Wilkes has an active student media, including a television station within the Karambelas Media and Communications Center, FM radio station WCLH, which celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2017, weekly newspaper "The Beacon", a literary magazine "Manuscript", which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017, and yearbook "Amnicola", which will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2018. The university's newspaper was originally published as the "Bison Stampede" in 1934. The publication was later renamed "The Beacon", and the paper celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2019.