WRTV (defunct)
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WRTV-AM 600 was a radio station at the George Washington University from the mid eighties until the late 1990s when it merged with WRGW. Unlike WRGW, which was entirely student operated, WRTV was a branch of the university's communications department. Academic advisors to the station included Professor Joan Thiel, Professor Gregory Lowe, and NPR's, Corey Flintoff.
The station's main purpose was to train students in the broadcast arts, and placed a heavy emphasis on news and information. WRTV featured several music shows, sports talk programs, entertainment shows, as well as a nightly news broadcast. WRTV also covered campus home of games of the George Washington University Colonials basketball team.
The station broadcast to the dorms of the university through an archaic system of carrier current transmitters which used the internal wiring of the buildings as an antenna. Range was extremely limited, and the transmitters were often in need of repair. As a result, listenership was at a minimum, and sound quality was poor.
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