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WCWP
Broadcast areaNassau County, New York
Frequency88.1 MHz
Programming
FormatVariety
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 18, 1961; 62 years ago (1961-10-18)
Call sign meaning
C.W. Post Campus of LIU
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID38332
ClassA
ERP100 watts
HAAT58 meters (190 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°49′00″N 73°35′49″W / 40.81667°N 73.59694°W / 40.81667; -73.59694
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.wcwp.org Edit this at Wikidata

WCWP (88.1 FM) is a campus radio station licensed to Brookville, New York, located on the LIU Post campus, and owned and operated by Long Island University. The station broadcasts a variety of music programs, and markets itself as "Public Radio that Rocks!"[2] Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 100 watts, the station serves the northern Nassau County, New York area.[3]

History

In the spring of 1960, S. Arthur Beltrone '63 and theatre arts professor Virgil Jackson Lee founded WCWP as a closed-circuit radio station. The Radio Club of C.W. Post College was initiated at this time. WCWP first went on the air at noon on October 18, 1961. Two years later, plans were made to extend the station's reach through a non-commercial, educational FM station. In January 1965, WCWP acquired new facilities, which were named after Benjamin Abrams.[4]

On November 30, 1970, Dean Julian Mates ordered WCWP to be closed down “to protect our station license” after obscenities were broadcast. The shutdown came at the end of the station's regular program schedule that day.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCWP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Home". WCWP - LIU Public Radio. Long Island University. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "WCWP-FM 88.1 MHz - Brookville, NY". radio-locator. Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "History of WCWP". Long Island University. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "Dean Orders Closing Of C. W. Post Radio In Obscenity Airing". The New York Times. December 1, 1970. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

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Long Island University
Radio stations on Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk County, New York)
New York college radio stations
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