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SUMMARY:WKDU: 50 Years of Student-Run Radio
DESCRIPTION:An exhibit presented by the Drexel University Archives & WKDU 
 \n \n\nThe Drexel University Libraries & University Archives join WKDU in 
 celebrating 50 years on the air as Drexel’s free-format\, 
 non-commercial\, student-run radio station in this exhibit of artifacts\, 
 photographs and documents from the station’s decades of 
 broadcasting.\n\nWKDU began as a 10-watt student radio station broadcast 
 from the top of Van Rensselaer Hall in 1972. Today\, the station broadcasts 
 at 800 watts from the basement of the Creese Student Center on Drexel’s 
 University City campus and reaches thousands of listeners each day.  
 \n\nWhile the station has grown over the last 50 years\, its mission 
 remains the same: to serve as a resource for students to gain engineering 
 and broadcast experience.\n\nBut the station is more than an educational 
 tool. Throughout its existence\, WKDU has focused on creating diverse 
 programming and providing a platform for artists and community members who 
 would otherwise be left unheard. From The Black Experience in Music to the 
 introduction of punk and “new wave\,” WKDU has always embraced local 
 and independent artists and continues to be a major voice in 
 Philadelphia’s radio landscape—where “boundaries are tested\, local 
 and underground artists are represented\, and where Drexel community 
 members share their voice.”\n\n3D artifacts\, photographs\, and posters 
 in the exhibit have been loaned to the University Libraries by WKDU and 
 members of the Black Experience in Music to help tell the story of their 50 
 years of service to the University and region. Print materials and other 
 documents are from the University Archives collection.\n\nThe exhibit is 
 free and open to all members of the Drexel community and the public. It 
 will be on display in the W. W. Hagerty Library atrium September 13 through 
 December 31\, 2021.\n
LOCATION:W. W. Hagerty Library\, University City Campus
ORGANIZER;CN="Stacy Stanislaw":MAILTO:svs22@drexel.edu
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CONTACT;CN="Stacy Stanislaw":MAILTO:svs22@drexel.edu
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URL:https://libcal.library.drexel.edu/event/8286555
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