WCOM

10/28/2025

The Comet Study of Child Development!

Recruiting Kids 3-5 yrs without any developmental concerns: Play fun games w/ our Duke University scientists to help us learn more about child development, behavior, and brain activity. Participants get a space scientist badge & caregivers are compensated.

Learn more: https://autismcenter.duke.edu/comet-study-now-recruiting

10/23/2025

big event tonight folks, at Lapin Bleu !

10/16/2025

Community advocate, TEDx speaker, and founder of Straight
Talk Support Group Transitional House Resource Center (STSG), Bessie Elmore launched The Journey Home, Saturdays at 7pm.

The program spotlights stories of resilience, second chances, and the challenges faced by individuals and families rebuilding their lives after incarceration.

For media inquiries, interviews, or more information, please contact:
Sevara Hakimov / 312-515-3110 / [email protected]

10/09/2025

NEW SHOW ALERT!

TEDx Speaker and Advocate Bessie Elmore Launches The Journey Home Radio Show on WCOM 103.5 FM, Saturdays at 7pm.

The program will spotlight stories of resilience, second chances, and the challenges faced by individuals and families rebuilding their lives after incarceration.

For media inquiries, interviews, or more information, please contact:
Sevara Hakimov / 312-515-3110 / [email protected]

10/08/2025

Join us for a charity golf event with Breaking Chains Golf Classic. We are so excited to be a sponsor this year. Thursday, October 16th at the Challenge Golf Club in Graham.

10/04/2025

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10/02/2025

NEW SHOW ALERT!!!

the hearth, a weekly Poetry Showcase hosted by Emily Shearer
Fridays at 10am

More on Emily: bohemilywrites.net
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More on Emily's underwriter:
www.piedmontfeed.com
Piedmont Feed & Garden Center

09/26/2025

Jacques Menache is launching a series of Live Broadcasts with as many guests as possible to be held every week-day from 1 to 2 pm through Thanksgiving.
You will be the Hosts. So will I. It is called the State of the Station and it will address what I consider to be a crisis of identity here at WCOM.
We have to renew or to die. Unless we renew, we will not survive the next twenty years. With the proliferation of social media, podcasts, Youtube channels, Spotify, to name just a few, is there a need for our community radio station? Indeed, does anyone listen to the radio anymore?
Contact: [email protected]

09/25/2025

NEW SHOW ALERT!!!

the hearth, a weekly Poetry Showcase hosted by Emily Shearer
Fridays at 10am

More on Emily: bohemilywrites.net
Emily Waters Shearerives_in_prague

More on Emily's underwriter:
www.piedmontfeed.com
Piedmont Feed & Garden Center

09/24/2025

Mark your calendars! On Thursday, October 23rd, the Haw River Ballroom will come alive with sound, spirit, and solidarity for Music for Mental Health, a powerful evening presented by Be Good to Yourself (BGTY).

This special event brings together some of North Carolina’s most iconic acts—The Connells, The Roman Spring, and The Veldt—for a concert with a mission: ensuring that our music community has access to the mental health and addiction care it deserves.

About Be Good to Yourself
Founded in late 2019, BGTY has spent the past six years working tirelessly to support North Carolina musicians, venue and studio workers, and their families. Their vision is simple but vital: make counseling and treatment accessible—either free or at deeply reduced costs—for the people who create and sustain our music scene.

To make this vision possible, BGTY has partnered with two incredible organizations:

The SIMS Foundation, created in Austin, TX by legendary musician Alejandro Escovedo, which has provided nearly 25 years of care to Austin’s music community.

Backline, a national nonprofit connecting music professionals to mental health and wellness providers across the country.

Together, this network is laying the groundwork for a statewide support system right here in North Carolina.

Why This Event Matters
Music for Mental Health isn’t just another show—it’s the culmination of six years of fundraising, advocacy, and community love. This night celebrates the official launch of BGTY’s services in North Carolina, with care for musicians and their families set to begin as early as January 2026.

For the countless artists, venue workers, and behind-the-scenes teams who give so much of themselves to create the soundtrack of our lives, this marks the beginning of something life-changing.

Event Details
📅 Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
📍 Location: Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC
🎶 Performers: The Connells, The Roman Spring, The Veldt

This is more than a concert—it’s a community milestone. Join us in showing up for the people who make North Carolina’s music scene thrive.

For more info, visit their page

09/24/2025

“This week, our station, WCOM, was featured by UNC’s newspaper The Daily Tar Heel for one of its Spanish-language programs, “Vientos del Sur.”

This is a communicational and community initiative that combines in-studio conversations with music from South America and different parts of the world. It addresses topics such as immigration, Latin American and U.S. culture, art, social participation, citizenship, and health. The Daily Tar Heel was drawn to this experience, which is soon approaching its 200th episode, has included various UNC initiatives among its guests, and seeks to reduce the gap between community members and the resources available to them.

According to Rodrigo Tossi, this is a collective achievement of all WCOM members—founders, DJs, and hosts—who make the effort to provide quality content and connect the Carrboro-Chapel Hill community through this powerful communication platform that is WCOM, with 20 years of history.

“Vientos del Sur” airs on Tuesdays from 11 am to 1 pm, in Spanish, and is later available on Spinitron.
Rodrigo Tossi is a Psychologist, holds an MA in Health and an MA in Documentary Film, and specializes in health and communications.”

“Esta semana, nuestra estación, WCOM, ha sido cubierta por el periodico de UNC “The Daily Tar Heel” por uno de sus programas en español, “Vientos del Sur”.
Esta es una iniciativa comunicacional y comunitaria que combina conversaciones en el estudio, con música de sudamérica y distintas partes del mundo. Aborda temáticas de inmigración, cultura latinoamericana y estadounidense, arte, participación social, ciudadanía y salud principalmente. “The Daily Tar Heel” se interesó por esta experiencia que llegará prontamente a sus 200 episodios, que ha considerado a diversas iniciativas de UNC entre sus invitados y que busca reducir la brecha entre las personas integrantes de la comunidad y los recursos comunitarios disponibles.
En opinión de Rodrigo Tossi, este es un logro colectivo de todos los integrantes de WCOM, fundadores, DJs y Hosts. De quienes hacen su esfuerzo por entregar contenido de calidad y unir a la comunidad de Carrboro-Chapel Hill, con esta tremenda plataforma comunicacional que es esta estación radial, con 20 años de trayectoria.
“Vientos del sur” se emite los días martes, desde las 11 am a 1 pm, en español, y se encuentra posteriormente en Spinitron.
Rodrigo Tossi es Psicólogo, MA en Salud y MA en Cine Documental y se especializa en salud y comunicaciones.”