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Pictures of WTND’s 2013 Fundraiser

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Lisa Allyn took these Photos of the WTND Fundraiser on Friday, Aug 16

WTND 2013 Fundraiser at the Western Illinois Arts Center (On Flikr)


WTND At the Loft

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WTND was recently at the Loft in Downtown Macomb

Parker’s Platters recording

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These pictures were taken during a recording of Parker’s Platters recently.

Pictures of WTND’s 2014 Fundraiser

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Lisa Allyn took these photos of the WTND Fundraiser on Saturday, Aug 23, 2014

WTND 2014 Fundraiser at the Western Illinois Arts Center (On Flikr)

Parker’s Platters Program Repeat on WQNA Springfield

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The current edition of Parker’s Platters runs on WQNA at 1 PM on Thursday Afternoons.
If you miss hearing it on WTND at 7 PM on Wednesdays, you now have a second chance to hear it.

Go to WQNA.ORG click on the listen link to hear their station.

– Darryl

Pictures of WTND’s 2015 Fundraiser

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Pictures Coming Soon!

WTND 2016 Fundraiser

New Website Design

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Welcome to the new WTND website! Please mind the dust while we update it.


Program Update

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Thursday, March 16, 2017, Starting at 7 PM we will be airing Michael Maher’s “Trumped in the USA” will be rebroadcast and is to be followed by the League of Women Voters Macomb Journalism Forum to be followed by the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum.

April Trivia Night Donors

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August Music Night Donors

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A great big thank you to the local businesses who donated prizes for Music Night: 

Restaurants & Food Donations: Buffalo Wild Wings, Pizza Hut, Sullivan-Taylor Coffee House, Larry A’s Pizza, Louie’s Diner, Refreshment Services Pepsi, Papa John’s, Jimmy John’s, Hy-Vee, Hardee’s, The Red Ox Restaurant, Gelsosomo’s Pizza, Chubby’s

Services: The Computer Source, Gentry’s Car Detail Service,  Engravings by Lin,  Cady’s Smoke Shop & Newsstand, Allstate Insurance (The Stacy Foxall Agency), United Community Bank (Macomb Branches), Free Range Yoga, Shelter Insurance (The Dustin Berg Agency), and American Family Insurance (The Matthew Glaser Agency)  

Retail Shops: Macomb Square Music, Kosmic Game Emporium, A Boy & His Tiger, New Copperfield’s Bookstore,  Autozone, O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, Kelly’s NAPA Auto Parts,   The Book Post II, Diamond D’s Western Store,   New Copperfield’s Bookstore, No Place Like Home, and Spirit In The Sky

WTND Transmitter Off Air

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Our 106.3FM Radio Transmitter is currently Off The Air. You can still listen to us on the Internet with the player on this page.

WTND is back On the Air.

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Our 106.3 FM Signal is back on the air at Reduced Power with a transmitter on temporary loan while we repair our transmitter.

We are also broadcasting in MONO for the time being. If you’d like to listen to our STEREO audio, please listen online with the Audio Player on this page.

McDonough County Voice January 19, 2018 Commentary

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Commentary by Patrick Stout (Reprinted with Permission of the Author)

Unpaid Workers staff WTND Radio

As low power community radio WTND celebrated its 15th Anniversary Saturday, it became evident that a number of Macomb residents are serving the station as unpaid staff to free up donations to pay for music programming and monthly operational bills.
Some volunteers include music show host Sam Parker, local interview host and community events recorder Mike Selders, and writer and board secretary Elaine Hopkins, Station founders Tom DePauw and Darryl Roberts, both legally blind, have relied on radio for entertainment and information all their lives.
DePauw said the Highlight of their broadcasting careers before moving to Macomb, was when they were hired as music programmers and librarians in Chicago by the legendary Art Roberts. The WLS radio personality had taken over management of another radio station.
“Art was the only one in town who would give us a chance,” said Roberts. Their music programming gave the duo thoughts of on-air work and of eventually building a radio station.
DePauw said their first Macomb efforts involved programming through the amateur radio band and satellite radio. Lisa Allyn heard their broadcasts in another state and decided to move to Macomb and handle computers for them.
The FCC was phasing out the old 10-watt college radio station but realized there was a need for small community broadcast operations. The agency opened up a small window for licensing low power FM stations and DePauw and Roberts were awarded the license for WTND.
“Someone donated a radio transmitter and it took us a couple of days to realize it was on our porch,” DePauw said. Jackie Pollock, the radio station’s events director, said she moved from Seattle to Macomb to work at WTND.
Hopkins said she enjoys the network of news programming aired on the station, including “Democracy Now,” “Counterspin,” and Harry Shearer’s “Le Show.”
DePauw said WTND was the only local station to air live-on-tape coverage of the return of Macomb reservists from overseas in 2005. He said that garnered them national recognition, and that the station was recently interviewed for a Chicago Tribune series on low power community radio stations.
Patrick Stout is a correspondent and twice-weekly columnist for the McDonough County Voice

2018 Trivia Night Donors

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On behalf of the Staff and Board of Directors of WTND-LP Macomb 106.3 FM we would like to thank the following local businesses who were gracious enough to donate prizes for our 2018 Trivia Night.

A Boy and his Tiger, The Computer Source, Chubby’s, Jimmy John’s, Papa John’s, Taco Bell, Dunkin Donuts, New Copperfields Book Service, Copy Pack & Post, The Book Post II, NAPA, Diamond D’s Western Store, Spirit in the Sky, Gentry Motors, Cady’s, Piece to Peace Treasures, Macomb Square Music, Refreshment Services Pepsi (Macomb, IL Warehouse)

Also we wish to thank Kozmic Game Emporium for graciously allowing us to host the event in the gaming room of their store. Again thank you to all who donated. We sincerely appreciate it.


The Father Brown Mysteries Premieres October 28 at 6PM!

2018 Thanksgiving Holiday

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On behalf of the Staff and Board of Directors of WTND we would like to wish our listening audience a safe and Happy Thanksgiving holiday.

2018 Christmas Holiday

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On Behalf of the Board of Directors and Staff of WTND we would like to wish our listeners a safe & happy holiday season. We also hope that you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, and Prosperous New Year. For our friends who have already celebrated their holidays we also hope you had a wonderful Winter Solstice & Happy Hanukkah, and a great Yuletide.

Happy New Year

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As we begin the new year of 2019 we, the officers, staff, and Board of Directors, want to wish that you have a very safe, happy, & prosperous new year

Summer’s A Comin’

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At WTND we recognize that School Year is ending soon. We would like to congratulate our Graduates in the Class of 2019 and we would like to remind you to watch out as you travel the roads this summer especially keeping an eye out for children who maybe doing many activities including riding bicycles, rollerskating, and more in which they must share the roads with our cars. Lets all have a safe and happy summer.

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