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88.5 WFDD: one-day pledge drive

Thursday, June 14, will be a big day for your campus public radio station, 88.5 WFDD. Each year, the station holds an end-of-fiscal-year fundraiser. This year, WFDD is keeping the June pledge drive to just one day — and if history is any indicator, it […]

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Volunteer to help pledge drive

On Thursday, June 14, the campus public radio station, 88.5 WFDD, will hold an end-of-fiscal-year fundraiser. If you’d like to volunteer to answer some phones or stuff some receipts in envelopes, get in touch with WFDD’s volunteer coordinator, ShaDonna Crosby, at crosbys@wfu.edu. Oh, and we hear […]

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SAC welcomes new representatives

The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) is pleased to announce the results of the 2012 election. The SAC received nominations from March 12-23 and held the election from April 19-30. A run-off election was held for the Finance and Administration division which concluded on April 9. The […]


88.5 WFDD tackles dropout crisis in Piedmont Triad

New Public Media Programming and Public Engagement Initiatives to Help Students and Teachers WFDD, the public radio station licensed to Wake Forest, has initiated a series of broadcast, online and community activities and conversations as part of ”American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen,” a national public […]


Dollenmayer hired by WFDD

Tom Dollenmayer has joined the staff of 88.5 WFDD, the public radio station licensed to Wake Forest University, as Station Manager. He began his duties on April 2 and will oversee all aspects of WFDD’s daily operations. Dollenmayer comes to WFDD from WUSF Public Media, […]


Proposals funded: Franklin, Fahrbach

Congratulations to Denise Franklin, general manager at WFDD,  whose proposal entitled “NCME American Graduate Community Engagement Grant” has been funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Center for Media Engagement. Congratulations to Susan Fahrbach, Reynolds professor of developmental neuroscience, whose […]


Denise Franklin, WFDD

Congratulations to Denise Franklin of WFDD, whose proposal entitled “NCME American Graduate Community Engagement Grant” has been funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Center for Media Engagement.


WFDD wins national award

WFDD won a second-place award from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) for an episode of Voices & Viewpoints that featured Wake Forest English lecturer Mary Martin Niepold, the founder of the Nyanya Project.


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