say "Hi".
If you really have a lot to say we'd encourage you to mail our general emailbox mailbox at wcuw dot org (you know the symbols for "at" and "dot"). Just CLICK HERE for the guestbook.