WKDU
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WKDU is a non-commercial college radio station located in Philadelphia, USA, broadcasting on 91.7 FM. It is owned and operated by the students of Drexel University, with several Drexel alumni among its on-air staff. It is the last free-form non-commercial FM station in Philadelphia.
Starting as carrier current station WXDT in 1958, it later switched to AM and then finally to FM broadcasting in 1971. In 1981, its power rating was raised from 10 watts to 110 watts, and in 1996, to 800 watts.
In 2005, a large monetary donation helped WKDU purchase new studio equipment and refurbish their transmitter. They now have an improved signal and a wider broadcast range.
WKDU's musical format is free-form, meaning that playlists are dictated solely by the taste of the on-air DJ. On an average day, one might hear punk, electronica, indie rock, acid jazz, J-pop or metal. The station is also highly regarded among Philadelphia's Caribbean community for the Saturday reggae programs, most of which have been running for over thirty years.
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| FM radio stations in the Philadelphia market | |
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| By frequency: | 88.1 | 88.1 | 88.5 | 88.7 | 88.9 | 89.1 | 89.1 | 89.3 | 89.5 | 89.5 | 89.7 | 90.1 | 90.9 | 91.5 | 91.5 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 94.1 | 94.5 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.1 | 97.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 98.9 | 99.5 | 99.9 | 100.3 | 101.1 | 101.5 | 102.1 | 102.9 | 103.3 | 103.9 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 106.1 | 106.9 | 107.9 |
| By callsign: | WBEB | WBEN | WBMR | WBYO | WCUR | WDAS | WDBK | WDNR | WGLS | WHHS | WHYY | WIOQ | WJBR | WJJZ | WKDN | WKDU | WKXW | WMGK | WMMR | WNJS | WOGL | WPEB | WPHI | WPPZ | WPRB | WPST | WRDW | WRDV | WRNB | WRSD | WRTI | WSJI | WSNI | WSRN | WSTW | WTHK | WUSL | WWLU | WXHL | WXPN | WXTU | WXVU | WYBF | WYSP | WZZE |
| See also: List of radio stations in the Philadelphia market | |
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