WBUS 🇺🇸

WBUS, broadcasting at 88.3 FM, is Slippery Rock University's student-operated radio station in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Licensed to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, WBUS serves as a hands-on learning environment for students in broadcasting, journalism, and media production. The station's format is primarily college radio, featuring a variety of music genres, student-produced talk shows, and coverage of SRU sports. WBUS offers music programming that is often absent from commercial radio, incorporating alternative rock, indie music, local artists, and other underrepresented genres. Student involvement is comprehensive, encompassing roles from station manager and program director to news and sports directors, on-air announcers, and technicians. WBUS operates as a low-power FM station, limiting its coverage area to Slippery Rock and its immediate surroundings. WBUS is an integral part of the SRU Communications Department, supported by faculty advisors and benefiting from university-provided facilities, equipment, and funding. The station broadcasts Slippery Rock University athletic events, including football and basketball games. Students create talk shows covering current events, politics, pop culture, and entertainment.