88.7 WPCD FM

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An always mutating Radio Laboratory driven by the students of Parkland College

88.7 WPCD (Parkland College District) is an indie/alternative/punk rock station serving the Champaign-Urbana listening area and beyond. With a massive signal output, WPCD reaches listeners across central Illinois and into parts of western Indiana. At any one time, 88.7 can reach over 200,000 listeners, not including an online listening stream. Based out of Parkland College, the station has worked

with The Pitchfork Music Festival radio campaign in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and has helped promote Champaign-Urbana's very own Pygmalion Music Festival as one of the presenting sponsors in 2011. Other notable past music affiliations include Daytrotter's Barnstormer concert series and SXSW Music Fest 2009.

88.7 and Parkland College have also hosted several concerts and artist performances including Matt and Kim, So Many Dynamos, Empires, and This Providence. Formerly known as "The Wave" the station dropped its longtime name in early 2011 and is now known simply as 88.7 WPCD FM, eighty-eight seven, or WPCD.

The 3rd floor of Parkland College offering liminal spaces & Backrooms vibes tho
06/12/2026

The 3rd floor of Parkland College offering liminal spaces & Backrooms vibes tho

06/02/2026
06/01/2026

Matt Maeson is bringing his Watch My Step tour to The Virginia Theatre on Thursday, June 18th! We'll be giving away pairs of tickets these next three weeks, so keep your eyes on our socials, and stay tuned to 887 WPCD FM for your chance to score tickets!

If you missed it on Sunday, we will be re-airing The ALT20 tonight at 7pm!
05/19/2026

If you missed it on Sunday, we will be re-airing The ALT20 tonight at 7pm!

05/17/2026

Tune in tonight for a new edition of The ALT 20 on WPCD OM Parkland College Radio!

The ALT20 returns this Sunday at 7pm! Jay counts down the top 20 Alternative songs for the week, as well as looking back...
05/15/2026

The ALT20 returns this Sunday at 7pm! Jay counts down the top 20 Alternative songs for the week, as well as looking back 40 years to see what topped the Rock charts this week in 1986.

Tune in to 88.7fm, or stream at parkland.edu/wpcd, or even on the TuneIn app!

.green1 & the crew making the most out of their last two weeks together here at WPCD.
04/29/2026

.green1 & the crew making the most out of their last two weeks together here at WPCD.

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