Near Carbondale in Jackson County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
WIDB Student Radio Station
WIDB
Together Radio
June 24, 2022
1. WIDB Student Radio Station Marker
WIDB
Student Radio Station
Erected 2020 by the original students/staff of WIDB in celebration of WIDB's 50th anniversary.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is April 12, 1970.
Location. 37° 42.747′ N, 89° 12.758′ W. Marker is near Carbondale, Illinois, in Jackson County. It is on South Washington Street north of Logan Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1225 S Washington St, Carbondale IL 62901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southern Illinois Little Egypt and in Shawnee Hills. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carbondale College & Southern Illinois College (approx. 0.7 miles away); Woodlawn Cemetery Memorial Day Celebration (approx. one mile away); Site of the First Memorial Service in Illinois (approx. one mile away); R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home (approx. one mile away); Station #3 (approx. one mile away); Iraq Wars (approx. one mile away); Station #2 (approx. one mile away); Vietnam War (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carbondale.
More about this marker. The Wright I dorm which housed the original WIDB studios was demolished
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2024. This page has been viewed 410 times since then and 76 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 8, 2024. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
