WEFT 90.1 fm

Homegrown Organic Radio!
Fall Fundraising Drive

On October 20, 1975, a group of broadcasting agronomists planted the seeds that became Prairie Air, Incorporated. Over the next several years, a community radio station sprouted. The first WEFT broadcast at 90.1 FM occurred on September 25, 1981.

100% homegrown, WEFT provides a fresh alternative to the mainstream by cultivating a wide variety of music, public affairs, and informational programming - harvested and distributed to the people of East Central Illinois and our worldwide community.

It takes the support of listeners like you to plan for our future growth. During our Fall Fundraiser, you can donate here on our website or mail in our donation letter. For a donation of $90.10 or more, you can receive a WEFT "Homegrown Organic Radio" T-shirt.

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

Although our Fall Donation Drive "officially' ended on Monday Oct. 7, it's never to late to donate! Donate at the $90.10 level or above and grab one of our "Homegrown Organic Radio" T-shirts"

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

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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Have you seen our 2024 Billboard?

It's a part of our 2024 Fall Fundraiser theme "Homegrown Organic Radio". Similar to our Fall T-shirt and our Fall Fundraising mailing.

It's located on Neil Street just north of Columbia Ave. and the Post Office at 600 N. Neil St. You'll see it as you're driving North.

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Listen Live!

WEFT has a new streaming partner, Broadcast Tool & Die. Click here if you want to listen through our new https://weft.broadcasttool.stream/stream. We believe our new streaming partner will be far more reliable, let us know.

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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!

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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