University Marketing and Communications

Chances are, you’ve heard WFDD’s programming, but don’t know much about the local NPR affiliate’s history at Wake Forest. Find out more about that history in an Old Gold and Black profile of the radio station, how they are teaching middle school students how to listen, and about an upcoming event that looks at communication technology in the classroom.

The ring of a wind chime … the chirping of birds … the start of a car’s engine. Noises like these might blend into the background and go unnoticed for many people. But to the 10 children enrolled in 88.5 WFDD’s summer radio camp, these “natural sounds” function as the first building blocks in producing a proper radio segment.