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Michigan State University Student Radio

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Michigan State University Student Radio

Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM

Michigan State University Student Radio

Impact 89FM | WDBM-FM

How Macs Bar is navigating the COVID-19 shutdown

How Mac’s Bar is navigating the COVID-19 shutdown

Haley Sinclair July 27, 2020

In the backdrop of a pandemic, entertainment venues are struggling to find the revenue to sustain the industry that was expected to see remarkable growth in 2020.   Those most impacted by this...

Tony Martin remembered at The Rock/ (Photo: George Pham /Impact)

Tony Martin remembered in emotional remembrance service

Sam Britten, Reporter July 20, 2020

EAST LANSING - “Long Live Tony.” Those are the words currently painted on The Rock on Michigan State’s campus, accompanied by a pair of track spikes, a few roses and candles in memory of Tony...

City Pulse on the Air | 7.19.20

City Pulse on the Air | 7.19.20

July 20, 2020

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, arts editor Skyler Ashley fills in for editor and publisher Berl Schwartz. Schwartz hosts his weekly conversation about updates on the 2020 presidential campaign...

Photo: Ryan Cole/Impact

MSU Track standout, Tony Martin, 19, dies in Saginaw shooting

Nathan Stearns and Joe Dandron July 19, 2020

Editors note: This story previously attributed the Free Press report that Martin had been killed. It was edited after the Saginaw Police Department confirmed to WDBM that Martin, 19, was among the two...

City Pulse on the Air | 7.12.20

City Pulse on the Air | 7.12.20

July 15, 2020

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, editor and publisher Berl Schwartz hosts his weekly conversation about the 2020 presidential campaign with MSU political scientist Matt Grossmann, and talks...

City Pulse on the Air | 7.5.2020

City Pulse on the Air | 7.5.2020

July 15, 2020

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, editor and publisher Berl Schwartz hosts his weekly conversation with MSU political scientist Matt Grossmann, reporter Kyle Kaminski interviews Ingham County...

Column: Supreme Court ruling grants necessary employment protection to LGBTQ Americans

Column: Supreme Court ruling grants necessary employment protection to LGBTQ Americans

Nick Saba July 8, 2020

The Supreme Court has many justices who make their points of view clear, and rarely change their way of thinking, but the past few weeks have been anything but predictable.   The current Supreme...

City Pulse on the Air | 6.28.20

City Pulse on the Air | 6.28.20

June 29, 2020

Before he became a lawyer, James McGrath, the new president of WMU Cooley Law School, was a lawbreaker. He engaged in prominent acts of AIDS-related civil disobedience in the 1980s. McGrath spoke to...

City Pulse on the Air | 6.21.20

City Pulse on the Air | 6.21.20

June 22, 2020

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, arts editor Skyler Ashley discusses with Lansing artist and musician Bilal Baeza about what it's like to be black and nonbinary in a predominately white and...

Michigan State President Samuel L. Stanley/Photo Courtesy: MSU University Communications

MSU athletes undergo COVID-19 testing, one tests positive

Nathan Stearns, Sports Editorial Assistant June 18, 2020

EAST LANSING-- On Monday, June 15, Michigan State tested 124 student-athletes as part of the return-to-play initiative launched by the NCAA.  Out of the 124 student-athletes who were tested, one MSU athlete...

City Pulse on the Air | 6.14.20

City Pulse on the Air | 6.14.20

June 15, 2020

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, reporter Cole Tunningley gives us the story of rising Lansing civil rights activist Paul Birdsong, who has been leading daily demonstrations across Lansing...

Column: Vote-by-mail has room to grow

Column: Vote-by-mail has room to grow

Nick Saba June 15, 2020

Voting is the staple of a democratic government, and here in the United States, it seems nothing is valued more by politicians than the voter. The current pandemic raging across the world  leaves many...

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