is a student-run radio station in
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . The station's signal is best listened to within inner
Luzerne County (
Wilkes-Barre ,
Kingston ,
Swoyersville ), but can also be heard in outer Luzerne County (
Pittston ,
Nanticoke ,
Dallas ).
Like many college radio stations, WRKC is run completely by students at
King's College (PA) . The general manager, Sue Henry, is the moderator of the station and is the only non-student associated with it. The college has a fair mixture of contemporary rock, indie rock, punk rock and other assorted genres. WRKC was formerly a mixed news, talk and music station but in the last fifteen years went to a complete music format, save for a few political talk shows on Sundays that recently got cancelled. One of the most famous news moments occurred when a reporter from the station interviewed a local chapter of the
KKK . The station is webcast. Some of the better known shows are the Johnny Beefstew Show, The I Like Rice Show, and The Roommates. The station airs 24-hours a day on a 440 watt signal, playing a jukebox of CD's when student DJs do not do shows.
WRKC has been known to play bands before most commercial stations in Northeastern Pennsylvania do, such as
U2 ,
Fallout Boy , the
Presidents Of The United States Of America and others. The station policy is for students to play rotation as 40% of their playlists. The station promotes local music like The Drama Club, Barefoot and The Grain.
The station also airs broadcasts of
Football and
Basketball games for King's College, and is planning on airing baseball and lacrosse in the future.
