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weft home about listen live support weft recent spins shows community partners weft 90 1 fm listener supported volunteer run community radio since 1981 thursday august 20th the final jazz in the park for 2026 at sunset ridge park in west champaign from 6 00 until 8 00 p m friday august 21st friday night live in downtown champaign including a stage in front of weft on north market street with live bands 6 00 until 9 00 p m saturday august 22nd the pygmallion festival presents the illiac at hessel park starting at 11 00 a m with special events featuring local bands throughout downtown champaign friday august 28th the final friday night live in downtown champaign for 2026 including a stage in front of weft on north market street with live bands 6 00 until 9 00 p m listen live weft s streaming partner is broadcast tool die click here if you want to listen to our stream online https weft broadcasttool stream stream while we continue to stream through our website at weft org you can also listen from your mobile device through the weft app our app is available through the apple store and the google play store it s a whole new way to weft you can download the free weft app for iphone https apps apple com us app weft fm id6723680095 for android devices down the free weft app from google play https play google com store apps details id com publicmediaapps weft recently played on weft support weft 90 1 fm you can use our online donation form to make a one time or recurring donation to weft click on the blue donate now button all year long weft guides you on a journey through independent music and public affairs programming the volunteer hosts that curate and select weft s programs are community members your friends and neighbors thanks again for donating and supporting community radio here in east central illinois donate by mail print fill out our printable donation form and include it with your check make checks payable to weft and mail them to weft p o box 1223 champaign il 61824 vehicle donation donating your car truck van suv boat motorcycle atv rv trailer or airplane has never been easier visit the vehicle donation portion of our support page for more info you can give cars charitable adult rides services a call at 1 855 500 ride or go through their online donation process and designate weft as the non profit beneficiary it takes a community weft community radio is your independent commercial free radio station powered by volunteers and sustained by listeners just like you since 1981 weft has been committed to free speech diversity and local voices we bring you original shows independent news local issues unparalleled music and local voices you won t hear anywhere else louder static free fm radio signal recent upgrades have improved our broadcasting quality so you can enjoy weft with crystal clear sound wherever you tune in here in east central illinois on 90 1 fm or anywhere in the world with the weft app support community radio your support keeps weft strong every gift helps us maintain equipment train volunteers host community events and share new stories from around the area here are a few ways that you can help support weft donate year round as every dollar fuels free radio just click the donate now button volunteer share your time skills and passion spread the word invite friends and neighbors to tune in consider including weft in your ira mandatory distribution your will or as a one time major gift click on the blue donate now button or download and fill out the donation form then mail it to weft with your check or money order print fill out our printable donation form and include it with your check make checks payable to weft and mail them to weft p o box 1223 champaign il 61824 to learn more about volunteer opportunities email stationmanager weft org weft history and info the very first weft broadcast on 90 1 fm happened on friday september 25 1981 you can read a short version of weft s history here interestingly back in 1937 the upstairs of weft s building 113 1 2 and dave monk s building 115 1 2 were a gambling establishment the turf club aka klemick s thanks to the urbana free library archives here s a story about champaign s gambling hotspots the turf club was part of north market street s gamblers row joe lex was one of weft s founders and partly repsonsible for some of those vinyl records we have stored up in our attic he recently dug up this little bit of weft history here s an early vision of what our programming would be joe lex weft s 1981 programming vision weft video from the 90 s clips of many wefties who helped make weft what it is today how many do you recognize weft on wikipedia listen live listen to weft s live broadcast in your browser also via the weft app or online services like tunein to take weft anywhere on your smartphone or use your preferred streaming player on your computer listen on demand two week music show archives thanks to our partners at spinitron many of our music shows will once again be archived go to our spinitron calendar page and click on any of the green colored shows you ll be able to start an in browser player copyright restrictions require us to start all playbacks at the beginning of each show and you can t jump forward or back if you want to listen to part of the 2nd hour of the show you have to wait till the player gets there look for the in browser player click on the triangle to start playback because of copyright restrictions music shows can only remain online for two weeks they also can t be downloaded or podcast antenna video in the spring of 2020 weft completed a project our volunteers had worked on for a couple years order a new antenna and get it installed on a new taller tower this video documents some of the project thanks to mark niswander for the video you can view this and other weft related videos on our youtube page weft calendars weft events weft on air schedule cu progressive calendar public service announcements weft committee meetings all weft meetings are open to the public links to current zoom meetings are available on the weft events calendar page digital library committee 1st monday 6 30pm community outreach committee 2nd monday 6 00pm music committee 3rd monday 6 30pm programming committee 2nd 4th tuesdays 7 00pm financial development committee 2nd wednesday 7 00pm finance committee typically once a month june thru september to prepare the next fiscal year s budget associates meetings associates meetings schedule associates meetings are held quarterly in march june september and december they alternate between wednesday thursday typically starting at 7 00 pm all weft meetings are open to the public links to current zoom meetings are available on the weft events calendar page weft board meetings regular board meeting schedule 4th monday 7 00pm board meetings and executive committee meetings are zoom virtual meetings all weft meetings are open to the public contact boardchair at weft org for more details and a zoom link public service announcements does your organization have a public service announcement that you d like to get on the air write up the details be sure to include all the important information including who what when and where public service announcements must not be a call to action we cannot mention ticket prices and they should not be written in first person phonetic pronunciation for any unusual words or names would be helpful too the announcement should fit on a 5 x 7 card and take 30 45 seconds to read you can drop off the announcement at the station mail it to weft 113 n market st champaign or send it via email to psa weft org public affairs archives check out our public affairs page for show descriptions and links to the archived shows weft is partially supported by a grant from the illinois arts council agency weft is partially supported by employee donations through community shares of illinois weft 90 1 fm 113 n market st champaign il 61820 p o box 1223 champaign il 61824 217 359 9338 stationmanager weft org weft on x weft on facebook weft on instagram