WEMU 89.1

WEMU 89.1 is the sound of Ypsilanti, Michigan, a public radio station that's been carrying jazz and NPR news for decades. The station belongs to Eastern Michigan University, but its spirit is pure neighborhood. Daytime jazz programming swings from bebop classics to contemporary artists like Esperanza Spalding and Ambrose Akinmusire. The DJs are real people with serious crate-digger instincts. They'll pull out a rare Blue Note session you've never heard, then slip into a Robert Glasper cut like it's nothing. The signal reaches way beyond campus, touching Ann Arbor and nearby towns. The morning…