WCMU Public Media is Central Michigan University's PBS and NPR member organization in Mount Pleasant, reaching 48 counties of central and northern Michigan and parts of Ontario with four television stations and eight radio stations, local news and the Between the Lakes podcast.
WCMU Public Media is the public television and radio service of Central Michigan University, based at the Public Broadcast Center on the CMU campus in Mount Pleasant. One of the university's principal public service commitments for more than 50 years, it reaches over 1.3 million people across 48 Michigan counties and portions of Ontario with four television stations and eight radio stations. Its mission is to tell stories that connect, inspire, educate and entertain.
WCMU-TV (channel 14), on the air since March 29, 1967, and its satellites WCMW in Manistee, WCMV in Cadillac and WCML in Alpena are the PBS member stations for the Traverse City, Cadillac and Alpena markets. WCMU Public Radio carries NPR news, Michigan news, classical music and entertainment on WCMU-FM 89.5 and a network of stations across northern Michigan, including WUCX-FM in the Great Lakes Bay Region, which it operates with Delta College. The newsroom follows NPR's code of ethics and produces Between the Lakes, a weekly news podcast.
WCMU is a department of Central Michigan University, so staff positions carry university benefits and are posted on CMU's job site under Public Broadcasting; the station hires reporters, producers, underwriting and development specialists, engineers and member services staff, and employs students in a working broadcast environment.
