WRPS
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WRPS is a high school radio
station licensed
to serve Rockland, Massachusetts
. The station is owned by Rockland Public Schools and operated by the staff and students of Rockland High School. It airs a combination high school
/Hot AC music format in Stereo.
The station was assigned the WRPS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), and began operations in February 1974.
records from his personal collection.. Also in 1980, Dave Stewart of WPLJ, New York City began his career at WRPS while attending Junior High School in Rockland. He has been the late-night host at WPLJ since 1989.
In 2003, James "Couzy" Anderson, a future TV broadcaster currently serving in the United States Air Force began announcing Play-by-play for the Rockland High School football team, which began a tenure of over 1,000 hours of announcing, 200 plus games and hosted a sports talk show weekly until graduation in 2007.
High school radio
High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...
station licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Rockland, Massachusetts
Rockland, Massachusetts
Rockland is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The 2010 census records its population at 17,489. As of December 31, 2009, there are 11,809 registered voters in the community.-History:...
. The station is owned by Rockland Public Schools and operated by the staff and students of Rockland High School. It airs a combination high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
/Hot AC music format in Stereo.
The station was assigned the WRPS call letters 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), and began operations in February 1974.
Alumni
In 1980, the late legendary Boston broadcaster Fred B. Cole hosted a show every weekday afternoon playing big bandBig band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
records from his personal collection.. Also in 1980, Dave Stewart of WPLJ, New York City began his career at WRPS while attending Junior High School in Rockland. He has been the late-night host at WPLJ since 1989.
In 2003, James "Couzy" Anderson, a future TV broadcaster currently serving in the United States Air Force began announcing Play-by-play for the Rockland High School football team, which began a tenure of over 1,000 hours of announcing, 200 plus games and hosted a sports talk show weekly until graduation in 2007.