WCWS

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WCWS

Broadcast area	Wooster, Ohio, USA
Branding	WOO 91
Slogan	Wooster's Sound Alternative
Frequency	90.9 (MHz)
Format	College radio
ERP	1,050 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	The College of WooSter
Owner	The College of Wooster
Website	woo91.wooster.edu

WCWS is the radio station of The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, USA. It is also known as WOO 91, Wooster's Sound Alternative. WCWS broadcasts 1050 watts of power at a frequency of 90.9 MHz to Wayne and neighboring counties. Under the FCC Table of Allotments, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, WNZR, also operates at 90.9 MHz; this keeps WCWS from maximizing its wattage potential.

Herman Gibbs is the chief operator of WCWS and has been so for quite some time, but students share the duties of running the station with an adviser to oversee them. The current adviser is John Finn. For the full history of WCWS, please see the WCWS website.

In 2004, a Texas Christian radio group challenged WCWS during the FCC licence renewal process. Due to the efforts of the College of Wooster administration, Herman Gibbs, John Finn, and of course the student management (then led by General Manager Andrew Darneille '05), the FCC denied the challenge in May 2005. During the fight for their station, a new station identity, WOO 91, was created, and a new logo was designed to fit the new image. In addition, student management worked with their DJs to create a more professional-sounding station, and in November 2004, WCWS broadcast live election coverage for Wayne county, which was well-received.

In August 2005, WCWS became the Wooster community's only commercial-free station to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week.