frequency 88.3 mhz first air date february 1974 format high school erp 105 watts stereo haat 42 meters 138 ft class a facility id 57299 transmitter coordinates 42 07 43 n 70 55 01 w 42.12861 n 70.91694 w 42.12861 ; 70.91694 callsign meaning rockland public schools owner rockland public schools webcast listen live website wrps radio 88.3 fm wrps 88.3 fm is a high school radio station licensed to serve rockland massachusetts . the station is owned by rockland public schools and operated by the staff and students of rockland high school . it airs a combination high school hot ac music format in stereo . 1 the station was assigned the wrps call letters by the federal communications commission fcc 2 and began operations in february 1974 . alumni edit in 1980 boston broadcaster fred b. cole hosted a show every weekday afternoon playing big band records from his personal collection . 3 also in 1980 dave stewart of wcbs fm 101.1 new york city began his career at wrps while attending junior high school in rockland . he had been the late night host at wplj 95.5 since 1989 until 2011 . he is now the overnight host on cbs fm 101.1 in new york . in 1981 7th grader kevin keleher mentored by cole began his tenure at wrps . kevin worked closely with dave stewart cole and station manager steve budd to form a broadcast team . while stewart went on to emerson and the bright lights of broadway kevin left wrps is 1984 and went on to perform in boston rock bands in the 1990s . he hosted a sunday morning blues radio program blues hangover in 2003 on wbor 91.1 fm in brunswick me . in 2003 james couzy anderson a future tv broadcaster currently serving in the united states air force began announcing play by play for the rockland high school football team which began a tenure of over 1 000 hours of announcing 200 plus games and hosted a sports talk show weekly until graduation in 2007 . there was a famous show called jamin with bill & shawn that aired in the early 1990 s. eventually shawn graduated in 1991 and it became jamin with bill without shawn . references edit station information profile . arbitron . archived from the original on march 1 2010 . call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . marquard bryan 2007 12 11 . fred b. cole 92 ; mouthpiece of big band era . the boston globe . external links edit official website rockland public schools query the fcc s fm station database for wrps radio locator information on wrps query nielsen audio s fm station database for wrps december 1987 wrps aircheck and notes this article about a radio station in massachusetts is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wrps & oldid 738799129 categories radio stations in massachusettshigh school radio stations in the united statesmedia in plymouth county massachusettsrockland massachusettsradio stations established in 19741974 establishments in massachusettsmassachusetts radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 03 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view