New Overnight Programming!!

Hey Everyone,

We have (finally) updated the overnight computer with a fresh 20 hours of music!

Hopefully we wont wait another 6 months until we replace it again! We would like to apologize for the delay, but we want you to understand what a royal pain in the ass it is to put these overnight playlists together. Let me explain why:

1. We have to listen to each song, and make sure that it doesnt say naughty things (like Fuck, Shit, or Poo Shoot)

2. Its a pain in the ass to go through and pick 20 hours of diverse music… especially if your making your 20th overnight list in the past 4 years.

3. Did I mention its a pain in the ass.

Thank you to everyone for your support and patience. Hope the new overnight list will appease you insomniacs.

Andrew@widr.org

Stream is up and running

Ok everybody.

You can stop sending your death threats. The WIDR stream is back up and running!

If you experience any further problems, please email me.

Thanks!

Andrew@widr.org

We are having some webstream problems…

Hello Everyone,

We are having some network problems with our webstream. Many users have experienced poor sound quality, and random disconnections.

We want to let you know that we are working on the issue, and we hope to have the stream fully operational by Monday afternoon.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

andrew@widr.org

WIDR WEBSTREAM IS BACK… CAZART!

Alright folks… its official!  The WIDR webstream is back up and running.

Click here to get the stream.

If that doesnt work… open up your media player… find the menu option to “open stream” and type in the following URL.

http://141.218.159.163:8100/listen.m3u

If you have any problems with the webstream, please email me so I know…

Thanks,

Andrew G.

Take Back the Night next Thursday, April 10th

You can catch WIDR djing at Take Back the Night, next Thursday, April 10th. The event starts at 7pm in the BHC Ball Room. This is an international event organized by WMU’s FIRE! in support of survivors of sexual assault. We at WIDR FM and the greater Kalamazoo community encourage you to attend this powerful, annual event to voice your support of the struggle against sexual violence. You can catch an on-air spot about the event online at The Nonchalant Cafe, as host The Captain talks with FIRE! member, and the Western Herald’s editor in chief, Abby Mercure about the event and why EVERYONE should be there!

Join WIDR FM, FIRE! Sexual Assault Peer Educators, the Western Herald, and more for an evening of empowerment, support, awareness raising, kick ass rallying and great food and music!

Take Back the Night 2008. BE THERE.

For more information, feel free to contact Mallory, program director, at widr.program@gmail.com

Seeking public affairs host!

WIDR FM is in need of a public affairs host for Tuesdays 12-1pm. We’re looking for a unique spin, a unique perspective, something in the realm of talk radio but still within WIDR’s larger goals of radio evolution and just plain good media. If interested and capable, please email Mallory, Program Director, at widr.program@gmail.com.

Keep rocking out, friends!

Send a brick to junk mailers… on their dime

We here at WIDR fm get TONS of junk mail.  Just read this posting on the office of strategic influence blog about how you can get back to these organizations by sending them a brick (or other heavy/worthless object) on their dime! Check out the post

andrew@widr.org

New Music - Various Artists - What’s Happening in Pernambuco?

There is a new compilation CD in the WIDR rotation, and it comes from David Byrne’s international music brainchild label, Luaka Bop. This is part of the label’s continuing series of music from all over the world, but the seventh release focusing on Brazil. The CD in question is called “What’s Happening in Pernambuco.” The state of Pernambuco, in northeast Brazil, has not been the focus of the rest of the world where music is concerned. But a manifesto was put forth by some of the inhabitants of the capital city, Recife, to pull the city up by its bootstraps and do something with its centuries of cultural history. There’s a pretty great video on Luaka Bop’s web site that does a better job explaining it than I can. If you have Quicktime, click here and watch it. And then call your friendly WIDR DJ, and kindly ask them to play it. You won’t regret it.

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