WRSU
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| Broadcast area | Central New Jersey |
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| Slogan | "Rutgers Radio" |
| Format | Non-commercial campus radio |
| ERP | 1,350 watts |
| HAAT | 38 meters |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | W Rutgers, the State University |
| Owner | Rutgers University |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wrsu.rutgers.edu |
WRSU (88.7 FM) is a non-commercial college radio station serving the greater Central New Jersey area, broadcasting from the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is a student-run radio station with Rutgers faculty member Mike Pavlichko serving as its Broadcast Administrator. WRSU broadcasts on FM and streams all of its programming online.
WRSU currently operates mostly on free-form programming. Shows do not have to fit a certain style on a normal broadcast schedule with DJ's creating their own playlists. Genres of music that the station broadcasts includes various forms of rock, including indie, alternative and metal. The station also broadcasts electronic, rap/hip-hop, and other diverse genres of music.
There is an eclectic level of diversity in WRSU's specialty programming, and many shows focus on one particular brand of music and are broadcast weekly. A few of these shows are listed below:
The station commits its Sunday programming schedule to members of the diverse New Brunswick community. The current world music programming schedule at WRSU includes:
WRSU has a base within sports related-programming, as the WRSU Sports department works exclusively with the Rutgers athletic department in order to broadcast athletic events, and train students for a career in broadcast media. The station has been broadcasting Rutgers athletics since 1954.
Student broadcasters perform play-by-play coverage of all home and away games for Rutgers football, Rutgers men's basketball, and Rutgers women's basketball. WRSU remains the flagship station for the Rutgers women's basketball program. WRSU's student sportscasters also broadcast all home games for the Rutgers baseball and men's and women's soccer teams, and broadcasts of Rutgers lacrosse and wrestling have also been incorporated into the station's schedule in recent years. WRSU also credentials students to cover many home games as sports reporters, allowing members of the department to practice writing game stories and opinion pieces to be posted on the WRSU website.
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