WHUP

04/22/2025

Support local radio!🎶🎧

Next week, we will be kicking off our spring Fund-A-Thon! Starting on April 28th, we’ll be posting about special shows from our DJs, all the different ways you can get involved with WHUP, and how your contributions help us. We wouldn’t be here without our listeners!

Want to get a head start? Check out the link in our bio or go to whupfm.org/contribute!

04/20/2025

Underground folk musician and legendary iconoclast Michael Hurley, whose prolific path wound though seven decades of performing and recording and whose music, despite being unknown to the majority, drew a loyal following that includes some of the nation's most respected songwriters, died recently at his home in Portland OR.

This evening from 7-10, Triangle Slim will spin a Hurley tribute complete with work from his many recordings official and otherwise, covers by bands both familiar and obscure, and a special live session and interview Slim conducted in the 1980s that only been heard once before. Join us tonight from 7-10 for three hours of songs by and stories about one of music's most quirky characters.

04/10/2025

A few pictures from our most recent volunteer meeting this week! We’ve got some great things in the works and can’t wait to share with y’all😎

Huge thanks to everyone who could make it (in person and virtually) and to for hosting us!

04/07/2025

We’ve asked our hosts for some odd, unfamiliar, and/or interesting songs that they recommend💿In other words, songs Off the Beaten Track!

You may know Rapper’s Delight, but have you heard of Rapper’s Deutsch?

04/04/2025

Tune in at 3pm today for a WHUP Specials live session! 🎶

Singer-songwriter Jesse Fox () will be making a return appearance on WHUP along with New York band Drunk Ex (), who is making their NC debut. This session may give you a preview to their show tomorrow night at Eno River Brewing ()!

03/31/2025

After almost 10 years as an all-volunteer organization, WHUP is ready to hire our first Station Manager! 🎸

It’s a full-time gig with some remote flexibility, paid vacation and other benefits. The link to the full job description can be found in our bio. Tell your talented friends about this rare opportunity, or apply yourself!

03/27/2025

As a community radio station, WHUP FM wouldn’t be what it is today without the people behind it! Welcome to Part One of our volunteer spotlight series - featuring a few of our DJs🎶🎧

03/07/2025

Tune in today at 2:00 for a live session with rock all-stars Peter Holsapple (The dBs) and Murray Attaway (Guadalcanal Diary), who will be playing a few tunes, talking about their various projects and promoting their forthcoming solo releases - Holsapple's The Face of 68 and Attaway's Tense Music Plays - before heading off to the Wake Forest Listening Room for a show tonight. A must-listen afternoon only on WHUP!

01/26/2025

We held our annual meeting a little late, just rounding the corner into 2025, today at . DJs, volunteers, board members and major donors all gather to hear about how the year went and what some of our plans and news are coming up for the year.

Most major note is our active search for a to help guide our next phase of ! Contact us at [email protected] with any inquiries

01/10/2025

The next four nights are "white flag nights" and the Orange County Shelter will be open.

01/10/2025

12/13/2024

Send a message to learn more

12/13/2024

Are you interested in joining WHUP in a guiding role?

Our Board of Directors has an open seat and we're looking for a committed, energetic person who can help steer the next phase of the radio station. We'd look for you to bring your professional or personal specialty to the table to add to our existing resources, as our board is a volunteer working board.

For more information, please send serious inquiries to [email protected]

12/08/2024

TONIGHT ON THE SEASON 9 FINALE

We wind down the WHUP Fall Fund-a-Thon with two hours of some of our favorite sessions we've held over the years!

5PM only on 104.7fm WHUP + whupfm.org! And while you're there, be sure to click the donate button and make your tax deductible contribution! No amount is ever too big or too small.

12/06/2024

Tune in tomorrow morning for a very special WHUP Fund-A-Thon episode of SUNWISE! Join DJ host Blake Tedder from 9–11 AM for an inspiring conversation with Norman Wirzba, renowned theologian and thought leader and author of "Love's Braided Dance."

Together, they’ll explore the music of Johnny Flynn of Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit and Robert Macfarlane as jumping off points for dialogues on hope and restoration in times of despair and division and environmental collapse. Don’t miss this uplifting and thought-provoking show!