WYSO Archives

In 1975, a 10-watt radio signal began broadcasting from the campus of Savannah State College. Fifty years later, WHCJ 90.3 FM is still on the air, still rooted in the same mission it started with: educate through entertaining.

Stephon Lane is the broadcast technician at WCSU. He shared his radio memories with the HBCU Radio Preservation Project’s summer intern Kayla Foster in May of 2025.

Dr. Morakinyo Kuti, a 1985 Central State University alumnus and current president of the University, shares his radio memories with Will Tchakirides, the HBCU Radio Preservation Project’s Assistant Director of Public History and Programming.

Malik Perkins, a graduate of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, who shared his radio memories with the HBCU Radio Preservation Project’s 2025 Fellow Olivia Green in May of 2025.

In recognition of Black History Month, Legacy Listening: HBCU Radio Memories features excerpts from the HBCU Radio Preservation Project's growing collection of oral history interviews, focusing on WCSU at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

From the 2002 archives: Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman discusses her young adult novel "Matilda Bone," set in medieval England's fascinating world of early medicine.

This inaugural episode of "Broadcasting History: The HBCU Radio Legacy" examines how radio has functioned as both a tool for oppression and resistance, and highlights the extraordinary achievements of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in creating broadcasting operations that not only trained students but transformed American culture.

WYSO's Neenah Ellis details the early history of the radio station as told by several of its founders.

A history of the WYSO written Andy Valeri, a long time WYSO volunteer and community media professional, as part of his masters degree research at the University of Dayton.

A few years back, Bob Moore of Yellow Springs took his kids to the public library where he found a shelf of books by local authors. There he discovered…

Public broadcasting stations like WYSO have large libraries of stories that aired years ago, but often that audio can't be accessed because the archives…

In 1965 Dr, Martin Luther King gave the commencement speech at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Ten year-old Jalyn Jones Roe was there and that…