24-Hour Holiday Music Is Back On Lewis University's WLRA

ROMEOVILLE, IL — 24/7 holiday music is back, on Lewis University's student-run radio station, WLRA. You can listen via radio at 88.1 FM, online at www.lewisu.edu/wlra, or on the apps iTunes, Google Play and iHeartRadio.

The switch to all Christmas music is part of the annual “Christmas Memories for You and Your Family,” a benefit broadcast for the United Way of Will County, according to a release from the university. Instead of commercials, WLRA airs brief public service announcements about United Way agencies in Will County.

The local, not-for-profit organization raises money to support local human care services provided by local, not-for-profit agencies.

The WLRA Christmas programming will feature sacred, traditional, contemporary and new hits, the university said. The Christmas programming, as well as the University’s Andrew Center of Electronic Media, are made possible by a grant from the Aileen S. Andrew Foundation.

“It’s our Christmas gift to the community. Our students are honored to use their skills in the radio industry to help others in the various United Way programs in a year that it is so desperately needed,” John Carey, director of the Andrew Center of Electronic Media, said in a release.

WLRA’s regular programming includes news and sports coverage, coverage of Lewis University events, and a wide variety of music. Students and faculty involved with WLRA have also produced several marathon broadcasts to benefit United Way of Will County, children’s hospitals and many others.