WEFT 90.1 fm

Winter Appeal 2024

Dear Friends of WEFT

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.

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.

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.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities, email:
stationmanager@weft.org.

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.

Happy Winter Holidays
The Volunteers of WEFT

You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.

Click on the blue Donate Now button, or mail in the donation letter.

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New Shows

• "The Rift" - a new Public Affairs show, will broadcast every 1st and 3rd Sunday from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. starting Sunday, November 3rd. Each episode of "The Rift" 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.


• "The Midnight Drive" - will broadcast every Friday morning from 12:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. (i.e., midnight on Thursday) starting Friday, November 1st. "The Midnight Drive" 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.


• "That's Not Punk" - will broadcast every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. starting Thursday, October 24th "That's Not Punk" 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: "Lady Lynn's Live Inspirational" Show with Lynn White will continue to be heard from 6:00 - 8:00 p..m. on every 1st and 3rd Thursday, along with any 5th Thursday.


• "Beats Sticks and Kicks," hosted by Constant, will be broadcast on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Friday of each month from 10:00 p.m. to midnight starting November 22nd. "Beats Sticks and Kicks" will blend today's hottest Hip-Hop hits and old-school Hip-Hop gems with listener interaction, sports, fashion, and video game culture. "Night Moves" with Ian will continue to be broadcast on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 10:00 p.m. to midnight. [live beat / DJ mixed house and electronic music with splashes of nu disco, 80's new wave and funk]

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Listen Live!

WEFT's new streaming partner, Broadcast Tool & Die. Click here if you want to listen through our new https://weft.broadcasttool.stream/stream. We've found our new streaming partner is far more reliable.

Download the new WEFT App

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.

You can downloaded the new, free WEFT App for iPhone
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weft-fm/id6723680095

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Donate to WEFT 90.1 FM

Donate by Mail

Print & fill out our printable donation form and include it with your check. Make checks payable to WEFT, and mail them to:

WEFT
P.O. Box 1223
Champaign, IL 61824

Vehicle Donation

Donating your car, truck, van, SUV, boat, motorcycle, ATV, RV, trailer or airplane has never been easier! Visit the Vehicle Donation portion of our Support page for more info.

You can give CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) a call at 1-855-500-RIDE or go through their online donation process and designate WEFT as the non-profit beneficiary.

Please support YOUR Community Radio Station!
Click on the blue Donate Now button above.

1981 - 2024 celebrating over 40 years of Community Radio

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WEFT's Rotational Underwriters

• Bash Pepper Roofing
• Champaign Park District
• Cinema Gallery
• Common Ground Food Co-op
• Elliott Counseling Group
• Experience C-U
• Habitat for Humanity
• Krannert Center
• Live Action Games
• Martinelli's Market
• Minuteman Press
• Sun Power by Legacy Solar
• That's The Cut Barbershop
• The Canopy Club
• Urbana Acupuncture

Visit our Community Partners page for the complete list. Thanks to all of them for their support over the years. Please support WEFT and our Community Partners.

We recently revised our Community Partners Underwriting Package you can download both the Inside and Outside of the brochure.

Welcome to our newest Underwriters; Bash Pepper Roofing, Habitat for Humanity, SunPower by Legacy Solar, That's The Cut Barbershop and The Canopy Club

Contact our Community Partners Coordinator, at communitypartners@weft.org, or call WEFT at 217-359-9338 to get your business or non-profit started today.

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Hometown Media Award 2024!!

WEFT 90.1 FM Community Radio has been awarded a 2024 Hometown Media Award in the Community Radio category!

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.

WEFT's on-air programming was selected "Best Of" for 2024 in Community Radio!

Congratulations to all the incredible WEFTIES!

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Public Affairs Archives!

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.

Go to our Public Affairs page 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.

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Media - Pics, Videos, Newsletters etc.

To see more, visit WEFT's Media Page

To view some videos, visit WEFT's Youtube Page

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WEFT History and Info

You can read a short version of WEFT's history here

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 Gamblers Row

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, Joe Lex - WEFT's 1981 Programming Vision

WEFT Video from the 90's
Clips of many WEFTies who helped make WEFT what it is today. How many do you recognize?

WEFT welcomed new Station Manager, Eric Bohlen on June 1, 2023

From Smile Politely in June 2023. Derrick Philips' article about WEFT's new Station Manager, Eric Bohlen New WEFT Station Manager has local ties and an inclusive vision

New Station Manager, Eric Bohlen, was interviewed by Mark & Vicki Niswander on their WEFT Weekender show on June 9, 2023. You can listen to the audio from their interview.

WEFT on Wikipedia

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Listen Live!

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