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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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Lindsey Scullen/UnsplashThe grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, will be used to reconstruct portions of East Washington Avenue, South Elm Avenue and Page Avenue. City officials say these streets are in critical need of repair and serve as key access points for the community. -
Andrew Roth/WKAR-MSUTwo suppliers of Chengdu Teahouse in Lansing have stopped exporting their products to the United States amid economic uncertainty caused by tariffs.
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Women anglers for Walleye, food plots, and Bragging Board! -
Topic: Trump and Whitmer together again at Selfridge. Guest: Sen. Darrin Camilleri, (D). -
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 a contribution wishing John Dirkx a happy birthday and a year of wonderful adventures.
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On this day in 1815, Eliza Seaman Leggett, a key member of the Underground Railroad, was born. Her Michigan home welcomed many enslaved people and notable abolitionists. A fighter for women's suffrage and public water availability, she also supported American literature. In 2003, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
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High school students present the true-life hate crime story in East Lansing
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- Tom Izzo on the “unprecedented crazy times” in college athletics
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