WHRB
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| City | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Branding | WHRB 95.3 FM |
| Frequency | 95.3 MHz |
| First air date | December 2, 1940 (closed-circuit AM) May 17, 1957 (commercial FM) |
| Format | Variety |
| ERP | 1,450 watts |
| HAAT | 185 meters (607 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 26341 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°21′8.6″N 71°3′22.8″W / 42.352389°N 71.056333°W |
| Callsign meaning | Harvard Radio Broadcasting |
| Former callsigns | WHRB-FM (1957–1978) |
| Former frequencies | 107.1 MHz (1957–1959) |
| Owner | Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WHRB is a commercial FM radio station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It broadcasts at 95.3 MHz and is operated by students at Harvard College.
WHRB was one of America's first college radio stations, initially signing on as a carrier current station on December 2, 1940. After acquiring funding from The Harvard Crimson the station's first call sign was WHCN (Harvard Crimson Network). It broke from the Crimson in 1943 and adopted the call sign WHRV (Harvard Radio Voice). Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc., the non-profit corporation that owns the station, was formed February 1, 1951, and the current call sign adopted.
In order to reach audiences beyond Harvard's campus, the corporation acquired a commercial FM broadcast license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and began regular broadcasting on May 17, 1957 at 107.1 MHz. A few years later, the station changed frequency to 95.3 MHz, where it has remained since. The broadcast area expanded considerably in 1995 when the main transmitter was relocated from atop Holyoke Center (now called the Smith Campus Center) in Harvard Square to its present location atop One Financial Center in downtown Boston. (A facility remains at the Smith site for backup purposes.) Broadcasts went global when internet retransmission of its programs began on November 18, 1999. In 2009, WHRB made available for download the first stand-alone college radio station iPhone "app".
WHRB is a confederacy of on-air departments, each with its own staff, training requirements, and allocation of airtime. During the academic year, the station publishes detailed bimonthly program guides,[1] describing its regular programming as well as the Orgy periods that end each semester.
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