Articles tagged:WEMU

Posted: Wed May 23 9:31 a.m. by Kevin Ransom AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Linda Yohn celebrating 25 years playing jazz at WEMU

On Friday morning, right around 9 a.m., Linda Yohn will flip the switch that turns on her studio microphone at WEMU, 89.1-FM. When she does, she’ll be marking a milestone—her 25th anniversary of being an on-air host at Eastern Michigan University’s venerable public-radio station. Yes, it was on May 25, ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Fri Apr 6 11:12 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Nik Thompson has been named the new permanent host of "Sunday Best," the popular traditional jazz program on WEMU (89.1-FM). Thompson has been serving as interim host of the show since longtime host Arwulf Arwulf stepped down in early February. Thompson will continue hosting 89.1 Jazz on Saturdays (5-8 a.m.) ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Thu Mar 15 12:53 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Washtenaw County's two public-radio stations, WUOM (91.7-FM) at the University of Michigan and WEMU (89.1-FM) at Eastern Michigan University, have begun their annual spring fund-raising drives. Listener donations are an important source of income for both stations, and WEMU is shooting for a record today, the first day of its ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Wed Feb 8 3:20 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Arwulf Arwulf, well-known local radio host, poet and general cultural presence, is ending one of his long-running gigs, as host of the WEMU (89.1-FM) program "Sunday Best."

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Fri Jan 27 11:09 a.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
Two gigs displaced from Live get new outlets

Two of the regular live-music dates that lost their home in a recent ownership change at the nightclub Live have found new homes. Laith Al-Saadi, the local guitarist who played at Live with his band each Thursday, has announced that he has a new regular Thursday gig at Melange. And ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Mon Aug 22 5:58 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

WEMU, Eastern Michigan University’s public radio station, and Golden Limousine in Ann Arbor are teaming up again this year to run shuttle buses from EMU to the free Detroit Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend, Festival goers can park free in Green Lot One, off Huron River Drive, on the ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Mon Jun 20 11:40 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
WEMU's Linda Yohn named top jazz radio programmer for third straight year

Linda Yohn Linda Yohn—music director at WEMU (89.1-FM), the public-radio station at Eastern Michigan University—was named Jazz Programmer of the Year in a major market, for the third straight year, on Saturday at the JazzWeek Summit's annual awards brunch in Rochester, NY. JazzWeek, celebrating its 10th anniversary in August, is ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Mon May 2 11:43 a.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
NPR's 'Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' nods at Ann Arbor - twice

Peter Sagal Ann Arbor listeners to the National Public Radio news quiz program "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" discovered a couple of unexpected local angles on the episode that aired Saturday. Hosted by Peter Sagal, "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me" is a humor program that has fun with ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Mon Apr 11 10:58 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Original music video extends radio station's 'I Am WEMU' campaign

WEMU, the public-radio station based at Eastern Michigan University, has posted an original music video to YouTube. The song, written by Chris Benjey and sung by Sue Gillis, is called "So Glad You're Mine." It was created as part of the station's "I Am WEMU" campaign, which aims to build ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Fri Mar 25 3:06 p.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com

Both of Washtenaw County's public-radio operations this week announced successful spring fund-raising drives. WEMU (89.1-FM), the public-radio station at Eastern Michigan University, recorded an all-time fund-raising record. Michigan Radio, the University of Michigan-based service that operates WUOM (91.7-FM) as well as stations in Grand Rapids and Flint, raised $133,000 in ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Tue Feb 22 5:52 a.m. by Roger LeLievre AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist

Efforts to reduce — or as is now the case, eliminate — federal funding for public broadcasting are nothing new. However, current proposals to zero out the $425 million in federal support public broadcasting was expecting this year have public media outlets scrambling to rally listeners against the effort. Michigan ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Wed Dec 22 5:59 a.m. by Roger LeLievre AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Art Timko wraps up long WEMU career with fond memories - and concerns

A couple of cardboard boxes. Some framed jazz prints. Pictures of his family. That’s about all Art Timko, station manager and executive director at WEMU (89.1-FM), had left to carry out of his office in Eastern Michigan University’s King Hall recently as he prepared to close a 42-year career in ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Wed Dec 22 5:58 a.m. by Roger LeLievre AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist

Although Art Timko is modest about his role at WEMU, preferring instead to deflect praise to others at the station, others aren’t so reluctant to give credit where credit is due. "There is not one aspect of anything WEMU does that doesn't bear the imprint of Art Timko's vision and ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Tue Nov 9 6 a.m. by Mary Bilyeu AnnArbor.com Community Contributor

Two weekends ago, WEMU/89.1 FM -- where AnnArbor.com's own Jessica Webster is a DJ on Sunday afternoons, playing "jazz and stuff" (as she once phrased it) -- was holding a pledge drive. (They still need to raise $300,000 to meet their Fall fundraising goal, so any contributions would be most ...

Comment now

Read more »

Posted: Fri Nov 5 2:35 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Twenty-one years is a long time in radio, and 1,000 is a lot of shows. At 1 p.m. Sunday, WEMU program host George Klein will host his 1,000th broadcast of "The Groove Yard," the station announced.

Comment now

Read more »