WXCI

WXCI

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City of license	Danbury, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Western Connecticut
Branding	Represent
Frequency	91.7 MHz
First air date	February 28, 1973
Format	Educational
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	67 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	71786
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	XCI = Roman numerals for 91
Former callsigns	WCST
Owner	Western Connecticut State University
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (smartphone)
Website	Official website

WXCI (91.7 FM) is a student radio station broadcasting an Educational format. Licensed to Danbury, Connecticut, USA, the station serves the Connecticut and New York college area. The station is currently owned by Western Connecticut State University.

WXCI broadcasts to Connecticut and New York at 3,000 watts with a stereo transmitter on WCSU's Westside Campus. It also streams its broadcasts on the Web.

The radio station obtained its FCC license to operate on 28 February 1973. The Station began at 12:30 pm local time with a student Rob Abbett nickname Rabbett, with the words, "Good afternoon, this is FM radio station WXCI in Danbury beginning its first broadcast day." Before Abbett throw the station Fm broadcast the station was AM carrier current and PA system in dorms and student center was at the time call Memorial Hall with the call letter WCST. This station was start in 1968 by Bob Wilson. However, by 1973 thing progress to FM radio broadcast initially transmitting at 10 watts of power, WXCI upgraded to 760 watts in 1978. In 1982, WXCI was one of the first FM stations to focus on alternative rock, a format now common among US college radio stations. As one of a handful of stations playing alternative rock in the US in the early 1980s, WXCI helped popularize new bands such as REM, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, U2, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Black Flag.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WXCI
• Radio-Locator information on WXCI
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WXCI