August 17, 2016

Drexel’s current student radio station, WKDU Philadelphia 91.7 FM, starts from WXDT (830 AM), which began in 1963 and replaced Drexel’s carrier current station WMAX, founded in 1958. Throughout its history, WKDU is completely run by students, who do everything from managing the budget to recruiting new DJs to promoting bands and concerts on and off campus. Of all the wide-ranging student shows held throughout its 45-year history, highlights include “Sounds of Jerusalem,” which broadcasted Israeli music and affairs from 1978 to 1994, and “The Black Experience in Music,” which played jazz, funk and disco from 1972 to 1981.