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| Broadcast area | Central New York |
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| Frequency | 90.1FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Multi-format,freeform |
| Affiliations | WRVO |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Colgate University |
| History | |
First air date | 1951 (1951) |
Call sign meaning | "Radio Colgate University" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,900watts |
| HAAT | 47 meters |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wrcufm.org |
WRCU-FM (90.1 FM) isColgate University's student-runradio station. It is located inHamilton, New York, and broadcasts a wide variety of music to thecentral New York region.
Like manycollege radio stations, WRCU's mainformat isfreeform, specializing inindependent rock music,jazz,hip-hop, andworld music. However, the station also has a large variety of specialty show formats, covering genres frommetal toCeltic music. WRCU also has a handful oftalk shows, covering sports and politics.
When the station is not on the air, late at night and during school breaks, it simulcastsWRVO, the localNPR affiliate.
According to alumni, the first movement for radio at Colgate was in 1913, where the "Radio Club of Colgate" was formed by students who were interested in communications.[1] The station started in the 1950s by a handful of students who were merely tinkering with random parts. They began broadcasting on AM (600 & 640 kHz) usingcarrier current on the campus under thecall letters WCU. The call sign was changed to WRCU in 1958 and coverage was expanded over the Hamilton community by broadcasting over the town's power lines. The station acquired a license from theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast as an FM station, with the call letters WRCU-FM in 1970.
WRCU is managed by an executive board which consists of current students. The current board members are: Maxwell Walker, Thomas Vanneck, Scarlet Fishkind, Annabel McKenna, Bo Koebler, Kiera Tran, Eli Senzel, Ama Nkrumah, and Isabel Drexler Booth.
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