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that local residents would park near dorms listening to away football games. Students also raised money from the community to pay station debts; in 1976, one announcer, Peter Brunette, was on the air for four straight days as part of a radiothon to keep the station going through the end of the school year.
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A growing need for student offices led to the college's acquisition of the former Tau Omega sorority house in 1986; the radio station and several other student organizations moved in the next year to the "CUB Annex", with WPCR-FM alone occupying the first floor. By 1988, WPCR boasted 48 student DJs.
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After planning began in 1970, Plymouth State received a construction permit to build a 10-watt FM radio station on December 4, 1972. While previously only audible in and near campus buildings, the station already had inklings of interest from the broader community; one station engineer heard reports
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radio station using the WPCR designation on November 17, 1968. Originally located in the basement of Mary Lyon Hall, a women's dormitory where the male DJs had to be escorted out when the station shut down at night, WPCR relocated to larger quarters in Ernest L. Silver Hall the next year. A wide
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variety of students broadcast over the outlet; in 1971, these included Judy Hampton, a female sportscaster—unusual for the time—who was also blind, sat by the announcers at home athletic events, and delivered a nightly sports recap. Most of the station's music was
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programming spanning several genres of music, with a primary focus on smaller, independent record labels. The radio station is almost entirely student-run, and membership is available to interested students and staff after training.
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The station then moved into the new Hartman Union Building when it was completed in 1995.
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Plymouth, New Hampshire
Plymouth, New Hampshire
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college radio
Plymouth State University
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Listen live
www.plymouth.edu/wpcr
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Plymouth, New Hampshire
Plymouth State University
college radio
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"WPCR Now Broadcasting on FM"
"Facility Technical Data for WPCR-FM"

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