Events

Kids from The Academy which serves at-risk youth and their families in the Roanoke Valley by providing a free private school education stopped by the WRKE studios as part of a visit to Roanoke College. We enjoyed having them stop by and look forward to having them come back ...

In the 2023 edition of the Princeton Review of 388 colleges and universities, WRKE earned a #14 ranking. The rankings in the Princeton Review are based on students’ answers to the survey question, “How popular is the college radio station?” Congratulations ...

Former WRKE student host Jamella Foster has stuck with broadcasting as a career and his now a production assistant at sports network ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut. Before ESPN, Jamella worked as a communications assistant for the NFL Washington Team.“My experience at Roanoke ...

Our broadcast signal reaches nearly 52,000 residents. Our online “live audio” stream reaches listeners anywhere there’s an Internet connection. To date, we’ve recorded more than 40 countries where listeners locked on our stream.

It’s our pleasure to announce that James Persons is WRKE’s Program Director. James takes the reigns of the lead student position at WRKE from Lexi Samuels who graduated in May of 2022. Joining James in a student leadership role is Maddie Fetterolf taking over as ...