WEST BARNSTABLE WKKL is back on the air, revamped and reinvented.
After going dark for a year following a transmitter failure, the Cape Cod Community College radio station started playing music again in recent weeks at 90.7, and is also livestreaming for the first time.
With its new technology now fine-tuned, there will be a formal relaunch of WKKL today, with some celebrity alumni filling the airwaves. The relaunch extends to the college s curriculum, as classes currently online-only during the pandemic broaden to cover podcasting, YouTube videos and other skills.
“The real focus this semester is getting students back on the air, getting our listeners back and really developing (WKKL) as a cornerstone of the communication program,” said Cathy McCarron, the college s dean of arts, humanities and adult education. “So many community college radio stations are going purely online … but because we had the actual station, we didn’t want to give that up.