Behind the Mics on Impact 89FM

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Thousands of dedicated and talented student staff members have guided MSU Student Radio throughout the years. What started as a series of small carrier current radio stations spread across campus has evolved into Impact 89FM - an award-winning radio station and online network that delivers music, news and sports throughout the world. In this podcast, you'll hear from alumni of the program. They'll talk about the history of campus radio at Michigan State University, the difference the program made in their lives, and the lessons they took with them throughout their careers.

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Episodes

The First Broadcast: February 24, 1989

Thirty-five years ago, Impact 89FM officially signed on to the FM airwaves for the first time. On this inaugural episode of Behind the Mics, host Tessa Kresch talks with the team of students who were there that night to kick off a new era of radio at Michigan State University: Kevin Curnow, Dawn Paepke, Jim Tarladgis, Steve Simonson, Scott Kunnath and Laura (Valasco) Curnow. Founding general manager Gary Reid joins Tessa for the conversation, which includes audio highlights from the actual first...

Feb 24, 2024•31 min•Ep. 1

Coming Soon: Behind the Mics

This year, Impact 89FM celebrates 35 years broadcasting from Michigan State University. What better time than now to take a look back? On this podcast series, we'll be talking with DJs, directors, show hosts, and everyone in between who made the station what it is today. And, we need to remember that student radio at MSU goes back even further than the start of the Impact itself in 1989. Along the way, we'll be exploring student radio's origins from the small carrier current stations that operat...

Feb 17, 2024•1 min

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