WMUK-FM

WMUK is southwest Michigan’s only locally-owned public radio service. Based in Kalamazoo, we serve the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek metro area as well as the Lake Michigan shoreline, fruit belt and south-central communities of our region. Our mission is to tell stories that engage listeners across our coverage area and beyond. We look past the crime blotter for news we haven’t seen anyone else report and turn it into sound-rich features and fresh newscast spots.

Current Position

Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan

Beat: Rural meets metro

Position:

Southwestern Michigan is full of relationships that bridge the rural-metropolitan divide. This reporter covers issues affecting rural, suburban and urban listeners—people who may feel disconnected from one another despite their proximity. The goal is to illustrate how one place in our geographically diverse coverage area has value to another, even when those places lean in opposite directions politically.

Reporter: Michael Symonds