Wvpe-Fm Public Radio

When I lived in South Bend, I didn’t spend much time listening to the radio. For one, I lived within a mile of school and work, so when I did drive, my radio wasn’t on for more than ten minutes. The other reason I didn’t listen to the radio often was that my roommate, who was (and is) obsessed with ‘80s music, grew up in Western New York, and apparently, in Western New York in the ‘80s, they didn’t know about non-​American music. When I think of the ‘80s, I think of U2, Depeche Mode, the Cure, and the Smiths. When my former roommate thinks of the ‘80s, she thinks of Debbie Gibson, Paula Abdul, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Bruce Springsteen. I guess I had more advantages growing up in L.A. than I thought.
Anyway, when I did listen to the radio, it was usually tuned to 88.1. As far as NPR stations go, it’s about as typical as possible. But this is Northern Indiana, so blasé NPR is downright revolutionary. I generally like A Prairie Home Companion, but when it’s played basically all weekend, it can get on my nerves. They do have an interesting Irish-​music show on Sundays, and I absolutely loved the announcer’s voice when he said the current temperatures (especially when it was really cold outside) and something like, «It’s 9:38, 10:30 in Michigan.» (This was when most of Indiana didn’t have Daylight Saving Time so it was always confusing what time it was where, as I lived only eight miles from the Michigan border.)