WZRD (radio Station)

WZRD (radio Station)

WZRD (88.3 FM) is a student radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded in 1974. The station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Northeastern Illinois University. WZRD broadcasts on a Freeform radio format.

On June 30, 2012, the station's Facebook page claimed that the NEIU administration had accomplished a "hostile take-over" of the station. All station staff was "locked out" by the management allegedly without an attempt to respond and live programming had been replaced by the automated music programming heard when there was no live announcer. On the same day, NEIU claimed on its Facebook page that the station's student organization was "currently under university review and on inactive status" and that they hoped that the student broadcasters would be returning. In January 2013, WZRD returned to live programming.