WXCI

WXCI
City of license Danbury, Connecticut
Broadcast area Connecticut college
Branding Represent
Frequency 91.7 MHz
Format Educational
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 67.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 71786
Callsign meaning XCI = Roman numerals for 91
Owner Western Connecticut State University
Website Official website

WXCI (91.7 FM) is a student radio station broadcasting an Educational format. Licensed to Danbury, Connecticut, USA, the station serves the Connecticut and New York college area. The station is currently owned by Western Connecticut State University.[1][2]

WXCI broadcasts to Connecticut and New York at 3,000 watts with a stereo transmitter on WCSU's Midtown Campus. It also streams its broadcasts on the Web.

The radio station obtained its FCC license to operate on 28 February 1973. Initially transmitting at 10 watts of power, WXCI upgraded to 760 watts in 1978. In 1982, WXCI was one of the first FM stations to focus on alternative rock, a format now common among US college radio stations. As one of a handful of stations playing alternative rock in the US in the early 1980s, WXCI helped popularize new bands such as REM, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, U2, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Black Flag.

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