WLUM
Today I’m posting about my favorite radio station, WLUM aka FM 102.1, a Milwaukee-based alternative station. You can listen to it streaming at their website.
I read an article in the Journal-Sentinel recently about the death of graveyard shifts for radio DJs and it reminded me of my adoration for WLUM. It’s a station which has made an effort to keep radio legit by providing 100% local programming, and, well, with my odd sleeping habits I’ve sometimes found myself listening to it throughout the night until the morning show starts — and there’s an actual person there.
Through my life I’ve migrated across several local stations and with music that tends mostly toward alt and indie rock, FM 102.1 really meshes with my music tastes more than any other. Their DJs feel genuine, their music is great, they’re extremely clever and they are radio as it should be. In the afternoons I love the 80s and 90s music of Flannel Flashback, I highly recommend them.