WEIU-FM is looking to expand its collection of bands and musicians who call Illinois home, especially from Eastern and the Charleston area.

“Illinoise” is a show hosted by Robyn Drozd every Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight.

Drozd plays music from the Chicago area, where she is from, and also from the Charleston area and central Illinois. The show currently includes music by Missy Garnett of Mattoon, Ryan Groff and Brent Byrd of Charleston, Mainstream of Paris, Kill Hannah and Spitalfield of Chicago and Eastern alumnus Charlotte Martin, Drozd said.

“People call up and drop off their stuff,” Drozd said.

She also said that people who work at the station bring in CDs of local bands they like.

The show currently has about 50 artists in its archive, Drozd said, but “the more the merrier.” She encourages local bands to contact her at WEIU-FM and try to get their music on the air.

“It can be anything from country to rock,” Drozd said, adding that she will also play pop and punk on the show.

Drozd’s goal is to “expand music for WEIU locally.”

“I try to get everyone on,” Drozd said.

Sometimes Drozd interviews bands on her show. She interviewed a Chicago area band on her very first show, she said.

“I want to put on more live shows on campus of local bands,” she said, which would open up more possibilities for band interviews.

David Carter, a co-worker at WEIU-FM and senior communication studies major, listens to “Illinoise” whenever he can to see what upcoming bands are trying to break out locally. He only had one suggestion for the show.

“It’s great if she can get more bands in to interview,” Carter said.

For Halloween, Drozd plans on dedicating an entire show to a band from Chicago called More North, which is breaking up. The majority of the music on the show that night will be by the band, she said.

“Illinoise” has no certain setup, Drozd said. She just does whatever she feels like doing that particular Sunday night.

“I think if she mixes it up every week then it makes you tune in every weekend,” Carter said.