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WRPI (91.5 FM) is a non-commercial college radio station run by students attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and community members in Troy, New York. 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, football, and baseball.
[edit] History of WRPI
WRPI was formed as an experimental carrier-current AM station in 1947, affiliated with the call sign 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 of 91.5 on November 1, 1957.
RPI's original AM radio station, WHAZ, operated between 1922 and 1967, after which WRPI was the only remaining,legal radio station on the campus.
[edit] Programming
[edit] Important broadcasts
- Mostly Folk (36+ years)
- Tribute with Kevin Roberts (25+ years)
- HomoRadio (16+ years)
- Stormy Monday Blues
- Hello Pretty City
- Wednesday Night Live (Live local bands)
- Local Riot
- Radio #1
- The Pit
- Pinkie Swear
- Ambient Signal
- Monsters Get Slain
- The B Sides Deep Cuts Rock
- Democracy Now!
- The Trent and Gino Show
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- VG Memories
- Stormy Monday Blues
- Cecil B Reggae Show
- Bluegrass Country
- RPI Engineer Hockey
- From the Belly of the Beast
- Awaz-E Pakistan
- I Like To Watch
- The Classic Rock Block
- The Grateful Dead Hours
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Electric Land
- Instrumental
- Plan B
- The Sounds of Now
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[edit] Famous past shows
- Acoustic Kaleidoscope
- Africa in Motion
- Blinded by Science
- Bluegrass Bill's Jamboree
- Face the Music
- From the Port Side with Dennis Karius
- John Miller Snoid
- Larry's Disco Drive
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- Love Line
- The Main Event with DJ Toast
- Native Circle
- The Saturday Night Special
- Schrodner's Cat
- Screams from the Basement
- Straight Ahead Jazz
- Talking Blues About the News
- Word with Kym Fleming
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[edit] Executive committee
WRPI is "staffed" by an executive committee made up of elected students in 7 positions. These include:
- President - Exercises administrative control over WRPI, presides at all general and executive committee meetings, represents the station at large and coordinates activities of the department heads.
- Station Manager - Exercises operational control over WRPI in accordance with federal laws and the policies of the Executive Committee.
- Program Director - Prepares and schedules all station programming and also ensures that all station programming complies with FCC rules and regulations. Oversees the music department as well as production department.
- Chief Engineer - Maintains the technical facilities of WRPI in good working order and in compliance with all applicable FCC rules and regulations.
- Public Relations Director - Responsible for the campus and community awareness of WRPI's programming activities and in actively promoting the station as a facility available for use by students and the community.
- Business Manager - Responsible for finances and for compliance with Rensselaer Union financial policies.
- Member-at-Large (MAL) - Resolves conflicts between and among station members, keeps the membership list current and arranges general meeting and station training activities.
[edit] External links
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