WESU Middletown

06/20/2025

We can't do what we do, without you! Less than $3,500 in new donations needed by 6/30 to close out the WESU Pledge Drive! If you value the service we provide, we are counting on your support. Please give what you can - Every Dollar Counts! https://www.wesufm.org/pledge
(2025 WESU Staff photo by Michael O'Brien)

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06/20/2025

This Hoot and Holler Tee-Shirt is just one example, from dozens of cool items, available at our online shop! Each sale supports WESU and helps us get a little closer to wrapping up our Spring 'gone Summer Pledge Drive! https://www.bonfire.com/hoot-and-holler/
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Veteran radio host Ed McKeon hosts an hour of chat, music, books, and an occasional rant.. Each purchase + donation supports our Fall 2024 Pledge Drive

06/19/2025

Juneteenth is the day the last Black folks in Texas got the news they were free — two years late, but freedom rang anyway, loud and ragged like a busted trumpet that still hits the note. June 19, 1865: Union soldiers show up in Galveston and tell the enslaved people, “Hey, y’all been free since Lincoln said so — they just didn’t tell you.”

So what’s it mean now? It’s the real Independence Day for folks who built America but didn’t get a seat at the table. It’s barbecue smoke, backyard drums, aunties dancing barefoot on grass, and stories that remind you that freedom is never handed over neat and polite — you gotta grab it, tune it up, and play it loud enough so nobody can ignore you again.

To us, Juneteenth ain’t just history — it’s proof that no lie lasts forever, and no chain can hold a spirit that knows its own song. So crank the volume, pass the plate, and remember: we’re still writing the verses to freedom, every damn day.

06/19/2025

Please see the attached Traffic Advisory regarding the Juneteenth events taking place this Thursday!

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06/17/2025

Today at 4:00 PM, the fourth of five conversations on Pride will be airing on WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM. Produced by Transqat, today's broadcast features discussions with Pride centers throughout the state on how the LGBTQIA2S+ community is responding to an increasingly hostile climate.

At 5:00 PM, Wonderland will be featuring an hour of music from LGBTQIA+ musicians like Janis Joplin, Marika Hackman, Goldfrapp, Peaches, and more!

06/17/2025

𝕋𝕆ℕ𝕀𝔾ℍ𝕋 𝕠𝕟 𝕎𝔼𝕊𝕌!