History of WKDU

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50th Anniversary Outdoor Bash, July 17th, 2021
The Black Experience Reunion, July 2021
WXDT staff in The Lexerd, 1970
"Sarah Gets an Erection: WKDU Installs Antenna", The Triangle - July 23, 1971. Credits: Drexel Archives
WKDU members in The Lexerd, 1974
Russell Jones, 1976
Laverne Batistte, 1976. Credits: Russell Jones
Amelia Sechele, 1977. Credits: Russell Jones
Dr. Rita Smith, 1977. Credits: Russell Jones
WKDU Communicators, 1977. Credits: Russell Jones
The Black Experience in Music's 6th Anniversary, 1978. Credits: Russell Jones
Rich "Daddy Rusty" Riley, 1986/87. Credits: Ginny McCracken
WKDU wins Philadelphia Magazine's "Best of Philly 1987" Radio Station Award. Credits: Ginny McCracken
“Campus radio hosts Jamaican relief effort”, The Triangle - October 14, 1988
Campus Tabling in the mid-90s
Johnpaul Golaski and Charles Smith III, Mid-90s. Credits: Johnpaul Golaski
Lil Dave with C-Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Arkestra. Credits: Dave Adams
A flyer for the 2002 Electronic Music Marathon
10 Year Anniversary of the Electronic Music Marathon, 2007
Batman invades the MCR, 2009. Credits: Johnpaul Golaski
Fisheye view of the MCR, early 2010s
The MCR in the early 2010s. Credits: Ava Cooley
Yoni Kroll, 2011
WKDU logo in Lite-Brite form, 2010s. Credits: Ava Cooley
WKDU General Body Meeting, 2012
Risky Disko performing in the 2014 Electronic Music Marathon. Credits: Nick Stropko
DJ Glasses and Patrick Magee, 2014. Credits: Patrick Magee
"Rastafari Lives" with DJ Fishley, Danny Roots, and DJ Wayne. Credits: Chris Burrell
DJs Chris B and Carl Michaels during an EMM, 2016. Credits: Allison Durham
A 24 Hour Anniversary Live Karaoke Party, 2017. Credits: Allison Durham
WKDU Takeover at Johnny Brenda's with DJs Tom Dang and Allison Durham, 2019. Credits: Keagan Clark
Duprex Snape of Jamcity Rock

Look through more of our detailed history over at the WKDU Archives!