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WNIJ 89.5 FM is pleased to announce a new season of “Sessions from Studio A,” its locally-produced show dedicated to showcasing regional and touring musicians. The season premieres on Thursday, Aug. 3, and features new episodes every Thursday at 7 p.m. Sessions from Studio A airs on WNIJ (89.5 FM – DeKalb/Rockford, 89.1 FM –...
WNIJ News received an award in the annual Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) competition for 2016. The award was presented Friday, June 23, at the PRNDI gathering in Miami, FL. PRNDI awarded WNIJ News second-place in best news series for “Great Lakes Basin Railroad: Down the Line.” The Great Lakes Basin Railroad (GLBR) was...
Two WNIJ reporters have collected a total of three first-place awards in the annual Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters competition for 2016. The awards were presented Saturday, April 22, at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association (INBA) gathering in Urbana. There were 12 award categories in each division, and WNIJ News won three of them in the...
WNIJ 89.5 FM is pleased to announce a successful fundraising project that exceeded its $125,000 goal. This project, which began April 1, and ended on Earth Day (April 22), was designed to help sustain our national forests, too. WNIJ will plant a tree to mark every donation to this station as part of this campaign,...
WNIJ 89.5 FM invites all to submit a short poem to the Mother’s Day Poetry Contest. The contest, hosted by Dan Klefstad, will air interviews with the writers of the winning poems every morning at 6:40 and 8:40 beginning Monday, May 8, during the station’s broadcast of Morning Edition. WNIJ invited prize-winning author Susan Azar...
WNIJ 89.5 FM is pleased to announce a new fundraising project, Preserve Public Radio and Plant a Tree, which aims to raise $125,000 to protect and preserve public radio without interrupting programs. This project, which began on Saturday, April 1, is designed to help sustain our national forests, too. WNIJ is teaming up with the...
WNIU 90.5 FM is pleased to present the world-renowned Avalon String Quartet. Quartet-in-residence at Northern Illinois University School of Music, Avalon has established itself as one of the country’s leading chamber music ensembles. WNIU is proud to feature the Avalon String Quartet from NIU’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on Monday, Feb. 20. This broadcast is...
WNIJ 89.5 FM will feature four regional works of fiction as part of its continuing “Read With Me” book series. The series, hosted by Dan Klefstad, features interviews with authors who read selections of their work and share their inspirations. “Read With Me” will air every morning at 6:50 and 8:50 a.m., Feb. 20 through...
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WNIJ 89.5 FM is seeking volunteers for the Northern Illinois Radio Information Service (NIRIS). NIRIS is a unique broadcast service which provides current print information to blind and print-impaired citizens in the region. Volunteers are essential to the service and the station is looking for new recruits: NIRIS volunteers contribute their time and talent by...
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Beginning Oct. 1, WNIJ 89.5 FM will conduct its Rockford activities from NIU’s regional center at 8500 E. State St. WNIJ is one of two stations managed by Northern Public Radio, part of the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development at NIU, which currently has studios on the NIU campus in DeKalb and at...
WNIJ-89.5 FM presents local and national programs as part of its continuing effort to bring a variety of quality and relevant radio to northern Illinois. Beginning Monday, Aug. 1, the station will launch a new schedule of programming designed in accordance with its mission to share ideas, encourage thought, give pleasure and create community. Staci...
Northern Public Radio is seeking submissions from visual artists in our listening area to be featured in the 2017 WNIJ/WNIU wall calendar. Regional visual artists working in any medium are invited to enter one original work for consideration. This is the second year for the calendar, which presents a different artist each month. WNIJ/WNIU developed...
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