WNUR-FM

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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 the largest student-run radio station in the country. The station promotes underplayed and underrepresented forms of music, as well as award-winning public affairs and fine-arts programming.

[edit] History

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 well worn facilities in the basement of the same building). Between 1982 and 1995, WNUR's slogan had been "The New Music FM".

WNUR celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2000 with a reunion and special programming.

In March 2007, WNUR began broadcasting from new studios in John J. Louis Hall on Northwestern's Evanston Campus.

[edit] Programming

WNUR has also hosted many innovative radio programs over the years, including Airplay (a weekly program dedicated to local Chicago music), free-form experimental audio collage programming, weekly live radio comedies, and world-premiere live radio dramas written and directed by David Mamet.

Current programming includes news; coverage of Northwestern University sports; Streetbeat, folk, WNUR Jazz Show, hip-hop, WNUR Rock Show, classical, and This is Hell.

[edit] Awards

In 1984, WNUR was named "Best Radio Station in the US" by College Media Journal. 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 1980s and 90's.

[edit] Alumni

DJ's from WNUR have occasionally gone on to produce their own well received music. Alumni include 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, 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. Other well-known alums include Neil Tesser and Steve Albini, while "This American Life" host Ira Glass got his start at the station. Arbitron exec Pierre Bouvard also hails from WNUR. Alumni in the realm of sports include Dave Revsine of the Big Ten Network and Darren Rovell of CNBC.

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