WRSE is a college radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 in Elmhurst, Illinois

Elmhurst, Illinois

Elmhurst is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois. The population is 46,013 as of the 2008 US Census population estimate.-History:...

, a western suburb of Chicago

Chicago

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Mission

WRSE strives to entertain and inform the Elmhurst College community, plus eastern and central DuPage County, with student-run non-commercial music and talk programs. Student staff members are afforded an opportunity to learn about and practice broadcasting.

History

• 1947 - WRS begins as a carrier current
  Carrier current
  Carrier current is a method of low power AM radio transmission that uses the AC electrical system of a building to propagate a medium frequency, AM signal to a relatively small area, such as a building or a group of buildings...
  
  station organized by communication vets returning from WWII.

• 1963 - WRSE-FM begins licensed broadcast operation at 88.7mHz with 10 watts.

• 1964 - Moved into new studios in College Union

• 1986 - WRSE boosts power to 100 watts with a directional pattern.

• 2002 - WRSE begins 24/7/365 operation with addition of computerized music automation system.

• 2004 - WRSE begins live web stream.

• 2008 – WRSE boosts power to 320 watts with a directional pattern.

External links

• Photo of: WRSE tower & previous antenna at sunset