WWLR (91.5
FM; "The Impulse") is a
campus radio station broadcasting a student run format. Licensed to
Lyndonville, Vermont
Lyndonville is a village in the town of Lyndon, in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. Lyndonville's population was 1,136 at the 2020 census. It is the closest community to the Lyndon campus of Northern Vermont University.
History
In 1883 ...
, United States, the station is run by students, faculty and staff of
Northern Vermont University
Northern Vermont University (NVU) is a public university in Johnson and Lyndon, Vermont. Established in 2018 by the unification of the former Johnson State College and Lyndon State College, the university offers over 50 Bachelor's degree pro ...
—Lyndon (the former
Lyndon State College
Lyndon State College was a public liberal arts college at Lyndon, Vermont. In 2018, it merged with Johnson State College to create Northern Vermont University; the former campus of Lyndon State College is now the university's Lyndon campus. ...
).
History
WWLR began broadcasting on February 4, 1977, as a 10-watt outlet broadcasting on 91.7 MHz. In 1981, the station moved to 91.5 MHz as part of a power increase to 3,000 watts. However, three years later, the station was almost shut down when teachers complained about electromagnetic radiation, though administration kept it on the air; WWLR had been forced off the air earlier in 1984 in order to rectify interference to the meteorology equipment in the college's atmospheric sciences program. As a result, the WWLR tower was relocated, and the station temporarily operated at half-power until the tower was moved.
announced its acquisition of the WWLR license on December 16, 2022, with the intent of adding the station to its
classical music network; the student-run programming will continue as an
Internet radio
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station. The trustees of the
Vermont State Colleges
The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) is the system of public colleges in the U.S. state of Vermont. It was created by act of the Vermont General Assembly in 1961. There are presently four colleges in the VSCS consortium, they are: Castleto ...
had voted to put WWLR up for sale in October 2022, after having earlier approved a plan to relinquish the license in December 2021.
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Radio stations established in 1977
1977 establishments in Vermont
Lyndon State College
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