WNUR
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WNUR (89.3 FM) is a 7200 watt radio station based in Evanston, Illinois that broadcasts to Chicago and its northern suburbs. Northwestern University owns the station's FCC license. Because of the station's location and wattage, WNUR has an unusually large listenership for a college station, as millions of Chicagoland residents are within WNUR's broadcast range. WNUR is one of the largest student-run radio stations in the country.
Since 1995 -- the same year the station moved into new facilities in Northwestern's Annie May Swift Hall -- WNUR's slogan has been 'Chicago's Sound Experiment.' (The station had previously broadcast from worn and torn facilities in the basement of the same building). The station promotes underplayed and underrepresented forms of music, as well as award-winning public affairs programming.
Prior to 1995, WNUR's slogan had been "The New Music FM" for over a decade. WNUR celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2000 with a reunion and special programming.
In September 2003, WNUR was named the #1 college radio station in the country by SPIN magazine. WNUR has also been recognized as a top US station by The Wire and is often cited as one of the major centers for the nascent indie music movement during the early 1990's. DJ's from WNUR have occasionally gone on to produce their own well received music. Alumni include music producer and rock musician Steve Albini, music critic and sometimes musician John Corbett, and DJ Snuggles. Other alumni include the suits behind Drag City Records and Carpark Records, and members of many bands including Ok-Go, The Effigies, The Arcade Fire, Town and Country, Chavez, Volcano! and the No Doctors. Famous house DJs Derrick Carter and Mark Farina also held shows on WNUR in the early nineties.
Programming includes News; coverage of Northwestern University Sports; Streetbeat, an electronic, house, trance, folk, and hip-hop show, WNUR Rock Show, and This is Hell. The station's general manager is Anthony G. Walters.
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Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences • School of Communication • School of Music • J. L. Kellogg School of Management • Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science • Medill School of Journalism • School of Education and Social Policy • Feinberg School of Medicine • Northwestern University School of Law |
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Alumni • The Daily Northwestern • Dance Marathon • Dillo Day • Dolphin Show • Mee-Ow • NNN • Waa-Mu • WNUR |
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