Talk:WMTS-FM
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It would be nice if you guys could include a brief history of the station. If I remember correctly, there is a station history that is supposed to be maintained by station officers. I was once a DJ there, back in the olden days of 1992-1994, and I'll happily fill in what I remember. I figure if 'RVU can have a history on their wiki article, why not 'MTS?
Before WMTS had a transmittter, it was known by the unofficial call letters WNAR ("We Need A Radio") and broadcast over campus cable on Housing Channel 39, and later to the entire city of Murfreesboro over MTSU-TV Channel 8 (Yes, that was before it was MTTV on channel 10). Before the spiffy studios in the 2nd floor of the LRC were donated by WMOT, we broadcast (narrowcast?) from a small office also on the 2nd floor of the LRC, and used a closet across from the "studio" for our media library. The equipment was ancient, kludged together and as several DJ's at the time could attest, didn't always work. Prior to when I left MTSU in 1994, we had learned that we had been granted the 88.3 frequency. At the time the WMTS call letters belonged to AM 810 WMTS in Murfreesboro. When that station learned the student-run radio station wanted the call signs, they graciously changed their calls to WAPB (now spanish-language WMGC) and donated the WMTS calls to the MTSU station. CaponeX 20:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Another thought: Is it really necessary to list shows and showtimes? Since this is very fluid and subject to change on a semester-by-semester basis, I feel that listing shows would be more like advertising, which is expressly prohibited by Wikipedia. CaponeX 08:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
