Membership News

Chornyak & Associates encourages listeners to donate to WCBE from 7am - 9am today. When you do they will double your donation with a matching gift of $5,000. This is a dollar-for-dollar offer for any donation made by phone during this time. (614) 365-5711.

WCBE is excited to unveil the latest design in our LeVeque Tower apparel line. 

Preliminary results show that WCBE received 425 transactions totaling $ 70,668.90, including bonus pool and credit card fee reimbursement funds, during The Big Give!This was the 3rd largest number of total transactions received overall.

Thanks for supporting WCBE at our VIP membership level. The following tickets are available to current VIP members: Gov't Mule, Willy Mason, Drive-By Truckers, Dr. Dog, Devil Makes 3, and many more!

It’s that time again when we request your wonderful enthusiasm for WCBE’s Fall 2013 Membership Campaign: Thursday, October 10 – Friday, October 18, 2013.

UPDATE: The Big Give has ended. Preliminary results report that $10.4 million dollars have been raised for local area non-profits through this extraordinary giving event. Thank you for your support! 

PARTNER DISCOUNT
$10 discount to see The French-American Peace Ensemble on Tuesday, June 18th at Shadowbox Live.

Thanks for supporting WCBE at our VIP membership level. The following tickets are available to current VIP members: Dropkick Murphy's, Dawes w/ Shovels & Rope, Alabama Shakes, Barenaked Ladies, O.A.R., etc.

Thanks again to everyone who supported the station during our recent membership campaign. We still have $23,497.50 left to raise. If you haven't donated to WCBE in the past 6 months, please do so today and support a service you USE and VALUE.

In addition to saying "thank you", I'd like to say "congratulations" to the hundreds of people who entered our Festival Ticket Giveaways and iPad Mini Giveaways. Here is a complete list of our winners and why they choose to support WCBE!

It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! like you've never seen it before! Because, well, normally you can't see it -- it's a radio show.

UPDATE - GOAL MET!
June 21, 2013: As the station comes to the end of our fiscal year, we'd like to thank the over 5500 listeners who supported us over the past twelve months. Listeners like YOU have made a difference for WCBE, helping us raise over $720,000 in member donations. And because of listeners like YOU, we can proudly announce “we’ve met our fundraising goal”.  So from all of us here at WCBE, thank YOU for your support and for making everything YOU hear on YOUR favorite NPR station possible!

iPad Mini Giveaway Update: The winner of our iPad Mini Giveaway, held yesterday 4/26 during the last day of our spring drive, has been selected. 

This giveaway is for all you procrastinators out there! Today is the last day of our on-air fundraiser, and as of this morning we have $58,834.80 left to raise by 7pm today. Chornyak & Associates has once again come forward to inspire you to donate by giving away an iPad Mini to one lucky listener. 

WCBE thanks everyone who registered to win our Festival Ticket Giveaways, held this week during our on-air fundraiser. The winners of festival tickets to the Dark Star Jubilee and the Nelsonville Music Festival have been selected.

Congratulations to member, Edward Leonard! He is the winner of our Festival Ticket Giveway to Bonnaroo, held on Tuesday, April 23th during our spring on-air fundraiser.  

Long-time business supporter, Rife's Autobody, loves the programming on WCBE - especially our local music shows. Today (April 25) Rife's has chosen to support the station with a matching donation from 2-3pm because they value the diversity of programming they hear on WCBE...and because it's the number #1 station programmed on their clients' car radios.

Make a donation today by phone at (614) 365-5711 between noon - 2pm and you’ll automatically be entered into our Festival Ticket Giveaway, which includes a pair of tickets to the Nelsonville Music Festival.

Long-time business supporter, Rife's Autobody, loves the programming on WCBE - especially our local music shows. Today (April 25) Rife's has chosen to support the station with a matching donation from 10-11am because they value the diversity of programming they hear on WCBE...and because it's the number #1 station programmed on their clients' car radios.

Our renewing members including Jeff Seabrooks of Reynoldsburg, Arthur Owens of Dublin, and Anne & Alec Hildreth of Columbus encourage listeners to donate to WCBE from 7-9am today (April 25). These are only a few of the hundreds of listeners who gave to WCBE before the drive began and directed their donation to our Member Match Fund - funds that can only be released when we make our goals during the fundraiser. 

Congratulations to renewing member, Roger Byers! He is the winner of our iPad Mini Giveaway #2, held on Wednesday, April 24th during on our spring on-air fundraiser.  

We had such a great response to our iPad Mini Giveaway on Monday, we thought we would do another one! 

WCBE thanks everyone who registered to win our Festival Ticket Giveaways, held today (April 23) from 10am - 3pm. The winners of festival tickets to the Dark Star Jubilee and Bonnaroo have been selected. 

Long-time member, Babette Gorman, loves the programming on WCBE - especially Fresh Air. Today (April 23rd) Babette has chosen to support the station with a matching donation from 3-4pm because she values the diversity of programming she hears on WCBE.

Make a donation today by phone at (614) 365-5711 between 12-3pm and you’ll automatically be entered into our Festival Ticket Giveaway, which includes a pair of tickets to Bonnaroo.

Make a donation today by phone at (614) 365-5711 before 12pm and you’ll automatically be entered into our Festival Ticket Giveaway, which includes a pair of tickets to the Dark Star Jubilee.

Today (April 23) during Morning Edition, an anonymous family foundation will MATCH your donation! The foundation will give WCBE 50 cents for every dollar you pledge IF we’re able to reach our fundraising goal of $5,000 before 9am.

Congratulations to renewing member, Rachel Clark! She is the winner of our iPad Mini Giveaway, held on Monday, April 22nd during on our spring on-air fundraiser.  

Today (April 22) during All Things Considered, an anonymous family foundation will MATCH your donation! The foundation will give WCBE 50 cents for every dollar you pledge IF we’re able to reach our fundraising goal of $5,000 before 7pm.

Make a donation today before 3pm and you’ll automatically be entered into our iPad Mini Giveaway, sponsored by Chornyak & Associates.  

Everyone's talking about living a more sustainable life. We’d all like to have less of an impact on the environment, and here’s a way to do just that AND support the programs you love on WCBE…become a Sustaining Member.