• City Club line up of speakers

    City Club of the Mahoning Valley Plans First Event Sept. 21

    The recently-formed City Club of the Mahoning Valley is inviting people to their launch event on Wednesday, September 21 at 5:30 p.m.  The event will include dinner and feature a panel discussion on the economic state of the Mahoning Valley.
  • YSU entrance.

    Advisory Board Meeting

    The next WYSU-FM Advisory Board Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 22nd at 4:00pm, in the WYSU Conference Room in Melnick Hall on the YSU campus. The meeting is open to the public.
  • Sicily

    WYSU is Headed to Sicily!

    WYSU's next travel destination is Sicily and you're invited!
  • Car Talk hosts, brothers Ray and Tom Magliozzi

    End of the Road for Car Talk

    The ever-popular program Car Talk has a long tradition on the air at WYSU and on public radio across the country – but that will come to an end this fall. After September 30, 2017, weekly production of the Best of Car Talk programs will end.
  • Nin Andrews award-winning poetry volume, Why God Is a Woman

    Mahoning Valley Writer Wins High Honors for Her Poetry

    Nin Andrews of Poland, Ohio, is one of the winners in this year's Ohioana Book Awards.  Andrews wrote a volume of poetry called Why God Is a Woman, published by BOA Editions in 2015.  Her book was among 300 eligible for awards recently presented by They Ohioana Library.
  • Pastor Gayle Catinella of St. John's Episcopal Church, Youngstown

    Pastor of St. John's Church Shares Views on Building Community

    Pastor Gayle Catinella of St. John's Episcopal Church in Youngstown is a loyal and passionate supporter of 88.5 WYSU.  She is even more passionate about building community and living without fear.
  • Amazon gift with money

    Shop Amazon All Year and Support WYSU

    Everybody wins when you shop at Amazon via wysu.org.Visit Amazon through the WYSU website, make a purchase, and a portion of that purchase will benefit the station -- with no additional cost to you.  Simply start at wysu.org and click on support. That's where you will find the Amazon link.
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    WYSU-FM Open Meeting Policy

    The Youngstown State University's Board of Trustees is WYSU-FM's supervisory board. The Board's general meetings and Institutional Engagement Committee Meetings address WYSU business. These meetings are open to the public.

    The WYSU Advisory Board meetings are also open to the public.

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National Public Radio

  • The hotel continued to operate after the devastating 2010 earthquake. The collapsed roof is visible behind the pool.

    To be blunt, I couldn't care less about most of the hotels I've stayed in over the years as a foreign correspondent. Many of them were just a place to take a shower, sleep and then forget about. But La Villa Creole in Haiti was different. I first stayed there in 2008 and quickly found it to be an oasis.

    When I was planning a trip to Haiti last month I went on to La Villa Creole's website to look for their phone number and discovered they had closed down. My stomach dropped. It was like being told out of the blue that an old friend had passed away.

  • Lupita Nyong'o, Who Designed Your Nigerian-Style Head Tie?

    The head wrap was brilliant blue. It mirrored the applique on the long yellow bodice of the strapless gown and was echoed in the shoes and handbag. Lupita Nyong'o wore the outfit this past week at the Toronto premiere of her film Queen of Katwe. Fashion critics called it "flawless."

  • Mae Reeves' Hats Hang At National Museum Of African American History And Culture

    African-American women have been wearing fancy hats to church for generations. That tradition is being celebrated at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, which officially opens in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. Vintage turbans, caps and fascinators that span a...

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The Business Journal

  • Nordson to Consolidate 3 Xaloy Plants in Austintown

    WESTLAKE, Ohio – Nordson Corp. announced today it plans to combine its existing screw and barrel operations in Youngstown, New Castle, Pa., and Pulaski, Va., into “a single expanded manufacturing center of excellence in Austintown.” The plant site, which Nordson is leasing, is the former Tamarkin...
     

  • Statewide Unemployment Edges Down in August

    YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Ohio’s unemployment rate in August was 4.7%, down from 4.8% in July, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported this morning. Unemployment in the state was a tenth of a percentage point higher than August 2015’s 4.6% rate. Nationwide, unemployment was 4.9% last month...
     

  • Aftermarket Industry Makes Cars and Trucks Bolder

    YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — With thousands of cars featuring intricate jobs, hand-built engines and hundreds of hours of work put into them, the annual SEMA Auto Show is the pinnacle of the aftermarket parts industry. Held in Las Vegas, the closed-to-the-public event – it’s open only to members of the...
     

What You Need to Know

  • Support WYSU -- be an underwriter!

    Underwriting is the tax-deductible financial support of public radio by businesses, associations, and nonprofit organizations. This financial support is acknowledged on the air with announcements -- or spots --  which are 15 seconds in length and customized to the specific business or organization.

  • WYSU's COMMUNITY CALENDAR IS FOR YOU!

    WYSU provides a Community Calendar page as a public service. You can now enter your event directly on our website. Everyone is welcome to submit events to the calendar, though not everyone's submission will be published or announced on air. We specialize in fine and performing art events, large community events, and YSU events.

  • Local Interviews On WYSU

    Don't miss the new interview segment airing Wednesdays on 88.5 WYSU, and hosted by YSU English Department faculty member Tim Francisco.  Tim’s interviews air during the popular Morning Edition. He and his guests take a unique and penetrating look at a wide variety of local subjects, including educational, community and social issues.  Tim also features creative work by local thinkers, leaders and researchers, and he plans to include government and political issues that have broad community application. The segment airs each Wednesday at 5:45 and 7:45 a.m.