WRCR (college radio)

Infobox Radio station
name = WRCR-AM, carrier current

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area = Rockford College Campus
airdate = March 17, 1963
frequency = 640 kHz
format = College Radio
callsign_meaning = Rockford College Radio
owner = Rockford College Student Government
website = [http://www.wrcr.radiohistory.net wrcr.radiohistory.net]
affiliations = Intercollegiate Broadcasting System

WRCR' was a radio station at Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois. It was conceived by a group of students in the fall of 1962. On December 20, 1962, the establishment of a radio station on campus was approved by Rockford College Board of Trustees. The Executive Board of Rockford College Student Government recognized WRCR as a communications medium on Feb. 5, 1963, and WRCR began regular carrier current broadcasting on March 17, 1963, from room 206 in Nelson Hall.

In the Fall of 1964, WRCR moved to a larger space on the first floor of Burpee Center. Then in the Fall of 1970 the station moved to custom designed studios in the lower level of the new Burpee Center addition. In 1985 the college needed the space in lower Burpee and WRCR was again on the move. The new location was three rooms in the former Lang Infirmary. By 1993 as the college population changed from primarily residential to half-commuter student body, it became more and more difficult to staff the radio station. WRCR ceased broadcasting in the Spring of 1995.

Many pictures and audio files are on the WRCR Alumni web site listed below.

External links

* [http://www.wrcr.radiohistory.net WRCR Rockford College Alumni web site]
* [http://www.rockford.edu Rockford College]