WCUR

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WCUR-FM

City of license	West Chester, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	West Chester-Philadelphia
Frequency	91.7 MHz
First air date	September 1, 1999
Format	Free-format Radio, Non-commercial Educational
ERP	100 watts
HAAT	34 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	63564
Callsign meaning	West Chester University Radio
Affiliations	College Music Journal
Owner	West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wcur.org

91.7 WCUR FM The Curve, also known as West Chester University Radio, is a college radio station that broadcasts in the Philadelphia area via a transmitter that covers a 5-mile radius around West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. WCUR offers a wide variety of music, news, sports, and specialty programming. WCUR is considered a free format station, and it does not require that DJs play within certain parameters. All undergraduate students of West Chester University are free to participate and become DJs. WCUR began as WCSC AM 64, a carrier current station only available on campus. The call sign WCUR was being used in 1974. In 1976 the on air slogan became 64CUR and a Part 15 FM transmission was added at .1 watt to serve the Sykes Student Union building and extend across the street to Killnger Hall. Efforts began at that time to seek a class A FM license, but funds were not approved. In the mid-1980s the station changed its call letters to WCUR AM 68, but it remained a carrier current station. In 1998, the station received a construction permit to build an FM station, and after installing a broadcast transmitter and antenna atop Sykes Student Union in the summer of 1999, the station signed on as WCUR 91.7 FM on September 1, 1999. Since 2001, WCUR also streams live on air from anywhere in the world from its website, www.wcur.org.

WCUR currently averages about 100 members. In 2012, WCUR won "Most Improved Student Organization of the Year" and "Student Organization of the Year."

Executive staff

Position	Name
General Manager	Justin Sochovka
Program Director	Jessica Micchelli
Business Director	Pete Vincent
Secretary	Oliver Suskin-Santarelli
Music Director	Dillon Sweigart
Training Director	Rachel Krueger
Events & Promotions Director	Christina Gates
Production Director	Drew Drevyanko
Sports Director	Kenny Ayres
Web Director	Chris Wilwol
SGA Senator	Jason Portney
News Director	Sean Bobbie
Social Media Director	Kait Convery

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v t e Radio stations in the Philadelphia market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.5 (HD2) 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 (Warminster) 89.3 (Coatesville) 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.7 91.7 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.9 Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 212 Sirius Channel 149

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

By callsign	KIH28 KYW¹ WBCB WBBO WBEB WBEN-FM WBMR WBYO WCHE WCHR WCOJ WCUR WDAS WDAS-FM WDNR WEMG² WEXP WFIL WFYL WHAT WHHS WHYY WIFI WIOQ WIP WIP-FM WISX WKDN WKDU WKVP WMGK WMMR WNAP WNG704 WNJC WNJS-FM WNPV WNTP WNWR WOGL WPAZ WPEB WPEN WPHE² WPHI WPHT¹ WPNX700 WPPZ-FM WPST WPWA WQHS WRDV WRDW-FM WRFF WRNB WRSD WRTI WRTJ WSRN-FM WTHJ WTMR WTTM² WURD WUSL WVCH WWDB² WWJZ WWLU WWTX WXPN (HD2) WXTU WXVU WYBF WZZE

Defunct stations	WCAU-FM WCAU (AM) WDRE WDVR WLCE WPLY WQHS WSNI WTHK WWDB-FM WYXR

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown-Bethlehem Altoona Bradford-Coudersport Chambersburg-Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre-Towanda-Mansfield-Wellsboro Wilkes Barre-Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown-Mifflintown Meadville-Franklin Punxsutawney-DuBois St. Marys-Emporium-Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg Warren Philadelphia Metro Markets Allentown Monmouth-Ocean Reading Trenton Wilmington See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania Mass media in the Philadelphia Area Radio stations TV stations Newspapers

v t e Pennsylvania college radio stations

WARC (Allegheny College) WBUQ (Bloomsburg University) WCAL (California University of Pennsylvania) WCLH (Wilkes University) WCUC-FM (Clarion University) WCUR (West Chester University) WDCV-FM (Dickinson College) WDNR (Widener University) WERG (Gannon University) WESS (East Stroudsburg University) WEXP (La Salle University) WFSE (Edinboro University) WFNM (Franklin & Marshall College) WGEV (Geneva College) WIUP-FM (Indiana University) WIXQ (Millersville University) WJRH (Lafayette College) WKCV-LP (Keystone College) WKDU (Drexel University) WKPS (Penn State University) WKVR-FM (Juniata College) WLHI (Lehigh Carbon Community College) WLVR-FM (Lehigh University) WMCE (Mercyhurst North East) WMCE-FM (Mercyhurst College) WMUH (Muhlenberg College) WNJR (Washington & Jefferson College) WNTE (Mansfield University) WPTC (Pennsylvania College of Technology) WPTS-FM (University of Pittsburgh) WQHS (University of Pennsylvania) WQSU (Susquehanna University) WRCT (Carnegie Mellon University) WRKC (Kings College) WRLC (Lycoming College) WRTI (Temple University) WSAJ-FM (Grove City College) WSRN-FM (Swarthmore College) WSRU (Slippery Rock University) WSYC-FM (Shippensburg University) WUSR (University of Scranton) WVMW-FM (Marywood University) WVYC (York College) WWEC (Elizabethtown College) WWNW (Westminster College) WXAC (Albright College) WXVU (Villanova University) WYBF (Cabrini College) WZBT (Gettysburg College)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 39°57′03″N 75°35′57″W / 39.9507°N 75.5991°W / 39.9507; -75.5991

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