embedding fonts tool . weft city champaign illinois usa branding weft champaign 90.1 fm slogan community radio for east central illinois frequency 90.1 mhz first air date september 26 1981 format music public affairs erp 10 000 watts horizontal 8 500 watts vertical haat 99 meters class b1 transmitter coordinates 40 10 51 n 88 19 04 w 40.18083 n 88.31778 w 40.18083 ; 88.31778 weft callsign meaning noun form of weaving owner prairie air inc. website weft.org weft champaign 90.1 fm is a listener supported community radio station in champaign illinois founded in 1981 and owned by prairie air inc. a not for profit corporation . weft typically broadcasts 24 hours per day and 7 days per week . it has a wide range of programming including music from a range of genres local and nationally produced public affairs programming live music spoken word and more . weft s mission is to be an accessible responsible and responsive radio alternative serving the diverse communities of radio listeners in east central illinois . 1 contents 1 history 2 broadcast range 3 staffing 4 affiliations 5 programming 6 references 7 external links history edit weft had its beginnings in 1975 as community members began work to create a new radio station . in 1980 weft began to broadcast on the local cable tv network and acquired studio space at 113 n. market street in champaign . this location is still the weft operations base . on september 26 1981 weft went on the air as an fm radio station broadcasting at 90.1 fm . initially weft was a less than 1 000 watt station with the transmitter and antenna located atop a nearby hotel . in 1988 weft acquired a 10 000 watt transmitter and new broadcast antenna designed for a new transmission site located on a hill nw of champaign . weft began to broadcast in stereo at this time . this move extended the broadcast coverage area significantly with the signal reaching up to 40 miles . in 1991 weft prairie air inc. purchased the building at 113 n. market street and within 9 years paid off the mortgage . the 10 000 watt transmitter which had been installed in 1988 was replaced in 2008 after a lightning strike damaged the older tube type transmitter . the current transmitter is solid state . more history of weft may be found on their web site www.weft.org . 2 broadcast range edit in addition to broadcasting at 90.1 on the fm band weft streams their programming live 24 hours per day on the internet . it streams at 96 kbps . 3 the fm signal reaches approximately 40 miles to the north west and south and about 20 miles to the east of their transmitter site . the reduced power to the east is required to avoid interference with a neighboring station located in indiana . staffing edit weft is predominately operated by volunteers . weft calls their on air hosts airshifters . the number of unique airshifters hosting programs in a given week varies between 55 and 65 depending on program rotation . training for new airshifters is typically held twice per year . there are two lecture based training sessions followed by two studio based sessions . once training is complete a new airshifter may fill in as a substitute host and or propose to the programming committee an idea for an available time slot . currently as of mid 2015 over 90 % of operations funding is provided by listeners and underwriters . prairie air inc. owns weft and its board of directors oversees operation of the radio station . affiliations edit weft is a member of the national federation of community broadcasters . programming edit some individual programs are listed below . the current full schedule may be found at the weft website . 4 weft sessions champaign local 901 mondays 10pm midnight east of zero tuesdays 10pm midnight surfabilly freakout thursdays 6 8pm the bachelor pad fridays 10pm midnight the prairie monk hosted by david monk sundays 11am noon womyn making waves sundays 1pm 3pm beginning in mid 2015 recordings of some of weft s locally produced public affairs programming were being posted online and made available for re streaming via the weft website . 5 some airshifters at weft make use of spinitron to log program playlists . 6 via the weft spinitron page a viewer may find current as well as past playlists . weft began to use spinitron in august of 2009 . references edit http weft.org about mission.html http weft.org about history.html http weft.org listen http weft.org shows http new.weft.org publicaffairs https spinitron.com radio playlist.php station weft main external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for weft radio locator information on weft query nielsen audio s fm station database for weft v t e radio stations in the champaign urbana illinois market by am frequency 580 1400 1460 1580 by fm frequency 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.5 103.3 cp 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.9 by callsign w202cf wbcp wbgl wczq wdnl wdws weft wgkc wgnj wgnn w280de whms fm will will fm w266af wixy w211ck w259bg wjek wkio wkjr wkzs wlhf lp wlrw wpcd wpgu wpxn wqqb wree wrfu lp wsjk wwhp wyxy nearby radio markets bloomington chicago decatur kankakee lafayette springfield terre haute see also list of radio stations in illinois coordinates 40 10 52 n 88 19 05 w 40.181 n 88.318 w 40.181 ; 88.318 this article about a radio station in illinois is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weft & oldid 713924516 categories radio stations in illinoiscommunity radio stations in the united stateschampaign illinoisurbana illinoisillinois radio station stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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