"KWSR" Wyoming Student Radio

Operated on the UW campus and Laramie cable system only at 90.9 FM. Wyoming Student Radio "KWSR" used Wyoming Public Radio studio C, which is far removed from the WPR control room and had a telephone line used for requests and some "remote" programs. Official genres carried by student programmers went from Acid, Ecletic, New Wave, Rap and finally "Psychotronic", with a little talk mixed in as well. The entire operation was allowed way too much freedom and faculty oversight was non-existant. Eventually WPR demanded that the orgies and parties be held elsewhere. Had about a 10 year run from mid-80s to early 90s.

   To protect the guilty, the student names have been removed, and 2591 is no longer a request line.

Wyoming Student Radio is having a revival, this time by internet at http://uwyoradio.com As of January 7, 2007 this URL is kaput. With the new RIAA royalties that require a minimum annual payment of $500.00 per stream for non-commercial netcasters, it is not likely to ever come back. Studio C is getting re-wired and is used extensively for producing WPR news, especially call-in field reports.



 

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  • 7/9/2007 4:59 PM UWYOFM wrote:
    Actually, UWYO.FM (formerly, uwyoradio.com) is coming this week. The only reason they pulled it, was because it changed hands and the new group wanted to upgrade some things, rather than leave it online sporadically like it was before.
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