Every article WKAR Public Media publishes, as JSON, through an open API with
no key and no signup. 2,462 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed
hourly.
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Four ways to pull wkar.org
All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.
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Every article we hold from wkar.org, newest first. Add q= to search inside.
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JSON Feed For apps
JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.
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Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.
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Call the API
A live request. Paste it into a terminal and WKAR Public Media headlines come back as JSON.
Articles per day over the last 90 days. The busiest hour is 00:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.
The 30 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at WKAR Public Media: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.
When WKAR Public Media actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week —
measured from 2,462 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.
Sections
Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 16% of their articles.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell is presenting the film he wrote, directed and starred in, "Ernie & Emma" at the opening night of the final East Lansing Film Festival.
2026-10-22 09:34 UTC · Election 2026 · Sophia Saliby
A polling firm used to aggregate odds in the August primary has been revealed as fraudulent, raising questions about the way campaigns played out in the Democratic Senate
2026-10-22 06:35 UTC · WKAR News · Leigh Ann Towne
Lansing City Council will discuss renaming Cesar E. Chavez Avenue today after abuse allegations surfaced earlier this year. A possible new name could be selected by year'
The Hannah Community Center is where move lovers will gather this weekend for the final East Lansing Film Festival with a special appearance by actor Bruce Campbell.
2026-10-22 05:15 UTC · Election 2026 · Colin Jackson
In June, Wedgewood Polls released a survey that showed state Sen. Mallory McMorrow down to single-digit support in her bid for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. The
2026-10-22 00:29 UTC · Election 2026 · Russ McNamara
Republican Mike Rogers denied engaging in Islamophobia, then repeated false claims about El-Sayed having ties to a terrorist organization. Abdul El-Sayed said that line o
On this day in 1912, Detroit-born photographer Harry Callahan was born. Initially working for Chrysler, he shifted to photography after hearing Ansel Adams speak, later e
- Burley, a native of Maryland, didn’t expect her career to take her to MSU. But the unexpected journey has brought big results. Play Live Radio Next Up: 0:00 Available O
2026-10-21 17:59 UTC · Election 2026 · Andrew Roth
Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz cast his ballot Wednesday at the early voting center in WKAR's Studio A and discussed student engagement in the midte
2026-10-21 17:55 UTC · Election 2026 · Berl Schwartz
Political ad spending in Michigan's 7th Congressional District has topped $61 million, making it the nation's most expensive U.S. House race for advertising. Both candida
2026-10-21 10:36 UTC · WKAR News · Leigh Ann Towne
Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidates will face off Wednesday night in a final televised debate before Election Day, giving voters another opportunity to compare their positi
The fall pheasant hunting season for Michigan's Lower Peninsula kicks off Tuesday, October 20 with thousands of birds expected to be released over the next few weeks.
Harvest it all
Page through the archive by date. from and to accept
YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.
Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as
structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to
the original.
How do I get their RSS feed?
Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry
only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 2,462 of
their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.
How many articles does WKAR Public Media publish per day?
21 on a median day, measured across 90 days.
Can I use this commercially?
The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you
and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.
