WEMU

WEMU signed on the air on {{start date and age|1965|12|8}}. It originally broadcast on 88.1 MHz with studios in the Quirk Building on Eastern Michigan University's campus. In 1976, the station moved to King Hall, and in February 1977, WEMU began to feature a primarily jazz format. Later that year, in October 1977, WEMU changed to its current 89.1 FM frequency. The next major addition came on April 7, 2004, when WEMU added digital broadcasting.{{Cite web|title=WEMU FM 89.1 Ypsilanti - Michiguide.com Dials (D)|url=http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-d/wemu.html|access-date=2020-10-21|website=www.michiguide.com}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025}} Located online at WEMU.org, the station streams live 24 hours a day.

According to a 2017 tour of WEMU, the station holds one of the largest jazz broadcast libraries in the United States, with nearly 100,000 records and CDs in its collection.{{Cite web |first1=Christopher |last=Slat |date=August 30, 2017|title=Tour the WEMU jazz record library with host Michael Jewett|url=https://www.secondwavemedia.com/concentrate/videos/wemutour0424.aspx|access-date=2020-10-21|website=Concentrate|language=en}}

Still broadcast out of King Hall on the Eastern Michigan University Campus, WEMU currently shares the building with the student newspaper The Eastern Echo and the Early College Alliance program.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-26|title=A Peek Into EMU's History: Buildings on Campus|url=https://blog.emich.edu/buildingsoncampus/|access-date=2020-10-21|website=Blog EMU|language=en-US}}

WEMU carries the drive time NPR news programs All Things Considered and Morning Edition, in addition to other NPR and Public Radio International (PRI) information and cultural programming. WEMU also hosts the EMU sports network and carries EMU football and basketball broadcasts.

According to the WEMU radio schedule, weekdays offer six hours of locally hosted jazz between Morning Edition and All Things Considered, with the syndicated jazz show Pubjazz overnight. Local weekday jazz show include 89.1 Jazz with Michael Jewett and The Break. Starting on Friday nights, weekend programming includes a mix of news and music shows, both local and national. Weekend local shows include From Memphis to Motown, The Roots Music Project, Cuban Fantasy, Sunday Best, Grooveyard, The In Crowd, and Big City Blues Cruise.{{Cite web|title=People {{!}} WEMU|url=https://www.wemu.org/people/capacity/hosts|access-date=2020-10-21|website=www.wemu.org}}{{Cite web|title=89.1 WEMU Radio Schedule {{!}} WEMU|url=https://www.wemu.org/schedule/week|access-date=2020-10-21|website=www.wemu.org}}

WEMU is licensed for HD Radio operations.{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=18311|title=Station Search Details}} It broadcasts a mixed format of traditional and smooth jazz on its HD2 digital subchannel.{{cite web|url=http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=46|title=HD Radio station guide for Ann Arbor, MI}} The HD2 formerly aired a mix of folk, roots and Americana music.

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