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WYCE is an independent, community radio station serving the communities of Grand Rapids and West Michigan with its on-air FM programming at 88.1 Mhz, and reaching out to the world through online streaming on the Internet.
WYCE House Concert Auctions - THANK YOU!
Posted: 05/07/2012
Thank you so much to the 14 wonderful artists who donated their services for the WYCE House Concert Auction, and the dozens of bidders who made it a success. Here's to a great summer of music in our listener-sponsors' homes, and we'll put the $7,000 to good use!
WYCE's Album of the Month: Jack White - Blunderbuss
Posted: 05/04/2012
WYCE is now mailing our second “Album of the Month” to new subscribers!
There is still time to join WYCE's Album of the Month! Receive a great new album hand-picked by WYCE’s music staff each and every month for the next 12 months. Sign up for yourself, or give it as a gift. WYCE has just reduced “Album of the Month” membership to a mere $250/year. Included in the package is 12 CDs, mailed to your address, a GRCMC/Wealthy Theatre Membership for one year, and occasionally some other surprises. You just never know.
May 2012: Jack...
Posted: 02/20/2012
WYCE and Wealthy Theatre present Colin Hay, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter from Men At Work, in concert Friday, May 18th!
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Colin Hay may be best known as the lead singer for the platinum selling Australian band that topped worldwide charts in the 80s with anthems like “Down Under,” “Overkill,” and “Who Can It Be?” Hay’s justifiably proud of his place in pop history, but since moving to Los Angeles in 1989, he’s made 11 solo albums and is confident that his latest, Gathering Mercury, is the best of the...
Wealthy Theatre welcomes Michelle Shocked!
Posted: 02/19/2012
Wealthy Theatre welcomes back Michelle Shocked in concert, Saturday, May 19th at 8pm!
Michelle Shocked - traveller, troubadour, a “picker-poet,”as they say in Texas. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony Walkman. Released in England as The Texas Campfire Tapes without Shocked’s authority, its success abroad enticed Mercury Records to offer the...
Jammies XIII Finalists and Winners Announced
Posted: 02/18/2012
WYCE’s 70+ volunteer programmers voted to select the best WYCE music of 2011, separated into many different categories. And back again this year is the “Listener’s Choice Awards,” when the listeners vote for Best New Local Artist, and Best Local Album. Following is a list of top vote-getters, and winners.