WDCE is a
Variety formatted
broadcast
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...
radio station licensed to and serving
Richmond, Virginia
(Thus do we reach the stars)
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WDCE is owned and operated by
University of Richmond.
Its predecessor, WCRC-AM, first went on air on November 2, 1961, operating with 600
kilocycles
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on AM and 27 watts of power. WCRC purportedly set a Virginia collegiate radio record in 1962, when they broadcast continuously from January 8 at 4:55 PM to January 12 at 9:00 PM, a total of 100 hours and 5 minutes. It began 24-hour coverage on February 1, 1965.
WCRC-AM switched to WDCE-FM on September 7, 1977.
References
External links
WDCE 90.1 FM Online*
1977 establishments in Virginia
Variety radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1977
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