Aaron Sharpe

The polls are open and voting is underway for CityBeat Magazine's annual Best of Cincinnati awards. WNKU has won Best Radio Station a whopping 8 times, but we think there's a certain ring to the number, 9.

WNKU's long-running live radio show featuring established and emerging musicians from around the world performing in front of a live studio audience, returns to the airwaves on Monday, February 18th.   The show will air live Monday nights at 7:00 pm until the season finale on May 6th.

In addition to making regular  investments in music, news gathering, customer service, and staff among other things, we at WNKU are committed to investing in our overall quality of sound - both over the air and online.

And here they are - The Top 89 CD's of 2012 as voted on by our listeners!  Let the listomania debates begin!  Feel free to comment below, but please keep it friendly.  Oh, and if you didn't vote, you're not allowed to complain!

Thanks to everyone who did vote, however.  An even bigger thanks to everyone for listening, and an extra super huge thanks especially to everyone who made a contribution to WNKU in 2012.  Because of you, we can look forward to the Top 89 of 2013.

Voting is now closed for the Top 89 CD's of 2012.  All of the ballots are currently being transported by armored vehicle to an undisclosed underground location where they will be audited, tallied, and audited again by a team of highly-trained security professionals that include former members of  the CIA, NSA, FBI, ATF, SEC, ELO, BTO, DMB, CSN, ALO, CCR, and REM.

Happy Holidays and best wishes for a musically rich New Year from the station that puts the jingle in your bell, the tinsel in your tuneage, and the "cool" in your Yule.

WNKU welcomes Grace Potter and the Nocturnals to the Taft Theater on Friday, January 11th, with special guest, Langhorne Slim.  We know you want to go, and we just might put you in the front row!

Good news!  We got our hands on a few more copies of Ring Volume III - A Cincinnati Keyboard Christmas, featuring 20 classic and original holiday tunes performed by the best musicians in our region.

If you gave to WNKU during  our year-end membership campaign, thank you!  If not, you're not too late to help WNKU close the books on 2012 with your pledge of support today.*

• Pledge $100 and we'll send you one copy of Ring Vol. III
• Pledge $150 and we'll send you TWO copies of Ring Vol. III
• Pledge $180, and we'll send you ALL THREE volumes of Ring!

*NOTE: December 16th is the last day to make a pledge and receive this thank you gift before Christmas.

These babies are too cool!  It's a WNKU guitar-shaped tree ornament!  Of course, you can hang it anywhere - your rear view mirror, on a key chain, or even your neck if you really want to make a statement.

Get yours today* with a pledge of $40.00 to WNKU!

They're made of die cast metal and painted "Christmas-ornament Gold" (I just made that up).  And of course, it has the WNKU logo, making it a real collector's ornament.  Add one to your collection today* when you contribute just $40.00 to WNKU.

*NOTE: December 16th is the last day to make a pledge and receive this thank you gift before Christmas.