WIDR
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| City | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Coverage Area |
| Branding | Your Station for Radio Evolution |
| Slogan | The Only Source for Radio Evolution |
| Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1952 |
| Format | Variety; college student station |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 57 meters (187 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | Western Inter-Dormitory Radio |
| Owner | Western Michigan University |
| Website | http://www.widrfm.org/ |
WIDR is a freeform FM radio station that broadcasts from the Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. WIDR, a student-run radio station licensed to Western Michigan University, broadcasts at 89.1 FM with 100 watts of power. The station is entirely student-run, employing six 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. The station broadcast through the pipes of Western Michigan University; specifically throughout the dormitories. Thus, they picked as their call letters W.I.D.R., or Western Inter-Dormitory Radio.
For the first 23 years, WIDR broadcast as an AM station at 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. 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.
WIDR's programming consists of a combination of variety music shows, specialty music shows and public affairs shows.
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