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WDBM (88.9), East Lansing, Michigan, is a 2,000 watt, Class A, student-run radio station at Michigan State University that broadcasts to listeners in the Lansing, Michigan, metropolitan area. The station is the successor to the Michigan State Network, which in the 1970s was the nation's largest college carrier current radio network, and had studios in several MSU dormitories. The network was eventually consolidated to one carrier current station, WLFT ('Turn to the Left'), which broadcast from the former WKAR studios in the MSU Auditorium Building.
WDBM began broadcasting in 1989 with the moniker Impact 89FM, a name it still uses today. It is one of the few student-run college radio stations to broadcast 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year. WDBM has been named "College Station of the Year" by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters more than any other station. In 2004, it was the nation's first college station to broadcast in HD Radio and streams its programming on its website.
Its staff began recording and podcasting Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm's weekly radio address in 2005.
The station is licensed to the MSU Board of Trustees, financed by a student fee, and operates separately from the University's other media outlets, which include WKAR, WKAR-FM, WKAR-TV, and the State News. Impact 89FM broadcasts from the basement of the Holden Hall dormitory on south campus.
[edit] Programming
Weekdays, WDBM broadcasts mainly alternative music. At night, block programming features an hour of talk, then jazz, alternative country, blues, metal, local music, retro music, and hip hop. The Lansing City Pulse magazine credited WDBM's Progressive Torch and Twang program for igniting and sustaining the alternative country scene in mid-Michigan. Progressive Torch and Twang has also been cited in the seminal book Modern Twang.[2]
[edit] Specialty Shows
- Jazz Spectrum (Mondays from 8PM - 12AM. Jazz music hosted by Jeff.)
- Progressive Torch and Twang (Tuesdays from 8PM - 12AM. With your hosts Doug and Corrina.)
- Accidental Blues (Wednesdays from 8PM - 12AM. Hosted by Lee.)
- Basement (Thursdays from 8PM - 10PM. Local bands are featured, with many stopping by to chat and perform live. Hosted by Amanda.)
- Thee Hourz O Power (Thursdays from 10PM - 2AM. Metal music with your hosts Puke Pile and The Torturer.)
- Flashback (Fridays from 8PM - 10PM. Retro music from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s with Greg.)
- Impact Hijack (Fridays from 10PM - 2AM. One listener each hour discusses and plays their musical picks. Hosted by Danger and Natalie.)
- Cultural Vibe (Saturdays from 8PM - 2AM. Both popular and underground hip-hop. Hosted by The General and The Critic from 8PM - 11AM, and DJ Collectives from 11PM to 2AM.)
- Sit or Spin (Sundays from 8PM - 10PM. Hosted by Robb.)
- Afterglow (Sundays from 10PM - 12AM. Relaxed tracks brought to you by Greg. Each week, the show is kicked off with a different track by Björk.)
[edit] Exposure Shows
- Spartan Sportswrap (Mondays from 7PM - 8PM. Local sports talk hosted by Dan.)
- Exposure (Tuesdays from 7PM - 8PM. MSU student groups are invited in the studio and interviewed by Wes.)
- City Pulse Live (Wednesdays from 7PM - 8PM. Lansing's City Pulse magazine brings their content to the airwaves with publisher Berl Schwartz.)
- Happy Hour (Thursdays from 7PM - 8PM. Pop culture and college life are discussed by a panel of students hosted by Brock.)
- MSU Today (Fridays from 7PM - 8PM. Russ White from MSU talks with popular college guests.)
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WCBN (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor) • WDBM (Michigan State University) • WEMU (Eastern Michigan University) • WHFR (Henry Ford Community College) • WIDR (Western Michigan University) • WKUF (Kettering University) • WLSO (Lake Superior State University) • WMTU (Michigan Technological University) • WOCR (Olivet College) • WQAC (Alma College) • WUDM (University Of Detroit Mercy) • WXOU (Oakland University)
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