WNUR-FM (89.3 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Evanston, Illinois and serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It is the student radio station of Northwestern University and has a college radio format, mixing different styles of music with news and commentary. WNUR-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 7,200 watts. The transmitter is off Sheridan Road in Evanston, near the Northwestern University Library. History WNUR first began broadcasting as a low-power campus AM radio station in the 1940s. It got its FM license a few years later and signed on the air on . Originally, WNUR-FM operated from a 10-watt transmitter that only could be heard on or near the campus. By the 1970s, it got a power boost to 7,200 watts, allowing it to be heard in parts of Chicago and its northern suburbs. Between 1982 and 1995, WNUR's slogan was "The New Music FM". In 1995, the station moved into new facilities in Northwestern's Annie May Swift Hall. Around that same time, WNUR's slogan switched to "Chicago's Sound Experiment". (The station had previously broadcast from older facilities in the basement of the same building). In March 2007, WNUR began broadcasting from studios in John J. Louis Hall on Northwestern's Evanston Campus. On-air programming Music programs WNUR programming over the years has included Airplay (a weekly program dedicated to local Chicago music), free-form experimental audio collage programming, weekly live radio comedies, and world-premiere live radio dramas written and directed by David Mamet. Current programming blocks focus on news, music (including classical, folk, hip-hop, jazz, and rock), individual shows such as This is Hell. Rock Show specializes in independent, experimental and underground music. DJs play no wave, punk, musique concrète, post-punk, noise, noise rock, and related styles. Notable alumni of the programming block include Steve Albini and the Arcade Fire's William Butler. Jazz Show specializes in independent, experimental and underground music, and emphasizes new and local releases. DJs on this programming block play Free Jazz, free improvisation, noise, and related styles. Sports coverage WNUR Sports carries Northwestern Wildcats football, baseball, and men's basketball. Since the mid-1990s, WNUR has been the exclusive carrier of Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball. In addition, WNUR often covers Wildcats women's lacrosse, softball, as well as a handful of Northwestern Wildcats volleyball, soccer, and field hockey games. WNUR Sports has carried every Northwestern football game since at least 1995, and many NCAA women's lacrosse