WKAR-FM

WKAR-FM (90.5 MHz) is a non-commercial public radio station in East Lansing, Michigan.

They are owned by Michigan State University, with studios in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, at Wilson and Red Cedar Roads on the MSU campus.

WKAR-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 85,000 watts, grandfathered as a "Superpower" FM station.

[2] On weekdays, WKAR-FM airs classical music in middays and evenings, with news and talk shows heard at other times, including National Public Radio programs Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Fresh Air.

[3] After World War II, Michigan State University decided to add an FM station to supplement WKAR (870 AM).

WKAR-FM is a "Superpower Grandfathered" Class B FM station, providing a signal 7.6 dB stronger than would be granted today under current U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules.

In January 2013, WKAR-AM-FM launched the daily news/arts radio magazine Current State, an hour-long program of interviews and produced reports devoted to Mid-Michigan and statewide politics, government, business, education, environment, science, technology, health, medicine and the arts.

It is also simulcast on a low-powered translator at 102.3 FM giving most of the Lansing area access to a locally focused NPR news and talk station.