I can't believe January is almost over already! It seems like we just moved into our new studio, and yet it has been 5 months since our first broadcast from the new studio. Find out more about WIDR and join the Street team Thursday from 12-2 at the student center! JuJu in Minyard, the newest WIDRTALE, premieres each Tuesday in February at 5pm. Written by Con Ray, you don't wanna miss this! Read and listen to last week's Dj Recs!

Happy WIDR Wednesday! Listen to all of this week's Dj recommendations on Spotify. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Bob Holiday Electronacoustix w/ SamTheSaxMan sElf - Kill The Barflies The College Wave with The Voicebox Thompson Twins - No Peace for the Wicked Electro-Pop Therapy w DJ Danger Groove Pronoias - Infinito The Iron Temple w DJ Red Special Stefanie Joyce - Resurrection Day 8-bit Hour w/ Austin Vetor Creekbed Carter Hogan - If I Was The Antisocial Happy Hour w/Danya American Dead Cross - Steamin'Tea and Malibu Variety w/ Sydney

The WIDR Winter Wonderland All-NIDR was a great success! Big thank you to everyone who hung out, hosted a show, or tuned in!! We are super excited to announce that a few members of the WIDR Team will be hosting a session at the IBS conference in New York this year! We are honored to share what we learned about branding over the past year with other college stations from across the county. Check out last week's Dj recs HERE!

Listen to your favorite WIDR DJ's recommendation on Spotify. The Paper Kites - Woodland Bronco Breakdowns w/ Zach Pryor The Megas - The Message From Dr. Light/Level Select The VoiceBox Think Pink - From the Paramount+ Series ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' DJ Austin Alison Valentine - Warm Winter's Day Electro-Pop Therapy w DJ Danger Groove Earwig - Bring Yrself 2 Me Electronacoustix with SamTheSaxMan The band Earwig was formed at the college my dad went to and he used to help out with and take me to bar concerts when I was real little so I got a love for them and this is my favorite song from them. Umbría - Children of the Forest The Antisocial Happy Hour w/Danya Buckethead - The Snow Rabbit Renaissance Alt w/ Messenger Dove Narzissus - Vanitas/Victoria The Iron Temple w/ DJ Red Special lil yu - get a little closer been jammin w benjamin

It has been cold in Kalamazoo! The weather has been so bad that we had to postpone our WIDR Wonderland all-nidr. No need to worry, THIS FRIDAY (1/19) tune in from 7pm until 7am Saturday morning to special winter programming! MAB finalists were announced and WIDR has two nominations! Congrats to Dan Hubble for his nomination in the Promotional Announcement category and the WIDR Social Media team for their nomination in the Use of Social Media category. The Western Herald also received a nomination in the visual category. Congrats to Aidan Ralko for Nomination for best Current Event Story. Watch WIDR on social media, big announcement coming soon! Check out last week's Dj Recs!

Welcome to WIDR 2024! It may be a new year, but we still have amazing Dj's with incredible recommendations! Listen to all of this weeks recs HERE! Harsh Symmetry - Open Your Heart Electro-Pop Therapy with DJ Danger Groove Big Hunter - Shocking Plot Twist Electronacoustix with SamTheSaxMan Dylan Conrique - down from the high 8-bit hours w/ Austin The Paper Kites - St. Clarity Bronco Breakdowns w/ Zack Pryor Sleeping with Sirens - Scene One - James Dean & Audrey Hepburn Been Jammin w/ Benjamin Rancid - Time Bomb The Rock Show w/ DJ ALLEYCVT - GLITCH Variety w/ Sydney

Happy New Year WIDR-ites! We are so excited to be back at the student center and in the studio. Hopefully you had a restful break and are ready for the WIDR WINTER WONDERLAND ALL NIDR! This Friday (1/10) enjoy special winter programming from 7pm until 7am on Saturday January 11th. This programing is to raise money for the 2024 Intercollegiate Broadcast Systems Conference and Awards happening in New York, New York this February! WIDR is nominated for 9 IBS awards. Last year, WIDR had two nominations, and took home a first place award! This week the Michigan Association of Broadcasters 2024 Student Award nominations should be announced. Last year the Promotion Director and Assistant went to Lansing, Michigan for the conference and awards. They brought home an honorable mention for Best Use of Social Media.  We are super excited to see how many nominations we will get this year! Check out last year's (haha, get it) DJ Recs.

The last DJ Recs of 2023! Listen to them on Spotify. Bon Iver - Blood Bank Bronco Breakdowns /w Zach Pryor Erasure - Make it Wonderful Electro Pop Therapy w/ DJ Danger Groove Buckethead - Nottingham Lace Renaissance Alt w/ Messenger Dove Bug Hunter - Alchemical Romance SamTheSaxMan w/ Electronacoustix saturdays at your place - it's always cloudy in kalamazoo Variety w/ Sydney Have a great rest if the year!

Welcome to finals week, and the last WIDR update of 2023! Don't worry, just because there is no school doesnt mean there is no WIDR! You can still tune in at 89.1 FM, on our site, and on The WIDR App (Apple App Store) (Google Play Store) at any tiime to tune in to your source for radio eveloution! We even have new Winter Wonderland content on the station, so make sure you tune in! We will also still be active on social media, so make sure you follow us there to stay up to date! Mark your calendars for January 12th, for the WIDR-Wonderland all-nidr. From 7pm-7am tune in for special programming as we fundraise for the IBS conference and awards. Speaking of IBS... WE RECIVED NINE NOMINATIONS! This is the most finalists 89.1 WIDR FM has had in program history, and we couldn't have done it without your support! The following are the awards we are finalists for: Best Radio Drama - Luna Rose - Austin Vetor, Logen Crandall, Tasha Loomis, Cully Cooper, Ryan Misiak, Marsha;; Nesbitt, J-Stevo. Best Spot News Interview - A Conversation w/ Dan Steely - Logen Crandall, Ryan Misiak, Dan Steely Best Station Contest/Promotional Event - 89.1 WIDR FM Spelling Bee - Cully Cooper, Logen Crandall, Ryan Misiak Best Giveaway - WIDRWEAR Giveaway - Sydney Kott, Aidan King Best Website - widrfm.org - Sydney Kott Best Phone App - The WIDR App - Sydney Kott, Logen Crandall Best Liner/Sweeper - 89.1 WIDR FM Ypur Source For Radio Evolution - Ryan Misiak Best Use of Graphics - 89.1 WIDR FM Logo reveal - Shaun Steven Best Faculty Advisor, Radio - Glen Dillon Thank you for all the support this year. We are so excited to share all that we have planned for next year. Have a great break WIDRites, and see you in 2024!

Listen to our Dj's recs HERE on Spotify! Noah Khan - Lacy (originally by Olivia Rodrigo) 8-bit hours w/ Austin Weird Al Yankovic - Mr. Popeil The Voicebox - A classic off an old Al album, this song pays homage to the King of Infomercials Ron Popeil, featuring Popeil’s own sister on backing vocals! NOW how much would you pay?? Von Kaiser - Silent Christmas Night Electro-Pop Therapy w/ DJ Danger Groove DeVotchKa - How It Ends Bronco Breakdowns w/ Zach Pryor Yung Sham - World of Color Mort's Mega Mix Deerhunter - Helicopter Renaissance Alt w/ Messenger Dove lausbub - sports men been jammin w benjamin

Happy Monday! If you haven't already, checkout last week's DJ recs, and read about Sydney's Spotify Wrapped. This is the last week of regular classes, and finals are next week! Finish strong Broncos! This semester flew by, and it's hard to believe that we are already ending our first semester in the new studio. Although still not perfect, the studio space is continuing to improve each week. IBS Nominations are supposed to be released today, and we are anxiously waiting to see if any of our submissions are finalists. We are planning to submit to the MAB Awards this week for consideration as well. We are preparing for Winter Break, and entering a WIDR-Wonderland. Unfortunately next week will be the last weekly update and DJ Recommendations of 2023. Don't worry though, We will be back the second week of January.

If you have been following WIDR for a year, you may have seen my 2022 Spotify Wrapped post. For those who don't know, I love music and data so I have been anxiously awaiting its release. Checkout my Wrapped post from last year to compare. Enjoy my Spotify Wrapped 2023 breakdown! The Basics: In total this year I listened to almost 2.9k songs for 40,267 minutes. This is over 30k less minutes than I listed to Spotify last year. There are quite a few things I attribute this major drop to. I have been listening to more podcasts this year (checkout Switched on Pop, my personal favorite) which I do on YouTube or through Apple Podcasts. I also watched a lot of Youtube videos and Twitch streams of Sims 4, which meant I was not listening to music. I listen to 89.1 WIDR FM more now, since in the introduction of The WIDR App. Finally, I have been in a relationship for the past year, so much of my time is spent with him, rather than listening to music. Genres: In total this year I listened to 84 genre. Last year, I listened to a total of 92. I am not sure where this decrease came from, but is something I will certainly be making a conscious effort to improve on next year. My top genre this year was pov: indie, and I don't think I am alone in that. In scrolling social media, I saw many of my friends also had this as their top genre. I listen to quite a bit of independent and DIY music, and play it a lot on my show, so this did not come as a surprise. Emo rap being my number two also is not surprising to me. One of my top artists is emo rap, and I listen to quite a bit of emo rap in the fall and on long drives. I am a bit surprised Pop Punk is not higher on my list. I would consider 2/5 of my top artists, and quite a few of my favorite artists not in my top five, to be pop punk. Pop is in the number four spot, and with 2/5 of my top artists being pop, it surprises me that it's not higher on my list. My number five genre is rap. I do not believe I listen to much true rap (see emo rap above). However, when discussing with Mikey of Electro City, he pointed out that some hyper pop may be categorized as rap. I also listen to what I would consider rock rap, which may also be under rap for this. Artists: In total I listened to 1,856 artists this year down about 100 artists from last year. Like with my drop in genres, I'm not sure what this drop is from, but is certainly something I hope to increase next year. Three of my top artists are the same as last year (different spots on the list). At the top we have Waterparks AKA my favorite band. This year I am in their top 0.5% of listeners, with 3,378 minutes listening to them. I saw them in May, and have tickets to see them for the third time next March. My top month for listening to them was November, but I am not sure why. Last year they were in my number three spot, so they jumped up quite a bit. My number two artist was Taylor Swift, down from #1 last year. I have been a Taylor Swift fan since I was a small child, and I continue to enjoy he music to this day. My top listening month was June, which does not come as a surprise since that is when I saw her on The Eras Tour (Detroit night 2). In the number three spot is The Home Team. Since seeing them open for With Confidence in September 2022, they have quickly grown to be one of my favorite groups. I have seen them live two more times since then, and HIGHLY recommend you give them a listen if you haven't heard of them before. My top month for listening to them was September, which was when I saw them live. Number four goes to the one and only Lil Peep. Peep is down from #2 last year, and #1 in 2021. I still enjoy his music a ton, especially on night drives. My top month for listening is November. I always listen to him more once it starts to get colder out, so this comes as no surprise to me. Rounding out my top artists this year is KennyHoopla. I had been planning to attend his concert in October, so it comes as no shock to me that October was my top month for listening to him. Songs: My top song this year was Slow Bloom by The Home Team. Interestingly enough, I would not consider this my favorite song my The Home Team. That special honor is reserved for my second most played song of the year, Right Through Me. It is super fun, and even better live than in the studio recording. My third most played song this year is Eat You Up, also by The Home team. I was not expecting this song the make my top five, but it's a great song so I'm not mad about it. Finally Waterparks appears in the number four spot with FUNERAL GREY. One of my favorites off their latest album, and my boyfriends favorite song by them (I think, if I'm wrong my bad). SELF-SABOTAGE also by Waterparks is in the number five spot, and I'm honestly surprised it's not higher on my list. I would consider this to be in my top two songs from that album, and thought I listened to it more than I evidently do. My honorable mentions for top songs this year are the following: #6 doyounotlisten by Marika Sage. I found this song in January, and was expecting it to be in my top five. There are days where I listen to this song on repeat 5+ times in a row. #7 Lovers Rock by TV Girl was my number one song last year. I still enjoy the song, but I think I wore myself out a bit with it. #8 Good Girls (Don't Get Used) by beach Bunny is another song I thought would be in my top five. A great sing along song when driving, doing homework, anything really. #9 A NIGHT OUT ON EARTH by Waterparks is my other top two song from their latest album. Certified bop if you've never heard it. #10 Why Am I Like This? by Orla Gartland takes the number ten spot, and is another song I listen to on repeat somedays. It is very relatable, and I can't help but sing along when I hear it. That's all for my Spotify wrapped this year! If you like any of these songs, artists, or genres, consider tuning in to my show Variety w/ Sydney which is currently Wednesday's 4-5pm, and will be Thursday's 10-11am next semester. Listen to all 100 0f my top songs this year HERE!

Listen to this week's DJ recs HERE!! The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator - live Electro Pop Therapy w/ DJ DangerGroove David Gray - This Year's Love Bronco Breakdowns w/ Zach Pryor Paul - the devil a lie Been Jammin w Benjamin Straight No Chaser - Creep - live Variety w/ Sydney

Coming out off Thanksgiving break, we are still thinking about all the great images and videos we got on Media day! Checkout THIS awesome video we made and keep your eyes peeled for these photos on socials and the website soon! Listen to last week's DJ Recommendations HERE! We are hoping to hear soon about IBS, and if we received any nominations. With over 50 submissions, we have high hope. THIS FRIDAY, tune in to The Hound & Machine Premiere at 4pm and 10pm. We are so excited for you all to listen to our biggest WIDRTALE. yet!!

Thanksgiving week DJ recommendations coming to you a bit late this week as we were all celebrating with our families. Sorry Listen to this weeks recs on Spotify. The Halluci Nation - Burn Your Village to the Ground (Neon Nativez Remix) Electro Pop Therapy w/ DJ DangerGroove Luke combs - Refrigerator Door 8-Bit Hour w/ Austin Barnes and Barnes - When Uncle Bob Comes To Dinner Enter The Crypt W/ Delta of Venus Shinedown - A Symptom Of Being Human Variety w/ Sydney