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<h2 class="main-sub-title">listener-supported, volunteer operated, community radio since 1981</h2>
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<h3>New Shows</h3>
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<li><b>"My Favorite Vinyl"</b> hosted by Don Tanner, is broadcast Monday mornings from 8:00 - 9:00 am. This new show features "deep cuts" and special guests talking about community topics of interest and the music that's important to them.</li>
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<li><b>"The Poet and the Poem"</b> The Poet and the Poem is broadcast each Wednesday from 5:00 - 5:30 pm it's a radio series hosted by Grace Cavalieri at the Library of Congress that features interviews with contemporary poets. The show, which has been airing since 1977, includes poets reading their work and discussing their craft. It has featured a wide range of poets, including many Poet Laureates, and is a significant resource for literary audio recordings at the Library of Congress.</li>
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<li><b>"The Moshpit"</b> with Zunaira, is broadcast the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 8:00 - 10:00 pm. This new show made its first appearance on Wednesday, February 26. <b>"The Moshpit"</b> will focus on all different subgenres of metal. Some of the bands to be featured may include: Lucana Coil, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, and In This Moment.</li>
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<li><b>"Beats Sticks and Kicks,"</b> hosted by Constant, moves to a new day and is broadcast every Thursday from 10:00 pm to midnight starting February 6th. <b>"Beats Sticks and Kicks"</b> blends today's hottest Hip-Hop hits and old-school Hip-Hop gems with listener interaction, sports, fashion, and video game culture.</li>
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<h3>Donate to WEFT 90.1 FM Online!!</h3>
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<p>You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.</p>
<p>All year long WEFT guides you on a journey through independent music and public affairs programming. The volunteer hosts that curate and select WEFT's programs are community members - your friends and neighbors.</p>
<p>Thanks again for donating, it's never too late to donate!</p>
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<h4>Donate by Mail</h4>
<p>Print & fill out our <a href="../downloads/donation_form_spring_2025.pdf" target="blank">printable donation form</a> and include it with your check. Make checks payable to WEFT, and mail them to:</p>
<p class="address">WEFT<br>P.O. Box 1223<br>Champaign, IL 61824</p>
<h4>Vehicle Donation</h4>
<p>Donating your car, truck, van, SUV, boat, motorcycle, ATV, RV, trailer or airplane has never been easier! Visit the <a href="http://new.weft.org/support/#vehicle_donation" target="blank">Vehicle Donation portion of our Support page</a> for more info.</p>
<p>You can give CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) a call at 1-855-500-RIDE or go through their <a href="https://www.careasy.org/nonprofit/weft" target="_new">online donation process</a> and designate WEFT as the non-profit
beneficiary.</p>
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<h4>Transmitter Maintenance - Update</h4>
<p>4/11/25 - You Did It!</p>
<p>Through your generous donations WEFT was able to raise the $10,000 we needed to get the additional <b>$10,000 Match!</b></p>
<h4>BUT THE WORKS NOT DONE</h4>
<p>The cost of repairs has now surpassed $30,000 and if you're listening to our FM signal at 90.1 you know that there is still static on our broadcast. The diagnosis and fix for that static problem, unfortunately still needs to be done.</p>
<p>So in short the WEFT "Tower Power 2025" fundraiser <b>WILL CONTINUE</b>
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<p>WEFT 's Engineering Team attempted repairs of our transmitter, antenna and feed line the afternoon of Monday 3/3/25. We were unable to fix the underlying problem and will continue to broadcast at extremely reduced power. Anybody outside the Champaign-Urbana area will probably have issues with our over the air signal.</p>
<p>We called in some expert radio Engineers and have identified problems with the feedline between our transmitter and antenna. Parts have been ordered and are being shipped to our installers.</p>
<p>Parts have arrived! We are planning to have our engineers and climbers on-site Wednesday March 26 to replace our coax feedline. We will be shutting down our over the air transmitter in the morning. We will be down for at least several hours.</p>
<p>This does not affect steaming through our website or listening through our new App.</p>
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<p>WEFT's streaming partner, Broadcast Tool & Die. Click here if you want to listen <a href="https://weft.broadcasttool.stream/stream" target="_blank">
https://weft.broadcasttool.stream/stream</a>.</p>
<p>We continue to stream through our website weft.org and through our new App. Our new App is available through the Apple Store and the Google Play Store. It's a whole new way to WEFT!</p>
<p>You can download the new, free WEFT App for iPhone</br>
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weft-fm/id6723680095" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weft-fm/id6723680095</a></p>
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<h3>Donate to WEFT 90.1 FM Online</br>
Spring 2025 Capital Campaign!!</h3>
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<p>You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.</p>
<p>Help us now with our Spring 2025 Capital Campaign to raise money for our transmitter/antenna repairs. We spent a bunch of money to get our feedline problem diagnosed and repaired, we can really use your help to pay some of these bills.</p>
<p>Thanks again for donating, it's never too late to donate!</p>
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<h3>Tower Power 2025</h3>
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$12,000 That spool of cable (along with fasteners, supports, nuts & bolts, etc.) cost $12,000</br>
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The cost of the broadcast field engineering team from Chicago? $2,000 X 3 trips</br>
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Tower climbing crew and installation experts? $6,000 X 2 trips</br>
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Fiberglass antenna rods, mounts, gas line replacement parts, nitrogen tank + nitrogen, and service visit - another $1,000
Air conditioner repair at transmitter site was $850</br>
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Oh and hiring a Washington DC attorney to assist with the FCC paperwork filing (apparently they frown upon a radio station operating the FM broadcast signal at 1% power) $500 Filing #1 and $500 Filing #2</br>
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Over $30,000 and counting</br>
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Whew! That's a lot. More than WEFT is used to taking on. But it was crucial to maintain and sustain the valuable community resource, emergency alert notifications, and accessible media platform that is WEFT</br>
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<p>Thanks to our generous listeners and a generous donor we have met our $10,000 Match. However we still have transmitting issues. Your generous donations are still appreciated to resolve our issues.</p>
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The repairs fundraiser started with a lot of activity, donations, gifts, and even a <b>$10,000 MATCH</b> - but momentum has been slowing and there have been no donations in the past 24 hours (only one donation form has been returned from the 700+ letters sent out)</br>
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Surprisingly, we still haven't received the full amount of donations to get that generous match - in fact, we're short about $3,000</br>
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If you've already helped - <b>THANK YOU!</b></br>
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If you haven't yet, learn more and find the online form at weft.org/support</br>
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Not just live and local, ALIVE and LOCAL! WEFT is YOUR community radio station - struggling since 1975 and on the air since 1981</br>
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<h3>Winter Appeal 2024</h3>
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<p>Dear Friends of WEFT</p>
<p>As we approach the end of 2024, holiday celebrations are underway.
In the cold and darkness of the winter solstice, we wish you the
companionship of music and public affairs that inform, inspire and
entertain.</p>
<p>Winter can be a time of reflection that can inspire new dreams. Here
at WEFT, our volunteers treasure the opportunity to curate local radio
that contributes to our community's well-being. Whether you're gathering
with family and friends, or alone and reflecting, radio has the power to
connect us all as we celebrate or hibernate.</p>
<p>However you navigate the winter months, tune in to WEFT to engage
with diverse programming. With our loyal listeners, donors and
community partners by our side, WEFT looks forward to serving our
multi-faceted community well into the future.</p>
<p>To learn more about volunteer opportunities, email:</br>
<b>stationmanager@weft.org.</b></p>
<p>Please donate and renew your membership to WEFT Community
Radio. If you received our Winter Appeal letter you may return that with your gift or click the "Donate Now" button. Thanks for your continued
support throughout the year.</p>
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<p>Happy Winter Holidays</br>
The Volunteers of WEFT</br>
<p>You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.</p>
<h4>Click on the blue Donate Now button, or mail in the donation letter.</h4>
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<h3>New Shows</h3>
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<li><b>"The Moshpit"</b> with Zunaira, is broadcast the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 8:00 - 10:00 pm. This new show will make its first appearance on Wednesday, February 26. <b>"The Moshpit"</b> will focus on all different subgenres of metal. Some of the bands to be featured may include: Lucana Coil, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, and In This Moment.</li>
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<li><b>"Sync Sound System"</b> with DJ 33/45 will continue on Wednesdays from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th week of the month.</li>
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<li><b>"Beats Sticks and Kicks,"</b> hosted by Constant, moves to a new day and is broadcast every Thursday from 10:00 pm to midnight starting February 6th. <b>"Beats Sticks and Kicks"</b> blends today's hottest Hip-Hop hits and old-school Hip-Hop gems with listener interaction, sports, fashion, and video game culture.</li>
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<li> <b>"Night Moves"</b> with Ian will continue to be broadcast on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 10:00 pm to midnight. [live beat / DJ mixed house and electronic music with splashes of nu disco, 80's new wave and funk]. It now alternates with automated RPM/EDM</li>
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<li><b>"WEFT Re-Sessions"</b> has moved to early Wednesday morning, midnight to 1:00 am. These are rebroadcasts of some of the classic Monday night <b>WEFT Sessions</b> of mostly live local music. They're selected from our more than 20 years of archives.</li>
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<li><b>"Catch the Beat"</b> with Cope Cumpston, Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:30 pm - will air for several weeks January 29th, February 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th. Plus a show on March 26.</li>
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<li><b>"Friday Forum"</b> with Paul Mueth, airs Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. - radio broadcast of the University YMCA lecture from the previous Friday. Lectures begin Friday, February 7th at noon at the University YMCA, with the WEFT broadcasts starting on Wednesday, February 12th at 6:00 pm Link to more information on the Spring 2025 Friday Forum & Conversation Cafe series: <a href="https://www.universityymca.org/what-we-offer/programs/friday-forum-conversation-cafe" target="blank">https://www.universityymca.org/what-we-offer/programs/friday-forum-conversation-cafe</a></li>
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<li><b>"The Rift"</b> - a new Public Affairs show, will broadcast every 1st and 3rd Sunday from 3:00 - 4:00 pm starting Sunday, November 3rd. Each episode of <b>"The Rift"</b> will be a deep dive on a particular ecological subject, including the climate politics of the subject. Listeners will hear from experts from here in Illinois and around the world.</li>
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<li><b>"The Midnight Drive"</b> - will broadcast every Friday morning from 12:00 am - 2:00 am (i.e., midnight on Thursday) starting Friday, November 1st. <b>"The Midnight Drive"</b> will focus on all genres of Rock and will bring more diversity and a broader selection to the airwaves. Some of the bands that might be heard include Disturbed, Beck, The Doors, and Avenged Sevenfold.</li>
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<li><b>"That's Not Punk"</b> - will broadcast every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 6:00 - 8:00 pm starting Thursday, October 24th <b>"That's Not Punk"</b> will focus on music that isn't easily accessible on the radio, mainly from the genres of 1980's Goth and Emo. Some of the bands that might be heard are Depeche Mode, Love and Rockets, Mother Mother, and Timbuk 3.
NOTE: <b>"Lady Lynn's Live Inspirational"</b> Show with Lynn White will continue to be heard from 6:00 - 8:00 pm on the 1st and 3rd Thursday, along with any 5th Thursday.</li>
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Listen Live!
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<p>Click here to listen through <a href="https://weft.broadcasttool.stream/stream" target="_blank">
https://weft.broadcasttool.stream/stream.</a></p>
<h3>Download the new WEFT App</h3>
<p>It's a whole new way to WEFT! The free app can be downloaded from the Apple iOS App Store and Google's Play Store for Android devices.</p>
<p>You can downloaded the new, free WEFT App for iPhone</br>
<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weft-fm/id6723680095" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weft-fm/id6723680095</a></p>
<p>And for Android-Google</br>
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.publicmediaapps.weft" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.publicmediaapps.weft</a></p>
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<h4>Airshifter Training</h4>
<p>The next round of Airshifter Training kicks off at 3:00 pm on Sunday August 18, 2024</p>
<p>This is good place to start if you're wanting to host your own show on WEFT. We have openings in some of our daytime strip programming and also in some of our Collectives. Perhaps you have an idea for a genre we don't currently air, or perhaps a new topic for a Public Affairs show!</p>
<p>To get in on this round of training download the <a href="/downloads/WEFT_Airshifter_Training_Application.pdf" target="_new">airshifter application</a> or email <a href="mailto:airshiftertraining@weft.org">airshiftertraining at weft.org</a>.</p>
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<h3>Donate to WEFT 90.1 FM Online!!</h3>
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<p>You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.</p>
<p>All year long WEFT guides you on a journey through independent music and public affairs programming. The volunteer hosts that curate and select WEFT's programs are community members - your friends and neighbors.</p>
<p>Thanks again for donating, it's never too late to donate!</p>
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<p>Help us now with our Spring 2025 Capital Campaign to raise money for our transmitter/antenna repairs</p>
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<p>Even though our Donation Drive may be over, it's never too late to donate!</p>
<p>You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.</p>
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<h4>Donate by Mail</h4>
<p>Print & fill out our <a href="../downloads/24_Donation_Form_gs.jpg" target="blank">printable donation form</a> and include it with your check. Make checks payable to WEFT, and mail them to:</p>
<p class="address">WEFT<br>P.O. Box 1223<br>Champaign, IL 61824</p>
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<h2>WEFT's Rotational Underwriters</h2>
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<li><a href="https://bashpepper.com/" target="blank"> Bash Pepper Roofing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://champaignparks.org/" target="blank"> Champaign Park District</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.commonground.coop/" target="blank"> Common Ground Food Co-op</a></li>
<li><a href="https://elliottcounselinggroup.com/" target="blank"> Elliott Counseling Group</li>
<li><a href="https://www.experiencecu.org/" target="blank"> Experience C-U</li>
<li><a href="https://cuhabitat.org/" target="blank">Habitat for Humanity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://krannertcenter.com/" target="blank">Krannert Center</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lag217.com/" target="blank">Live Action Games</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.martinellismarketchampaign.com/" target="blank">Martinelli's Market</a></li>
<li><a href="https://minuteman.com/us/locations/il/champaign/" target="blank">Minuteman Press</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.plantmode.com/" target="blank">Plant Mode</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.legacysolarpower.com/" target="blank">Sun Power by Legacy Solar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thatsthecutmahomet" target="blank">That's The Cut Barbershop</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tannerfriedman.com/" target="blank">Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications</a></li>
<li><a href="https://canopyclub.com/" target="blank">The Canopy Club</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.toasttotaylor.com/" target="blank">Toast to Taylor Street</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.urbana-acu.com/" target="blank">Urbana Acupuncture</a></li>
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<p>Visit our <a href="http://new.weft.org/partners/" target="blank">Community Partners page</a> for the complete list. Thanks to all of them for their support over the years. Please support WEFT and our Community Partners.</p>
<p>We recently revised our <b>Community Partners Underwriting Package</b> you can download both the <a href="../img/UW_2024_v9_In.jpg" target="blank">Inside</a> and <a href="../img/UW_2024_v9_Out.jpg" target="blank">Outside</a> of the brochure.</p>
<p>Welcome to our newest Underwriters; Plant Mode, Toast to Taylor Street and Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications</p>
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<p>Contact our Community Partners Coordinator, at <a href="mailto:communitypartners@weft.org">communitypartners@weft.org</a>, or call WEFT at <a href="tel:217-359-9338">217-359-9338</a> to get your business or non-profit started today.</p>
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<h3>Hometown Media Award AGAIN</h3>
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<p>WEFT 90.1 FM Community Radio has been awarded a Hometown Media Award in the Community Radio category for the second year in a row!</p>
<p>The Hometown Media Awards are presented by the Alliance for Community Media Foundation (Established in 1979). The awards program was developed to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all the incredible WEFTIES!</p>
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<h3>Public Affairs Archives!</h3>
<p>Most of your favorite Public Affairs shows have been archived on a weekly basis by WEFT's own volunteers. We have archives of some shows going back to 2015.</p>
<p>Go to our <a href="http://weft.org/publicaffairs" target="blank"><b>Public Affairs page</b></a> to listen to shows such as Disability Beat, Higher Ground, News From Neptune and Radio Free Labor. WEFT also has archives of shows not currently being broadcast such as The Prairie Monk.</p>
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<h3>Media - Pics, Videos, Newsletters etc.</h3>
<p>To see more, visit WEFT's <a href="http://new.weft.org/about/media/" target="blank">Media Page</a></p>
<p>To view some videos, visit WEFT's <a href="http://new.weft.org/youtube/index.html" target=blank">Youtube Page</a></p>
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<h3>WEFT Fest 2023 took place Sunday October 1</h3>
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<h4>Our Fall 2023 Donation Drive kicked off with WEFT Fest</h4>
<h4>Thanks to everyone who came out and helped WEFT celebrate our 42nd Anniversary, it was a Blast. Special thanks to all the performers who entertained us with your outstanding music!</h4>
<p>WEFT first went on the air on September 26, 1981. Every year we hold an Anniversary Party & celebrate with the Community. We are listener supported, volunteer operated, community radio for East Central Illinois and the world!</p>
<p>Thanks to Seven Saints for sharing their patio with WEFT. Their friendly staff provided great food and beverages.</p>
<p>We had CD's available for donations. Thanks to all the local businesses and organizations who donated raffle prizes. We heard several comments about how tasty the Anniversary Cake was!</p>
<ul>2023 Performers inluded:
<li><b>Kayla Brown</b></li>
<li><b>Sean Kutzko's Broadmoor Bunch</b></li>
<li><b>Bandoneon Massacre</b></li>
<li><b>The K-Tels</b></li>
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<h3>WEFT History and Info</h3>
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<p>You can read a short version of <a href="http://new.weft.org/about/history.html" target="blank"> WEFT's history here</a></p>
<p>Interestingly back in 1937 the upstairs of WEFT's building 113 1/2 and Dave Monk's building 115 1/2 were a gambling establishment, the Turf Club aka Klemick's. Thanks to the Urbana Free Library Archives, here's a story about Champaign's Gambling Hotspots, the Turf Club was part of North Market Street's <a href="https://urbanafree.omeka.net/exhibits/show/champaigngambling/gamblersrow" target="blank">Gamblers Row</a></p>
<p>Joe Lex, was one of WEFT's Founders (and partly repsonsible for some of those vinyl records we have stored up in our attic). He recently dug up this little bit of WEFT History. Here's an early vision of what our Programming would be, <a href="http://new.weft.org/downloads/WEFT_Joe_Lex_1981_Vision.pdf" target="blank">Joe Lex - WEFT's 1981 Programming Vision</a></p>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/X0EJEIGP4BQ" target="blank"><b>WEFT Video from the 90's</b></a></br>
Clips of many WEFTies who helped make WEFT what it is today. How many do you recognize?</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEFT" target="new">WEFT on Wikipedia</a></p>
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Listen to WEFT's live broadcast in your browser, choose TuneIn to take WEFT anywhere on your smartphone or use your preferred streaming player on your computer.
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<h2>Listen On Demand!</h2>
<h3>Two Week Music Archives</h3>
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<p>Thanks to our partners at Spinitron</br>
many of our music shows will once again be archived</p>
<h4>Go to our <a href="https://spinitron.com/WEFT/calendar" target="blank">Spinitron Calendar page</a> and click on any of the green colored shows. You'll be able to start an in-browser player.</h4>
<p>Copyright restrictions require us to start all playbacks at the beginning of each show, and you can't jump forward or back. If you want to listen to part of the 2nd hour of the show, you have to wait till the player gets there.</p>
<p>Look for the in-browser player - click on the triangle to start playback.</p>
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<p>Because of copyright restrictions music shows can only remain online for two weeks. They also can't be downloaded or podcast.</p>
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<h2>Antenna Video</h2>
<p>In the spring of 2020 WEFT completed a project our volunteers had worked on for a couple years. Order a new antenna and get it installed on a new, taller tower. This video documents some of the project</p>
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<h4>thanks to Mark Niswander for the video</h4>
<h4>You can view this and other WEFT related videos on our <a href="../youtube/"> Youtube Page</a></h4>
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<p class="aside-text">Our September airshifter training date is, Sunday September 15, 3pm at WEFT.</p>
<p>To get in on this round of training download the <a href="/downloads/WEFT_Airshifter_Training_Application.pdf" target="_new">airshifter application</a> or email <a href="mailto:airshiftertraining@weft.org">airshiftertraining@weft.org</a>.</p>
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<p class="aside-title">WEFT Committee Meetings</p>
<p class="aside-text">All WEFT meetings are open to the public. Links to current Zoom meetings are available on the <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gkjl8ufe23lapamifmg8lg0oug%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago">WEFT Events</a> calendar page.
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<p class="aside-text"><strong>Digital Library Committee</strong><br>1st Monday, 6:30pm</p>
<p class="aside-text"><strong>Community Outreach Committee</strong><br>2nd Monday, 6:00pm</p>
<p class="aside-text"><strong>Music Committee</strong><br>3rd Monday, 6:30pm</p>
<p class="aside-text"><strong>Programming Committee</strong><br>2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:00pm</p>
<p class="aside-text"><strong>Financial Development Committee</strong><br>2nd Wednesday, 7:00pm</p>
<p class="aside-text"><strong>Finance Committee</strong><br>typically once a month</br> June thru September</br> to prepare the next Fiscal Year's Budget </p>
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<p class="aside-text"><b>Associates Meetings schedule</b></p>
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Associates meetings are held quarterly in March, June, September and December. They alternate between Wednesday & Thursday typically starting at 7:00 pm.</p>
<p class="aside-text">All WEFT meetings are open to the public. Links to current Zoom meetings are available on the <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gkjl8ufe23lapamifmg8lg0oug%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago">WEFT Events</a> calendar page.
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Lincoln Building - Room 421</br>
44 E. Main St. Champaign</p>
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Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings are Zoom virtual meetings. All WEFT meetings are open to the public. Contact boardchair at weft.org for more details and a Zoom link</p>
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Does your organization have a public service announcement that you'd like to get on the air?
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Write up the details. Be sure to include all the important information including who, what, when and where. Public service announcements must not be a call to action, we cannot mention ticket prices and they should not be written in first person. Phonetic pronunciation for any unusual words or names would be helpful too.
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<p class="aside-text">The announcement should fit on a 5 X 7 card and take 30-45 seconds to read.</p>
<p class="aside-text">You can drop off the announcement at the station, mail it to WEFT, 113 N. Market St. Champaign or send it via email to <a href="mailto:psa@weft.org">psa@weft.org</a>.
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<p class="aside-title">Public Affairs Archives</p>
<p class="aside-text">Check out our <a href="http://new.weft.org/publicaffairs/">Public Affairs</a> page for show descriptions and links to the archived shows.</p>
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