https://rpiwiki.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=WRPIWRPI - Revision history2026-06-30T14:05:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.3https://rpiwiki.org/index.php?title=WRPI&diff=1146&oldid=prevGrierm2: added more information2026-06-30T05:02:12Z<p>added more information</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''WRPI''' has served as RPI's campus radio station since 1957. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Operating out of the [[Darrin Communications Center|DCC]], WRPI (known </del>legally as ''WRPI Troy''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">) broadcasts </del>on frequency 91.5 FM at 10,000 watts. The station can be heard within a 75 mile radius of campus (covering all of Troy, Albany, and Schenectady), as well as [https://wrpi.org online] through the station's webstream. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''WRPI''' has served as RPI's campus radio station since 1957. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Known </ins>legally as ''WRPI Troy''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, they broadcast </ins>on frequency 91.5 FM at 10,000 watts. The station can be heard within a 75 mile radius of campus (covering all of Troy, Albany, and Schenectady), as well as [https://wrpi.org online] through the station's webstream<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''WRPI''' has served as RPI's campus radio station since 1957. Operating out of the [[Darrin Communications Center|DCC]], WRPI (known legally as ''WRPI Troy'') broadcasts on frequency 91.5 FM at 10,000 watts. The station can be heard within a 75 mile radius of campus (covering all of Troy, Albany, and Schenectady), as well as [https://wrpi.org online] through the station's webstream. <br />
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Shows on the station are produced by a mix of student and community DJs, though only students are allowed to be board members. Live broadcasts of [[RPI Engineers]] football and hockey games can be heard on the station.</div>Grierm2