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Joseph_Gallant
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....I've found an article about the history of WBRU-95.5 posted on the website of the Brown Alumni Magazine. You can read the article by clicking here.
One interesting tidbit, and something I previously didn't know about, was that WBRU in 1989 seriously considered going noncommercial and becoming an NPR member station. In 1989, there was no NPR member station in Rhode Island, and even today, the two NPR stations in the Ocean State are on AM, and are owned by (and usually simulcast) Boston's WBUR-90.9. Many Rhode Islanders no doubt want to see a "home grown" NPR station in their state.
Had WBRU gone noncommercial and NPR in 1989, it probably at the time would have broadcast "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" with clasical and/or jazz the rest of the day. Today, it probably would have become 24/7 NPR news and information.
But in the end, WBRU decided to stick with rock, and would soon enter it's peak years (in terms of popularity).
One interesting tidbit, and something I previously didn't know about, was that WBRU in 1989 seriously considered going noncommercial and becoming an NPR member station. In 1989, there was no NPR member station in Rhode Island, and even today, the two NPR stations in the Ocean State are on AM, and are owned by (and usually simulcast) Boston's WBUR-90.9. Many Rhode Islanders no doubt want to see a "home grown" NPR station in their state.
Had WBRU gone noncommercial and NPR in 1989, it probably at the time would have broadcast "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" with clasical and/or jazz the rest of the day. Today, it probably would have become 24/7 NPR news and information.
But in the end, WBRU decided to stick with rock, and would soon enter it's peak years (in terms of popularity).