WHRW
Radio station at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WHRW (90.5 FM) is Binghamton University's non-profit, student-run, free-format radio station. The station is licensed and owned by Binghamton University, serving the New York college area. The station has operational facilities in and on top of the Glenn G. Bartle Library Tower and in the SUNY Binghamton Student Union.
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Broadcast area | Binghamton, Vestal, Johnson City, Endicott |
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Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Freeform |
Ownership | |
Owner | |
History | |
First air date | 1966 |
Call sign meaning | "Harpur College Radio Workshop" (at the time of conception, the University was known as "Harpur College")[1] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 63105 |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,450 watts |
HAAT | 29.8 meters (98 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°5′24.00″N 75°58′5.00″W |
Links | |
Webcast | listen live |
Website | whrw.fm |
WHRW is operated by the students of SUNY Binghamton and interested members of the Greater Binghamton community. WHRW strives to serve 24 hours a day, seven days a week (which varies with member body size and interest) and broadcasts using a 2kW transmitter at 90.5 MHz.
WHRW's member body comprises volunteers, who become members first by apprenticing under a current member for a programming season (typically a school semester or over the summer) and then passing a Clearance Exam. Since 1996, station members have participated in a "Station Service" program, by which they accrue hours doing things that benefit the station (auditioning CDs for profanities; cleaning up the studios; doing production work; volunteering in the News Department; and many other things). Those hours are then used to determine the member's "slotting priority" when they request a show. This guarantees that those who give more to the station have more opportunities.