WMSC (FM)
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| City | Upper Montclair, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Northern New Jersey |
| Slogan | "Montclair State's Underground Radio" |
| Frequency | 90.3 MHz |
| First air date | 1966 |
| Format | alternative rock |
| ERP | 10 watt |
| HAAT | 205 meters |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 43579 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°51′53.00″N 74°12′3.00″W / 40.8647222°N 74.2008333°W |
| Owner | Montclair State University |
| Website | wmscradio.com |
WMSC is an alternative rock college radio station located at and owned by Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. WMSC broadcasts at 90.3 MHz. WMSC is operated by the students of Montclair State University.
WMSC was founded in 1966 as WVMS, "The Voice of Montclair State", by a group of Montclair State College students.
The Voice of Montclair State was founded with the vision of becoming another way for student outreach to Montclair State students and the communities surrounding the college. MSC was primarily a commuter college with on-campus housing for only about 25% of its 1966 student population. Most of the commuters and off-campus housing students left the campus at the end of their classes and seldom returned to participate in the wide variety of campus activities available. A commuter student from Clifton, New Jersey, Ed Helvey, felt that a college-based FM radio station could help better connect the commuter and off-campus students with their campus. Mr. Helvey's interest in broadcast communications began as a young teenager when he became a licensed amateur radio operator. In his freshman year, he founded the Montclair State Amateur Radio Society and then, during his sophomore year, began a campaign to build interest in creating a college broadcast radio station.
By the second semester of his junior year Ed Helvey had recruited a core group of more than 25 students who became the foundation of The Voice of Montclair State. Mr. Tete Tetens, Jr., an Education professor and coincidentally, a broadcast engineer licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) who worked part-time for WPAT at its Clifton, NJ AM transmitter site, became the faculty adviser. Additionally, Mr. Helvey had the support of Miss Emma Fantone, Coordinator, and Mr. Ted Sheft, Associate Coordinator, of the Audio-Visual Center. They provided the initial studio space for the first WVMS studio in College Hall, the college administration building. Mr. Helvey gained the support of Dr. Thomas Richardson, President of the College, Erik Engel, president, John Van Emden, treasurer and the other officers and student representatives of the Student Government Association, Mr. Gary Leo, Director of Student Activities, the College Life Union Board and the Montclarion. The Voice of Montclair State was also the recipient of the funds raised by the 1966 annual MSC Carnival, providing seed money to get the organization launched. The Student Government Association granted The Voice of Montclair State's petition to be chartered as a Class A organization, which meant that it would receive annual funding from the student activity fees paid by every MSC student as did The Montclarion, the campus newspaper. This was the first new Class A chartered organization in over 20 years. Ed Helvey and his team of motivated fellow students accomplished a lot in a very short period of time.
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