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Coverage of the environment has been at our core right from the beginning. For thirty years, our reporters have tracked the effects of climate change in…

In recent years, WNIJ has made the jump from broadcast to podcast so that you have even more ways to explore northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. One…

WNIJ Rocks! At least on Thursday nights and Saturday afternoons. Recorded in our very own Studio A, Sessions gives a stage to local performers and touring…

WNIJ is asking listeners to share their favorite things about the station as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. One listener called to let us know she…

Did you know some of your favorite WNIJ voices started as students? It’s true! Dan Klefstad, Guy Stephens,David Tallacksen, and Jenna Dooley began their…

A lot has changed in radio in the 30 years since WNIJ signed on the air.In 1991, our listener dollars kept us supplied with the typewriter ribbons, razor…

If WNIJ’s news department is the brains of the operation, our arts coverage is the soul. Dozens of reporters over the past three decades have contributed…

We’re turning 30 and we’ve got a serious case of the blues! The good kind of blues, that is, the kind that starts your weekend with a bang on Friday…

Science Friday is a WNIJ fan favorite with host Ira Flatow’s weekly roundup. The program also includes NIU STEAM’s very own “The Sound of Science”…

In the beginning, there was only one public radio station serving northern Illinois: WNIU. In our first installment of 30 Reasons to Love WNIJ, former…