WRPI
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Template:Infobox Radio station WRPI is a college radio station run by students attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and community members in Troy, New York. Located at 91.5 MHz FM, WRPI broadcasts 365 days a year with an effective radiated power of 10,000 watts, serving listeners in eastern New York and western Massachusetts and Vermont. The studios are located in the basement of the Darrin Communications Center on the RPI Campus with transmitter and tower in North Greenbush, New York. WRPI programming includes a wide range of music, cultural and public affairs programs, live local bands, special events, and sports simulcasts, particularly of RPI hockey and football.
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History of WRPI
WRPI was formed as an experimental carrier-current AM station around 1947, affiliated with the callsign W2SZ, but soon gained the WRPI moniker locally, and was assigned it by the FCC broadcasting at 640 kHz around 1951. It subsequently obtained an FM license in 1957 and began broadcasting on its current frequency on November 1, 1957.
RPI's original AM radio station, WHAZ, operated between 1922 and 1967, after which WRPI was the only remaining radio station on the campus.
Important broadcasts
- The B Sides Deep Cuts Rock
- Democracy Now!
- Love Line
- The Pit
- Wednesday Night Live (Live local bands)
- The Trent and Gino Show
Technical Info
- Station status: Licensed class B1 non-commercial FM station
- Effective radiated power: 10,000 watts
- Height above average terrain: 113 m (371 ft)
- Height above ground level: 161 m (529 ft)
- Height above sea level: 220 m (722 ft)
- Transmitter location: Template:Coor d
- License expires: June 1, 2012
- Last FCC update: May 29, 2006
Contact Information
- Address: WRPI 1 WRPI Plaza Troy, NY 12180
- Request Line: 1-518-276-6248
- Business Line: 1-518-276-2648
External Links
References
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Pages shamelessly copied over from Wikipedia) | ||
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Academics |
Rensselaer at Hartford • Lally School of Management & Technology • Computational Center for Nanotechnology | |
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Student Life |
People • Fraternities and Sororities • Grand Marshals • RPI Pep Band • RPI Songs • WRPI • RPI TV | |
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Buildings |
Amos Eaton Hall • Carnegie Building • Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies • Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer • EMPAC • Folsom Library • Greene Building • Hirsch Observatory • Houston Field House • Jonsson Engineering Center • Low Center for Industrial Innovation | |
