Radio stations at historically Black colleges and universities have always played a special role in connecting the schools to their communities. Students receive training at the campus stations and many have public affairs programs that give voice to people and issues not heard in other media. A new effort is underway to preserve the rich history and the programming these stations produced that documents the Black experience from the days of using reel-to-reel recorders and eight-tracks to MP3s. WSHA at Shaw University in Raleigh was the first HBCU-owned radio station when it went on the air in 1963. Currently, 29
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