WCWP
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| Broadcast area | Nassau County, New York |
| Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Variety |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | October 18, 1961 |
Call sign meaning | C.W. Post Campus of LIU |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 38332 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 58 meters (190 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°49′00″N 73°35′49″W / 40.81667°N 73.59694°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCWP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Home". WCWP - LIU Public Radio. Long Island University. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ "WCWP-FM 88.1 MHz - Brookville, NY". radio-locator. Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "History of WCWP". Long Island University. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ "Dean Orders Closing Of C. W. Post Radio In Obscenity Airing". The New York Times. December 1, 1970. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 38332 (WCWP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WCWP in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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