WFPC-LP
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WFPC-LP is a 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...

 licensed by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...

 (FCC) to Franklin Pierce University. The station makes its home inside the Marlin Fitzwater
Marlin Fitzwater
Max Marlin Fitzwater was White House Press Secretary for six years under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history.-Early life:...

 Center for Communication in Rindge
Rindge, New Hampshire
Rindge is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,014 at the 2010 census. Rindge is home to Franklin Pierce University, the Cathedral of the Pines, and part of Annett State Forest.-Native American inhabitants:...

, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

. This is a low power radio station run by students. WFPC-LP FM is a member of the Pierce Media Group.

PMG News Center

WFPC-LP is a station that features news every hour provided in part by the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

 and the PMG News Center.

Fitzwater Center's Presidency and the Press

WFPC-LP is involved with the Presidency and the Press workshop held annually during the summer on Franklin Pierce University's Rindge campus.

Pierce Media Group

The Pierce Media Group, run by students, is made up of the Pierce Arrow, FPC TV 25 the local Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...

 cable TV channel and Four Corners Marketing.

Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication Tuesday Briefing Series

Tuesday Briefings have invited government, civic and business leaders to Rindge New Hampshire to meet with students and answer questions. Guests have included Ann Compton
Ann Compton
Ann Compton is an American news reporter and White House correspondent for ABC News Radio.-Career highlights:Compton began her broadcasting career in Virginia, where an internship during her junior year at Hollins College led to a full-time job as the first woman reporting for WDBJ TV, a CBS...

 from ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...

, Boston Globe New Hampshire Political correspondent James Pindell, Journalist and Author Linda Killian, former senior advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Education and a member of the Franklin Pierce College
Franklin Pierce College
Franklin Pierce University is a small, private, regionally-accredited university in rural Rindge, New Hampshire, founded in 1962, combining a liberal arts foundation with coursework for professional preparation...

 Board of Trustees Leslye A. Arsht, Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...

 and the Fitzwater Center hosted election 2006 New Hampshire senate rivals Paul Hodes
Paul Hodes
Paul Hodes is an attorney, musician, and the former U.S. Representative for , serving fom 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was New Hampshire's first Jewish representative....

 and Charlie Bass, political activist Doris "Granny D
Granny D
Doris Haddock was an American political activist from New Hampshire. Haddock achieved national fame when, between the ages of 88 and 90, starting on January 1, 1999 and culminating on February 29, 2000, she walked over 3,200 miles across the continental United States to advocate for campaign...

" Haddock.

The Tuesday Briefings start at 11am EST.

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