cleveland branding wjcu 88.7 fm frequency 88.7 mhz first air date may 13 1969 format college variety erp 2 500 watts haat 104 meters class a facility id 31478 transmitter coordinates 41 29 24.00 n 81 31 54.00 w 41.4900000 n 81.5316667 w 41.4900000 ; 81.5316667 callsign meaning john carroll university former callsigns wabu 1969 wujc 1969 82 wujc fm 1982 wujc 1982 98 former frequencies 88.9 mhz 1969 77 owner john carroll university john carroll university webcast listen live website www.wjcu.org wjcu 88.7 fm branded wjcu 88.7 fm is a non commercial educational college variety radio station licensed to university heights ohio serving greater cleveland . the station is owned by john carroll university which operates it under the direction of the department of communications and theatre arts . the wjcu studios are located at the d.j. lombardo student center on the campus of john carroll while the station transmitter resides atop graselli tower . contents 1 history 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wjcu began as wabu on may 13 1969 via a 10 watt signal at 88.9 mhz . 1 that same year the station adopted the callsign wujc . in 1977 the station began broadcasting at 88.7 mhz . 2 3 for less than one day on september 24 1982 the station carried the callsign wujc fm ; that same day the station re adopted the wujc callsign . on january 12 1998 the station adopted the callsign wjcu . in the spring of 2006 the power was increased to 1 000 watts and by summer was up to its current output of 2 500 watts . 4 current programming edit wjcu features a weekday daytime format with eclectic and diversified block programming each evening and weekend . while many of the shows feature music there are also a number of talk spoken word programs most of which are locally produced by community broadcasters . sundays are the special province of ethnic community shows with locally produced tastes of jewish lithuanian italian hungarian armenian chinese and latina culture . students dominate the heights a weekday 6am 6pm format mix of adult alternative music with a little world & local news and community affairs in the mix . the station also carries some jcu blue streak varsity football and basketball broadcasts with more extensive sports coverage provided on the wjcu two web only special event stream . while some of the block programmed weekly specialty shows are programmed by student show hosts a number of community broadcasters host weekly shows many of which have been long running and have a considerable audience . among these broadcasters is bill peters whose show metal on metal has supported the cleveland heavy metal scene along with wjcu and cleveland college radio with regular benefit concerts since its first weekly broadcast in 1982 . the station has a number of long running programs . retro radio is a tribute to cleveland s legendary top 40 station wixy 1260 caribbean groove occupies the longest contiguous time block on saturday nights and features island beats and author and poet george bilgere hosts wordplay an aptly named take on the spoken word . most of the specialty programming at the station enjoys both a national and international audience via the station s multi format web streams . well known past programs include kick out the jams music to break things by left of center syntax radio transmission lo fi the butters and atmospheres . references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb idx 70s ocr yb 1971 yb 1971 bc yb for ocr page 0354.pdf search % 22wujc % 20university % 20heights % 22 http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb 1977 c 2 % 20radio % 20broadcasting % 20yearbook % 201977.pdf http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb 1978 c 2 broadcasting yearbook 1978 full.pdf http www.wjcu.org about external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wjcu radio locator information on wjcu query nielsen audio s fm station database for wjcu v t e radio stations in the cleveland ohio market by fm frequency 87.7 88.3 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.3 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 95.5 96.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.7 102.1 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.9 by am frequency 850 930 1000 1040 1100 1220 1260 1300 1320 1330 1380 1420 1460 1490 1540 1560 defunct by wx frequency 162.55 by callsign khb59 w256bt wabq waks watj defunct wbwc wccd wccr wclv wcpn wcrf fm wcsb wdlw wdok wenz weol were wfhm fm wgar fm whk whkw whlk whwn wint wjcu wjmo wjtb wkhr wknr wkrk fm wlfm lp wmji wmms wncx wnwv wobl wqal wruw fm wtam wwgk wzak online owow radio ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio radio stations in southwestern ontario clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . v t e ohio college radio stations by fm frequency 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.7 89.7 90.9 90.9 91.1 91.1 91.1 91.5 91.9 94.9 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.5 98.5 98.7 defunct 99.5 101.1 106.9 by callsign wbgu wbwc wbwh lp wcmo wcsb wcws fm wdub whei wjcu wkco wksu wlci lp wlfc wmrt wncg lp wnzr wobc fm wobn wonb wosa wosu fm wrdl wrmu fm wruw fm wsln defunct wudr wwsu wxut wzip online black squirrel radio wfal falcon radio by college university ashland university bowling green state university bowling green state university baldwin wallace university bluffton university case western reserve university cleveland state university college of wooster denison university heidelberg university hocking college john carroll university kent state university kent state university kenyon college marietta college marietta college mount union college mount vernon nazarene university north central state college oberlin college ohio northern university ohio state university ohio state university ohio wesleyan university otterbein college wright state university university of akron 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