WRTC-FM
| City | Hartford, Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Frequency | 89.3 (MHz) |
| First air date | February 26, 1947 |
| Format | Diversified |
| ERP | 300 watts, Stereo |
| HAAT | 29 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 68255 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°45′06″N 72°41′29″W / 41.75167°N 72.69139°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Radio Trinity College |
| Former frequencies | 620 kc. (1947–1949) 550 kc. (1949-1950) 620 kc. (1950-1956) |
| Owner | Trinity College (Connecticut) |
| Website | www |
WRTC-FM is a non-commercial FM radio station based in Hartford, Connecticut, which primarily serves the metropolitan Hartford market. WRTC broadcasts a diverse format featuring nearly 60 weekly programs ranging from rock, jazz, Caribbean, Latin, and soul to hip hop, funk, gospel, blues, and Broadway. The station, owned by Trinity College, can be found on the dial at 89.3 MHz.
WRTC made its on-air debut on February 26, 1947, providing "innovative, community-based programming". It was one of the first stations in the Hartford area to play rock music and today airs more than 40 hours a week of a wide range of rock styles.
In the 1970s, Alien Rock was one of the first programs in the state to introduce art, progressive, and punk rock to listeners. Although there’s less progressive and art rock on the air today, it was once a mainstay during the 1970s and still has a place at WRTC, as do album-oriented (AOR) and Indie rock, house music, and techno offerings.
WRTC also boasts more than 30 hours of jazz programming each week. Styles run the gamut: conventional straight-ahead, fusion, hard bop, modern, and smooth/cool).
The station also runs 20 hours of Caribbean sounds each week, including bomba, calypso, compas, dancehall, lovers rock, merengue, reggaeton, rocksteady, roots reggae, ska, soca, and zouk, and over the years, on-air interviews have been conducted with such artists as: Black Uhuru, Buju Banton, Ken Boothe, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Beres Hammond, The Heptones, Luciano, Junior Marvin, Freddie McGregor, Maxi Priest, Shabba Ranks, Shaggy, Sizzla, Toots & the Maytals, Yellowman, and the sons of the late Bob Marley: Julian, Ky-Mani, and Stephen. Every weeknight brings a different spotlight on Latin programming, ranging from Latin contemporary music to salsa, merengue, or bachata.
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