WMUK 102.1 FM (Kalamazoo, MI)

WMUK 102.1 FM is the official radio station of Western Michigan University, transmitting at 102.1 FM. The station offers three digital content streams, including two HD channels, and operates around the clock, 24/7.

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Marianne Faithfull's posthumous EP is a return to her folk and pop roots

1 day ago | wmuk.org | Mary Kelly |Kathryn Fink |Christopher Intagliata
“Copland at K” bridges past and present at Kalamazoo College

1 week ago | wmuk.org | Cara Lieurance

The Kalamazoo Philharmonia’s concert at 7:30 pm on Saturday, Mar 31 honors a unique anniversary, suggested to music director Andrew Koehler by predecessoro Barry Ross. “Copland at K” remembers Aaron Copland’s visit to Kalamazoo College to receive an honorary degree 60 years ago. Hosted at the Light Fine Arts Building, the concert promises a blend of Copland’s music and contemporary American voices, including the world premiere of a new bassoon concertino by Michigan composer Philip Rugel.
Early Music Michigan puts two medieval celebrities in the ring

1 week ago | wmuk.org | Cara Lieurance

On Sunday, Jun 1 at 3 p.m., Early Music Michigan will present a concert of medieval music at the First Congregational Church in downtown Kalamazoo. The program is titled “Douce Jolie: Christine de Pizan and Guillaume de Machaut in Dialogue.”“All the music you will hear will be Machaut,” says Luke Conklin, Early Music Michigan’s artistic and executive director.
Art Beat: Ode to Detroit

1 week ago | wmuk.org | Zinta Aistars

Michigan Notable Author and Poet Brittany Rogers was riddled with doubts about her first poetry manuscript. During edits, she dropped all the poems on the pages until she had only four left. Then she deleted those, too. When a professor took a look at the finally finished manuscript, he told Rogers: “Print and submit. NOW.” Rogers is a poet, visual artist, essayist, high school teacher, and lifelong Detroiter. Her new collection is titled, Good Dress (Tin House Press, 2025).
In a county that backed Trump, people depend on Medicaid and are conflicted about cuts

1 week ago | wmuk.org | Noam Levey

GLOBE, Ariz. — Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, Debbie Cox knows plenty of people on Medicaid. Cox, who is a property manager at a real estate company in Globe, has tenants who rely on the safety-net program. And at the domestic violence shelter where she volunteers as president of the board, Cox said, staff always look to enroll women and their children if possible. But Cox, who is 65, has mixed feelings about Medicaid.
'We want to give back.' Kalamazoo event encourages literacy through barber shops and community

2 weeks ago | wmuk.org | Kristen Aguirre

If you were in the Vine neighborhood Friday late afternoon you either heard the music, smelled the fish fry or saw the community in Rob’s Barbershop parking lot on Vine Street. The community came together to encourage kids to read.
The Parks that kids like the best and least

2 weeks ago | wmuk.org | Andrew Minegar

Public parks are quite literally for everyone – but let’s face it: it’s the kids’ opinion that really matters. The quality of parks has a major impact on young people’s health, according to a 2020 study by researchers from Duke University and the University of California at San Francisco, which concluded that children who had access to parks were less likely to suffer from obesity, depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Young talent shines tonight at Bravo! Competition concert in downtown Kalamazoo

2 weeks ago | wmuk.org | Cara Lieurance

The 2025 Bravo! Competition Concert takes place tonight, May 21, at 7 pm in the Joliffe Theatre in the Epic Center. Two of the 11 winners, Hazel Arugalsan and pianist Danielle Kwon, join Cara Lieurance to talk about their musical experiences, along with Bravo! Competition assistant coordinator Cori Somers. The auditions took place in late April, judged by a panel of three local musicians: violinist Joanna Steinhauser, bass trombonist Kip Hickman, and clarinetist Georgy Borisov.
‘Hymnody of Earth’ blends nature, voice, and percussion at Kalamazoo College

2 weeks ago | wmuk.org | Cara Lieurance

Many years ago while seeking inspiration for a boychoir performance piece, composer and hammered dulcimer player Malcolm Dalglish came across the poem that would spawn an ever-growing collection of song settings under the title Hymnody of Earth. Now comprised of hundreds of selections, a portion will be performed tonight at 7:30 PM at Stetson Chapel, in a Kalamazoo College premiere, offering a rare blend of poetry, hammered dulcimer, choral voices, and global percussion traditions.
Businesses hurry to keep food cold as storms knock out power

3 weeks ago | wmuk.org | Sehvilla Mann

Nearly 49,000 Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo County were still without power Friday afternoon, following storms that caused widespread tree damage and power outages Thursday night. Track the number of Consumers customers without power on the utility's outage mapBy Friday morning, some businesses were looking for ways to keep food cold. Bret Pittman was outside Sawall Health Foods in Kalamazoo, shoveling dry ice into buckets on the tailgate of a pickup truck.