WSHC is proud to be apart of the Picket Media Group, located on the campus of Shepherd University. While producing our own sports newscast, Community Spotlight, and special reports, we are proud to work with The Picket Newspaper to produce Picket Pics.
Picket Pics is a weekly news broadcast hosted by Emily Cisar and Melody Taylor. Here’s the latest from 89.7 WSHC and the Picket.
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89.7 WSHC Appoints New Chief Operating Officer for Student-Led Programming
Shepherdstown, West Virginia – 89.7 WSHC is excited to enter into a new chapter in Knutti Hall with the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer. Shepherd University alumna and former WSHC Operations Director Jenna Taylor-Tennant has been named to the role, effective July 1, 2025. She will succeed Mike Hurst, who is stepping away…
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Bancroft, Caperton, Floyd, Kercheval and Scully join Stubblefield Institute Board of Advisor
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. — Steven L. Scully, Happy Kercheval, Jade Floyd, Gat Caperton, and David Bancroft recently joined the Stubblefield Institute Board of Advisors. With other members of the Board, they will help guide the nonprofit to continue to study and promote civil political discourse. Scully is currently the host of “The Briefing with Steve…
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Historic Firsts: Shepherdstown’s First Annual Pride Parade
Shepherdstown, West Virginia – On Sunday, June 1st, hundreds of people, both Shepherd University Students and local community members, lined Shepherdstown’s German Street as they prepared to kick off the 2025 Pride season with the first annual Shepherdstown Pride Parade. The parade, founded and largely organized by Joan Moossey, followed the theme of “Historic Firsts”,…
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Brunswick Art Market
On this episode of Community Spotlight, Jenna sits down with Tara Zabriskie, president of the Brunswick Arts Council, to talk about their upcoming event, BAM! (Brunswick Art Market). This is the second art market hosted by the Brunswick Arts Council (BAC), the first having been in December. The BAC is very new, having just started…
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April 14, 2025
Transcription: In a March SGA meeting, members of the Student Government Association outlined blueprints and concept designs for the proposed dining hall/multipurpose facility that will be built on Shepherd University’s West Campus. The building will house meeting rooms, locker rooms, training and treatment rooms, offices, and a state-of-the-art weight room that will accommodate the athletic…
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Shepherd Performs
Join Patrick each Tuesday for a replay of a concert from Shepherd University’s School of Music. These performances come from community, student, and honor band performances. Patrick also interviews prominent figures from the program, including professors, students, and music enjoyers everywhere. Catch it live on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. and the next day on all…
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April 7, 2025
Transcription A Student Government Association meeting took place on March 25. SGA applications ended on April 4. Shepherd Students had the chance to vote on Rampulse. Nobody applied for the Junior and Sophomore Class President position or the Student Life Council position. Those spots will be appointed by the President and Vice President. The applications…
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March 31, 2025
Shepherd University’s English program, in partnership with the University’s National Writing Project (NWP) site, will highlight the work of English alumna Lilli Sutton during an April 1 event. Sutton, who graduated from Shepherd in 2019, is now a contemporary adult fiction writer based in Colorado. She published her debut novel, “Running Out of Air,” in…
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March 24, 2025
Transcript: From March 9th to the 19th Alternative Spring Break happened. This annual initiative lets Shepherd students engage in a week-long service program during spring break. This year, the group partnered with the Appalachia Service Project, an organization dedicated to home repair and replacement in Central Appalachia. Students traveled to Jonesville, Virginia, where they worked…
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March 10, 2025
Transcript: On Feb 27, the Shepherd University Student Government Association and student volunteers worked on taking out furniture in the Little House to begin the process of removing lead paint from its walls. “Hopefully the Little House will be open again later this Spring. We’re aiming for April,” said SGA Communications Director Joanna Schoonover. The…