WRUW-FM (91.1 FM) is a

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licensed to

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...

. Owned by

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case ...

, the station serves

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and is student-run, carrying a combined

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and variety format. WRUW-FM's studios are located in the Mather Memorial Building on the Case Western Reserve campus at University Circle, while the station's transmitter resides in East Cleveland.

History

WRUW has its earliest roots in "WFSM", started in 1946 by the Flora Stone Mather Radio Club at what was then Western Reserve University which presented programming via a

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system. This was followed by the AM

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station WRAR in 1955. Finally, on February 26, 1967, the FCC granted a license under the call sign WRUW-FM.http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1969-YB/1969-BC-YB-for-OCR-Page-0294.pdf Western Reserve merged with Case Institute of Technology five months later. WRUW began as a 10-watt

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station, gained

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capability in 1974 and saw a power increase to 1000 watts in 1980. WRUW's power was boosted to its current level of 15,000 watts on March 5, 2002. Over the years, WRUW has worked to maintain ties to the community, co-sponsoring events with Case Western Reserve University and other University Circle institutions, maintaining a relationship with the Hessler Street Fair, and providing a voice for community members not otherwise associated with Case Western Reserve University.

Current programming

WRUW is open to both students and members of the

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community. Completion of a semester-long training course is required. Summer events include Studio-A-Rama (mainly

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and pop acts), usually held the Saturday after Labor Day.

References

External links

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