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Dartmouth Broadcasting began in the 1920s, over copper wires linking all the dorms, using the call letters WDBS (Dartmouth Broadcasting System), changing to WDCR (Dartmouth College Radio) when it became an officially licensed station of the Federal Communications Commission, its first official
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The station left the air on August 22, 2008, due to damage to WDCR's ground system during a construction project near the station's transmitter location; soon afterward, the station announced that it had transitioned to being an
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station, WebDCR.com (although this station's website still features WDCR's logo). The station nonetheless briefly returned to the air in August 2009 in order to maintain the
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station, WDBS, which was started on October 27, 1941 (after a month of test programming). During the 1950s, efforts were made to obtain a license from the
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and Dartmouth's expansion of its radio operations (in addition to WebDCR, Dartmouth had established an FM radio station,
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Tim Brooks. "College Radio Days" (Glenville Press 2013, www.timbrooks.net A history of radio at Dartmouth).
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for over fifty years. During this time, it underwent several format changes, from
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This area also includes the following Vermont communities:
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This article about a radio station in New Hampshire is a
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The station's license was held by the 1447:2010 disestablishments in New Hampshire 1325:List of radio stations in New Hampshire 391: 527:Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 501:"WDCR AM 1340 - Celebrating 50 Years!" 340:Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College 1427:Radio stations disestablished in 2010 7: 1442:1958 establishments in New Hampshire 1346: 1344: 647:Fybush, Scott (September 20, 2010). 592:Fybush, Scott (December 22, 2008). 1422:Radio stations established in 1958 400:"Facility Technical Data for WDCR" 14: 1457:New Hampshire radio station stubs 1330:List of radio stations in Vermont 618:Fybush, Scott (August 24, 2009). 428:Federal Communications Commission 408:Federal Communications Commission 360:Federal Communications Commission 1353: 1348: 649:""Radio 92.1" Comes to Scranton" 1412:Radio stations in New Hampshire 404:Licensing and Management System 351:broadcast at 1340 AM in 1958. 1: 1015:by frequency & subchannel 594:"MPBN Threatens Service Cuts" 109:Trustees of Dartmouth College 1365:. You can help Knowledge by 1300:Concord and the Lakes Region 683:NECRAT's pictures of WDCR's 687:- & white-painted tower 620:"Buckley Sells in Syracuse" 273:Public license information 1473: 1343: 1310:Montpelier-Barre-Waterbury 677:FCC History Cards for WDCR 1277: 748: 26: 354:WDCR's origins lie in a 470:WDCR's 50th Anniversary 251:43.699806°N 72.279250°W 229:Transmitter coordinates 176:Dartmouth College Radio 139:March 4, 1958 1432:Hanover, New Hampshire 1295:Burlington-Plattsburgh 422:"WDCR Facility Record" 336:Dartmouth Broadcasting 332:Hanover, New Hampshire 40:Hanover, New Hampshire 653:NorthEast Radio Watch 624:NorthEast Radio Watch 598:NorthEast Radio Watch 533:. 1999. p. D-280 454:on November 15, 2017. 256:43.699806; -72.279250 181:Technical information 754:White River Junction 679:(covering 1956-1980) 247: /  187:Licensing authority 23: 1285:Bennington-Rutland 1269:WXND-LP (107.3 FM) 1264:WOOL-LP (100.1 FM) 727:Radio stations in 557:CDBS Public Access 1437:Dartmouth College 1374: 1373: 1338: 1337: 1305:Manchester-Nashua 1290:Brattleboro-Keene 1006: 1005: 581:. 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Hanover, New Hampshire
Frequency
Dartmouth College
Format
college radio
Trustees of Dartmouth College
Sister stations
WFRD
Call sign
FCC
Facility ID
Class
Power
43°41′59.3″N 72°16′45.3″W / 43.699806°N 72.279250°W / 43.699806; -72.279250
Public file
LMS
AM
college radio
station
Dartmouth College
news
Top-40
alternative music
oldies
Hanover, New Hampshire
Dartmouth Broadcasting
Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College
carrier-current
Federal Communications Commission

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