Steve Hutson, the host of WEFT’s longest running program The Sky Tonight, was found dead in his Monticello home after an apparent double suicide with his wife. Long time listeners of WEFT are probably familiar …
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Today on SP Radio: Urbana’s Market in the Square
Today on SP Radio (5:30 p.m. on 90.1 FM or weft.org): Urbana’s Market at the Square officially launches next Saturday, May 7. We’ll be previewing the upcoming market season with Market Director Lisa Bralts. We’ll …
The Overture: April 26 – May 2
It’s like there is some kind of indie-rock festival in town this week. Springmalion or some such.
SP Radio Podcast: WEFT, the first 30 years
We speak with WEFT’s station manager about 30 years of anything-goes community radio serving Champaign-Urbana and East Central Illinois.
No more dogs at the Market
Urbana’s Market at the Square will no longer allow pets at the farmers market. The number of observed negative interactions between animals and other animals as well as animal and humans has also increased. A …
Lincoln Trail to Champaign Library: No you didn’t
The Lincoln Trail Libraries System has updated their policies so the Champaign Library can no longer charge user fees to Tolono and Mahomet residents. “We recognize some people perhaps overuse their privileges of reciprocal borrowing …
SP Radio Podcast: Talking shop with Parasol and Exile on Main
We interview two local record stores about why we need them around and how they celebrated Saturday’s Record Store Day.
Common Ground Co-op expanding; Whole Foods need not apply
According to an email just send to co-op owners, Common Ground Co-op will be expanding from 2150 square feet of retail space to 6000 total square feet of shopping space. The planned expansion will take …
Check out the Parasol RSD Livestream (and a pic from Exile’s opening minutes)
For a livestream of Record Store Day performances at Parasol, you can check out this link. (Live until around 5.) And here’s a pic I snapped at 10:03 a.m. at Exile on Main St after …
Today on SP Radio: Record Store Day w/ Parasol and Exile
Today on SP Radio (5:30 p.m. on 90.1 FM or weft.org): We’ll be talking with Jeff Brandt from Exile on Main St. and Angie Heaton from Parasol Records about each shops big plans for tomorrow’s …