WRKC
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| Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
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| Branding | "Radio King's College" |
| Frequency | 88.5 (MHz) |
| First air date | September 18, 1968 |
| Format | owner = King's College |
| ERP | 440 watts |
| Class | A |
| Website | WRKC web site |
WRKC (88.5 FM) is a 440 watt student operated college radio station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in northeastern Pennsylvania. The station's signal is best listened to within inner Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Swoyersville), but can also be heard in outer Luzerne County (Pittston, Nanticoke, Dallas).
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[edit] Format
Like many college radio stations, WRKC is run completely by students at King's College, except for the general manager. The station's radio format has a fair mixture of contemporary rock, indie rock, punk rock and other assorted genres. Students must play at least 40% of their music from rotation, but sometimes this rule is voided if the genre of a show is unique (i.e., a reggae show would not require rotation to be played since there is very little reggae in rotation). In 2010, a completely student written and performed radio noir show began broadcasting on the station, making it one of the only non-music programs available on the station. WRKC was formerly a mixed news, talk and music station but in the last fifteen years went to a complete radio format, save for the aforementioned radio noir show and the station's anchor program, the Radio Home Visitor, a news program that reads the day's local newspapers to the blind for the past 35 years. While a mixed radio format, the station aired some infamous segments such as a student interview with the Ku Klux Klan. The station is webcast. The station airs 24-hours a day on a 440 watt signal, playing a jukebox of CDs when student DJs do not do shows.
[edit] Bands
The general practice of WRKC, like many other college radio stations, is to play non-mainstream and underground bands. In recent years, bands like Fallout Boy, Taking Back Sunday and My Chemical Romance were played heavily on WRKC before they achieved mainstream attention. Many popular bands in previous decades have been played on WRKC before they reached mainstream popularity.
[edit] Sports
The station also airs broadcasts of football and basketball games for King's College, and is planning on airing baseball and lacrosse in the future.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WRKC
- WRKC Website
- WRKC Alumni website (photos and info about the station's history)
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