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WIDR (89.1 FM) is a freeform FM radio station that broadcasts from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. WIDR, a student-run radio station licensed to Western Michigan University, broadcasts with 100 watts of power. The station is entirely student-run, employing six to eight part-time staff members. Staff members must be students at Western Michigan University, enrolled at least part-time. Even though the station is student-run, a number of community volunteers hold on-air positions as well.
The station originally began broadcasting in 1952, as a carrier current station. The station was started by a small group of students including Jack Clifford, who later went on to found the Food Network[citation needed]. The station broadcast through the pipes of Western Michigan University; specifically throughout the dormitories. Thus, they picked W.I.D.R., or Western Inter-Dormitory Radio, as their call letters.
For the first 23 years, WIDR broadcast as an AM station on 750 kHz. In 1975, the student-staff filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to become an FM station. They were given a frequency of 89.1 MHz, and allowed to broadcast at a power of 100 watts. The station went on the air on July 7, 1975. WIDR is classified by the FCC as a non-commercial, educational station.
Today, the station goes by the moniker WIDR (pronounced "wider") and continues to serve both Western Michigan University and the Kalamazoo community.
At the 2025 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference Awards, WIDR FM won the award for Best College Station.
WIDR's programming consists of a combination of variety music shows, specialty music shows and public affairs shows.
Variety music shows draw music from within the WIDR's own music library. The library comprises mainly CDs and Vinyl from a number of non-mainstream or alternative record labels and represents styles ranging from alternative, jazz and hip-hop to electronic, world and experimental music.
Experienced DJs are allowed to develop programming focusing on specific genres of music. Programs such as "Hip Hop Ethics" radio program (hip hop), "Electro City" (EDM), "The College Wave" (college rock) and "The World Is A Neighborhood" (world) are some examples of these programs. Other specialty programs can include live performance acts in WIDR's studio spaces.
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WIDR
WIDR (89.1 FM) is a freeform FM radio station that broadcasts from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. WIDR, a student-run radio station licensed to Western Michigan University, broadcasts with 100 watts of power. The station is entirely student-run, employing six to eight part-time staff members. Staff members must be students at Western Michigan University, enrolled at least part-time. Even though the station is student-run, a number of community volunteers hold on-air positions as well.
The station originally began broadcasting in 1952, as a carrier current station. The station was started by a small group of students including Jack Clifford, who later went on to found the Food Network[citation needed]. The station broadcast through the pipes of Western Michigan University; specifically throughout the dormitories. Thus, they picked W.I.D.R., or Western Inter-Dormitory Radio, as their call letters.
For the first 23 years, WIDR broadcast as an AM station on 750 kHz. In 1975, the student-staff filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to become an FM station. They were given a frequency of 89.1 MHz, and allowed to broadcast at a power of 100 watts. The station went on the air on July 7, 1975. WIDR is classified by the FCC as a non-commercial, educational station.
Today, the station goes by the moniker WIDR (pronounced "wider") and continues to serve both Western Michigan University and the Kalamazoo community.
At the 2025 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference Awards, WIDR FM won the award for Best College Station.
WIDR's programming consists of a combination of variety music shows, specialty music shows and public affairs shows.
Variety music shows draw music from within the WIDR's own music library. The library comprises mainly CDs and Vinyl from a number of non-mainstream or alternative record labels and represents styles ranging from alternative, jazz and hip-hop to electronic, world and experimental music.
Experienced DJs are allowed to develop programming focusing on specific genres of music. Programs such as "Hip Hop Ethics" radio program (hip hop), "Electro City" (EDM), "The College Wave" (college rock) and "The World Is A Neighborhood" (world) are some examples of these programs. Other specialty programs can include live performance acts in WIDR's studio spaces.