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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 1458:2010 disestablishments in New Hampshire 1336:List of radio stations in New Hampshire 402: 538:Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 512:"WDCR AM 1340 - Celebrating 50 Years!" 351:Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College 1438:Radio stations disestablished in 2010 7: 1453:1958 establishments in New Hampshire 1357: 1355: 658:Fybush, Scott (September 20, 2010). 603:Fybush, Scott (December 22, 2008). 1433:Radio stations established in 1958 411:"Facility Technical Data for WDCR" 25: 1468:New Hampshire radio station stubs 1341:List of radio stations in Vermont 629:Fybush, Scott (August 24, 2009). 439:Federal Communications Commission 419:Federal Communications Commission 371:Federal Communications Commission 1364: 1359: 660:""Radio 92.1" Comes to Scranton" 1423:Radio stations in New Hampshire 415:Licensing and Management System 362:broadcast at 1340 AM in 1958. 1: 1026:by frequency & subchannel 605:"MPBN Threatens Service Cuts" 120:Trustees of Dartmouth College 1376:. 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WDCR (defunct)

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

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