WVKR-FM

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WVKR-FM
City of license	Poughkeepsie, New York
Broadcast area	Mid-Hudson Valley
Branding	Independent Radio
First air date	December 8, 1971
Frequency	91.3 MHz
Format	College radio
Power	3.7 kW
ERP	15 kW
Class	B1
Callsign meaning	W Vassar Kollege [sic] Radio
Owner	Vassar College
Website	www.wvkr.org

WVKR-FM (Independent Radio) is a college radio station owned by, and primarily staffed by students of, Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. The station broadcasts on 91.3 MHz at 15 kilowatts ERP from a tower in Milton, New York with a directional signal to the south.

[edit] History

When Vassar College became a co-educational institution in 1968, the school began plans to launch a campus radio station to serve both the campus and the nearby communities. Originally, the college planned to apply for a low-power license, however plans soon changed to a full-power licence when the tower site of WEOK-FM was donated to Vassar College after the construction of a new tower in Illinois Mountain in Marlboro. WVKR signed on from this tower on a test basis in December 1971 with full operations commencing after upgrades to the tower were made in March 1972.

For its entire existence, WVKR has been a primarily student-run station with a core staff of community volunteers running some programs on the station. Key programming on the station includes blues, jazz, classical, talk and indie rock, serving both the Vassar and Hudson Valley communities.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WVKR
• Official site