college branding tech radio frequency 90.7 mhz format college radio erp 300 watts haat 64.0 meters class a facility id 69957 transmitter coordinates 43 56 7.00 n 72 36 10.00 w 43.9352778 n 72.6027778 w 43.9352778 ; 72.6027778 callsign meaning vermont technical college owner vermont state colleges webcast webcast website official website equipment in wvtc s office including a crown 250 watt transmitter . wvtc is the radio station of vermont technical college operating on the 90.7 fm frequency with an effective power of 300 watts . the station is located in morey hall on the vermont technical college randolph center vermont campus . wvtc is operated and maintained by the vtc radio club and supported mainly by vtc student council . timeline edit this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message 1961 a small pirate radio station is reported to have begun broadcasting on the randolph center campus of vermont technical college . 1963 wvtc starts as a small legal unlicensed am station on 640khz with a 2 watt transmitter in the old dorm building . 1965 the vtc yearbook distinguishes between the radio club and the radio station wvtc am 640 . 1966 a new dorm building morey hall is erected at the vermont technical college in randolph center that includes provisions for a campus radio station . 1967 the radio station moves into its new home at morey hall . 1968 the radio station applies for and receives a license from the fcc to broadcast as wvtc fm at 90.7 mhz and 100 watts . 1970s the station prospers . 1980s howard ginsberg is involved with the station . he would later continue in radio with the founding of wxxx a successful commercial top 40 station in burlington vt. wvtc is granted a 300 watt license . the station continues to prosper . 1990s wvtc migrates to cd technology . 1995 the station is dark off the air from april until november due to a failed ebs receiver and other potential violations . bill mcgrath joins the station . 1996 many upgrades are performed including new studio and broadcasting equipment . early concepts for station automation are explored . new transmitter installed and tower erected december 26 1996 . first mp3 played on the air stupid girl by garbage . 1997 internet webcasting begins in february streaming both music and webcam images . wvtc is northern new england s first on line radio streaming station sending a copy of on air audio over mp3 format at 16kbps using custom software on a pentium 60 . experimentally in january full time starting in february 1997 . mp3s are introduced as an on air medium . 1998 the webdj automation system goes live and sca technology is explored with data being sent about weather and news events . wvtc broadcasts 24 7 for the first time . wvtc ranks in the broadcast ratings for central vermont wvtc upgrades to 32kbps stream using computer club purchased linux server with 2 processors a first on the randolph vt campus called halftime . with the addition of antarctica wvtc logs listeners from all 7 continents . staff contribute to the creation of a remote control interface for the application called winamp . staff create an improved fm radio card driver to linux and are added to the linux kernal . 1999 the club booms with 80 club members . many state they chose vtc as their college because of wvtc . dj spookman goes on the air pumping out the techno trance and hip hop bringing vinyl and scratching to the long unused technics 1200 s in the studio . the people rejoiced and all was well . 2000 wvtc remains unaffected and on the air during the y2k rollover . march dj disco vince giffin sets a world record for longest time for a single dj on the air at 73 hours . 2001 mp3 music replaces cds as the station s primary audio storage format . 2006 a dark time for the station as club membership is scarce . the station goes off the air due to transmitter problems during the summer but returns after repairs are made in the fall . spring 2007 a small group of students band together showing enough interest to prevent the school administration from shutting down wvtc . some hardware and software upgrades are performed in the spring and a couple of regular shows are broadcast . fall 2007 wvtc was forced to shut down when their fcc license failed to be renewed by the college . shortly afterward the college was approached by vermont public radio with proposals to lease the station which were not accepted . fall 2008 wvtc resumes transmission winter 2008 9 wvtc taken off line after repeated power failures lead to equipment failure . fall 2009 wvtc resumes transmission after replacement of damaged equipment . spring 2011 files consent decree with fcc almost a fully licensed station once again . fall 2013 final consent decree inspection wvtc now officially a fully licensed station . march 19th 2015 wvtc hits 500 000 requests on the webdj automation system at 11 53pm . song the rockafeller skank by fatboy slim . fall 2015 the internet stream is upgraded publicly to 320kpbs . external links edit wvtc website vermont technical college query the fcc s fm station database for wvtc radio locator information on wvtc query nielsen audio s fm station database for wvtc v t e vermont college radio stations wbtn southern vermont college wgdh wgdr goddard college wiuv castleton state college wjsc johnson state college wnub norwich university wrmc middlebury college wruv university of vermont wvtc vermont technical college wwlr lyndon state college wwpv st. michael s college see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in vermont retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wvtc & oldid 718094099 categories radio stations in vermontradio stations established in 1961hidden categories 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