WIDR FM 89.1 Kalamazoo

Slogan/Positioner: Radio Evolution

Format: Variety; college student station

Web site: www.widr.org

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 100 watts / 187 feet / A

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WIDR from Wikipedia
• WIDR from RadioTime.com
• WIDR on Facebook
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WIDR

Call Sign Origin: Western Inter-Dormitory Radio

On Air Date: 1952 as carrier current station; approximately 1975 on FM 89.1

Owner: Western Michigan University

Telephone: (269) 387-6396

Notes/History:

• Mid-1970s: Construction permit granted for new FM station at 89.1. Once the station started FM operations, the carrier-current broadcasts ended.
• 1952: On-air at 750 AM as carrier-current student station run by students at Western Michigan University.

Transmitter location:

Kalamazoo County

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