WXCI (91.7 FM) is a student radio station broadcasting an Educational format. Licensed to Danbury, Connecticut, USA, the station serves the Connecticut and New York college area. The station is currently owned by Western Connecticut State University.[1][2]
WXCI broadcasts to Connecticut and New York at 3,000 watts with a stereo transmitter on WCSU's Westside Campus. It also streams its broadcasts on the Web.
The radio station obtained its FCC license to operate on 28 February 1973. Initially transmitting at 10 watts of power, WXCI upgraded to 760 watts in 1978. In 1982, WXCI was one of the first FM stations to focus on alternative rock, a format now common among US college radio stations. As one of a handful of stations playing alternative rock in the US in the early 1980s, WXCI helped popularize new bands such as REM, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, U2, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Black Flag.
References
External links
|
Connecticut college radio stations |
|
WCNI (Connecticut College) • WECS (Eastern Connecticut State University) • WFCS (Central Connecticut State University) • WHUS (University of Connecticut) • WNHU (University of New Haven) • WQAQ (Quinnipiac University) • WRTC (Trinity College) • WVOF (Fairfield University) • WXCI (Western Connecticut State University) • WYBC (Yale University) •
|
|
| See also: Adult Contemporary, College, Country, News/Talk, NPR, Oldies, Rock, Sports, Top 40, Urban, and Other radio stations in Connecticut |
|
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
