Even though WEFT's Spring Fundraising Drive may "officially" be over. You still have time to donate and get one of our tie-dye "Keep WEFT Weird" T-shirts for a donation of $90.10 or more.
WEFT's Spring Fundraising Drive March 19 - 28, 2024
Keep WEFT Weird
Some people think WEFT is Weird. Why do you suppose that is?
Is it because we play dozens of different genres of music? We do! And, in fact we'd love to have even more.
Maybe it's because we are not radio professionals. We aren't. We're people just like you - most of us had no radio experience at all before becoming a WEFTie.
Is it our passion? We are VERY passionate! We love the music we play and the topics we talk about! We have control over what we air locally - unlike the mainstream radio folks out there.
Keep WEFT weird. Donate during our Spring Fundraising Drive. You can make your donation online at weft.org. Did you receive our Spring Fundraising Letter? Just complete and return the donation form with your check or credit card information.
For a donation of $90.10 or more you can get a limited edition "Keep WEFT Weird" tie-dye T-shirt
Donate Online
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!
Listen Live!
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Thanks to all our Donors!
Even though WEFT's Spring Fundraising Drive may "officially" be over. You still have time to donate and get one of our tie-dye "Keep WEFT Weird" T-shirts for a donation of $90.10 or more.
You can use our Online Donation form to make a one-time or recurring donation to WEFT. Click on the Blue Donate Now button.
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.
Please support YOUR Community Radio Station! Click on the blue Donate Now button above.
1981 - 2024 celebrating over 40 years of Community Radio
WEFT's Rotational Underwriters
Visit our Community Partners page for the complete list. Thanks to all of them for their support over the years. Please support WEFT and our Community Partners.
Want to become a WEFT Underwriter? Our Community Partners brochure has the information.
Welcome to our newest Underwriters; Habitat for Humanity, SunPower by Legacy Solar, That's The Cut Barbershop and The Canopy Club
Contact our Community Partners Coordinator, at communitypartners@weft.org, or call WEFT at 217-359-9338 to get your business or non-profit started today.
Public Affairs Archives!
Most of your favorite Public Affairs shows have been archived on a weekly basis by WEFT's own volunteers. We have archives of some shows going back to 2015.
Go to our Public Affairs page to listen to shows such as Disability Beat, Higher Ground, News From Neptune and Radio Free Labor. WEFT also has archives of shows not currently being broadcast such as The Prairie Monk.
Media - Pics, Videos, Newsletters etc.
To see more, visit WEFT's Media Page
To view some videos, visit WEFT's Youtube Page
WEFT Fest 2023 took place Sunday October 1
Our Fall 2023 Donation Drive kicked off with WEFT Fest
Thanks to everyone who came out and helped WEFT celebrate our 42nd Anniversary, it was a Blast. Special thanks to all the performers who entertained us with your outstanding music!
WEFT first went on the air on September 26, 1981. Every year we hold an Anniversary Party & celebrate with the Community. We are listener supported, volunteer operated, community radio for East Central Illinois and the world!
Thanks to Seven Saints for sharing their patio with WEFT. Their friendly staff provided great food and beverages.
We had CD's available for donations. Thanks to all the local businesses and organizations who donated raffle prizes. We heard several comments about how tasty the Anniversary Cake was!
- 2023 Performers inluded:
- Kayla Brown
- Sean Kutzko's Broadmoor Bunch
- Bandoneon Massacre
- The K-Tels
WEFT History and Info
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 welcomed new Station Manager, Eric Bohlen on June 1, 2023
From Smile Politely in June 2023. Derrick Philips' article about WEFT's new Station Manager, Eric Bohlen New WEFT Station Manager has local ties and an inclusive vision
New Station Manager, Eric Bohlen, was interviewed by Mark & Vicki Niswander on their WEFT Weekender show on June 9, 2023. You can listen to the audio from their interview.
Listen Live!
Listen to WEFT's live broadcast in your browser, choose TuneIn to take WEFT anywhere on your smartphone or use your preferred streaming player on your computer.
Listen On Demand!
Two Week Music Archives are Back!
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