WCWP

WCWP (88.1 FM) is a college radio station licensed to Brookville, New York, located on the C.W. Post Campus of LIU, and owned and operated by Long Island University. The station broadcasts a variety of music programs, and markets itself as "Public Radio that Rocks!"[2] Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 100 watts, the station serves the northern Nassau County, New York area.[3]

WCWP
Broadcast areaNassau County, New York
Frequency88.1 MHz
Programming
FormatVariety
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 18, 1961 (1961-10-18)
Call sign meaning
C.W. Post Campus of LIU
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID38332
ClassA
ERP100 watts
HAAT58 meters (190 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°49′00″N 73°35′49″W
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.wcwp.org

History

In the spring of 1960, Arthur Beltrone '63 and Theatre Arts Professor Virgil Jackson Lee founded WCWP as a closed circuit radio station. The Radio Club of C.W. Post College was initiated at this time. WCWP first signed on the air at noon, October 18, 1961. Two years later, plans were made to extend the station's reach through a noncommercial, educational FM station. In January 1965, WCWP acquired new facilities, which were named after Benjamin Abrams, a pioneer in the communications industry.[4]

On November 30, 1970, WCWP was ordered close down at 2 AM by Dean Julian Mates “to protect our station license” after obscenities had been broadcast. The shutdown came at the end of the station's regular program schedule that day.[5]

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WCWP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WCWP". WCWP - LIU Public Radio. Long Island University. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. "WCWP-FM 88.1 MHz Brookville, New York". Radio Locator. Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. "History of WCWP". LIU School of Visual and Performing Arts. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  5. "Dean Orders Closing Of C. W. Post Radio In Obscenity Airing". The New York Times. December 1, 1970. Retrieved February 5, 2020.


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