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# One of MIT’s best-kept secrets lives in the Institute’s basement

**[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

MIT's Walker Memorial Basement is home to WMBR, a 24-hour, high-fidelity radio station that has endured challenges over its history but continues to build connections within the community. The station adapted during the Covid-19 pandemic, offering a hybrid system for recording and broadcasting shows. WMBR operates through listener funding from an annual fundraising week.

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