Harper Radio Named Best Community College Station by Intercollegiate Broadcasting System

Posted March 12, 2023 11:00 pm

Charlie Ayers

On February 25th 2023, The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) announced the winners of their 2023 Media Awards.

Harper Radio (WHCM, 88.3FM) a broadcast station of Harper College in Palatine, IL received two (2) first place awards. The winners are:

• Harper Radio: 88.3FM WHCM named the Best Community College Radio Station nationwide

• Nina Stoner and Chris Smith: hosts of Streaming Verse heard on Harper Radio (and seen on YouTube) won the IBS Award for Best Talk Program

The awards come on the heels of The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) 2023 Festival of Media Arts Awards. Harper Radio received two (2) first place awards (out of four [4] first place awards in total) in their 2-year College category.

Harper Radio WHCM 88.3 FM is a student run college radio station at Harper College, broadcasting across northern Chicagoland and streaming worldwide at www.harperradio.com. WHCM is free format, commercial free and in operation for over twenty years.

The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) is an organization with a membership of over one thousand non-profit, education-affiliated radio stations and webcasters. Founded in 1940, IBS is headquartered in New Windsor, NY, with a legal office in Washington, D.C. In addition to providing support for establishing and operating noncommercial radio and webcast operations, it frequently represents its members with FCC negotiations, copyright issues, and litigation.

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