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Read stories of WKAR value from your community! See how your neighbors feel about WKAR and what our programming and community engagement mean to them. From radio listeners to tv watchers, they shared their perspective on how WKAR impacts their daily lives.
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Visit WKAR at the East Lansing Art Festival and enjoy a weekend of art and community. Connect with the team that keeps your local public media station running! -
As Congress prepares to vote on the issue of federal funding for public media, the most important voices that will influence the decisions of lawmakers are yours. -
Federal funding for public media is at risk – this is why we need to save it.
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Meridian Senior CenterMeridian Township residents will vote on a funding plan in August for a new senior, community centerMeridian Township Supervisor Scott Hendrickson says if approved, the plan will mean a .9051 millage increase to property taxes. Meridian Township currently operates a senior center at Chippewa Middle School, which is being demolished. -
Courtesy/City of East LansingThe city of East Lansing could redirect funds from its Parking Division to address a $3.1 million deficit in its upcoming budget.
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Women anglers for Walleye, food plots, and Bragging Board! -
Correspondents Edition. Topics: Trump polling numbers in Michigan. -
Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer, Alise Alousi, and Charisma Holly. -
PBS NewsPBS News coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica. From Saturday, April 26.
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Today’s radio programming is made possible in part by contributions…From Jeff Padden in memory of his wife, Kathy, who brought great joy for the 45 years of their marriage.In honor of Beaumont Tower where Sam Larson and Jim Dearing married 32 years ago.From Mary Liechty in memory of her son John and husband Curtis.
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On this day in 1953, children’s author Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan. His books, including "The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963" and "Bud, Not Buddy," focus on the Black experience. And in 1978, the Michigan legislature voted to expel Representative Monte Geralds after his embezzlement conviction.
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High school students present the true-life hate crime story in East Lansing
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MSU Today
- MSU IPPSR State of the State podcast focuses on trade and tariffs
- Shawn Turner on the power of public media, the work WKAR does, and how you can help shape its future
- MSU USAID projects terminated by the Trump administration
- Tom Izzo on the “unprecedented crazy times” in college athletics
- State of the State podcast examines Michiganders’ attitudes toward recycling