The clock tower on the campus of John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, has been unoccupied for more than 14,000 days (over 38 years), though once housed the school’s radio station. The station returns this coming Tuesday, March 28, for a six hour broadcast beginning at 6 PM EDT.
WJCU 88.7 FM will host 100 alumni and former on-air personalities for the special “Turn Back the Clock” event. Also joining will be University Heights mayor Dylan Brennan. The sound will recall eras past with retro imaging and throwback music.
The program will begin with an hour of 1960s music, with the decade advancing each hour. Hosts include WJCU DJs Zachary ‘DJ Z13’ Sinutko, Emily Davala, Collin Kennedy, and Daunte Horton of “808s & Mixtape”s alongside Joe and Lauren Gumney of “Old Rock vs New Rock.”
Founded in 1989 as WABU-FM with a 10-watt class D signal on 88.9 FM, the station became WUJC later the year, moving to 88.7 FM where it now broadcasts with 2.5 kilowatts of power. The current call letter WJCU were adopted in 1998.
WJCU’s “Turn Back the Clock” can be heard on-air in the Cleveland metro area and online.
