WITR Radio Station collection 1961-1993

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WITR Radio Station collection 1961-1993

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The WITR Radio Station collection consists of items related to the Rochester Institute of Technology's official student-run radio station. Most of the collection is made up of printed matter including advertising fliers, program guides, blank student surveys, forms used by the station, unused stationery, news publications and clippings, and open house invitations. The collection also includes correspondence from agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Educational FM Associates.In addition, the collection includes a few pieces of memorabilia. There are files on several specific events and six Eva-tone Soundsheets (flexi discs) released by the station. Documents and memorabilia related to WITR, the Rochester Institute of Technology's student-run radio station. The collection includes a variety of materials including program guides, correspondence, event invitations, advertising documents, memorabilia, and clippings.

0.25 linear feet (1 document box)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8141747

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

WITR (Radio station : Rochester, N.Y.)

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The WITR Radio Station was established in 1961 as the first student-run radio station at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). On November 12th of that year, the Board of Trustees for the Institute gave a group of students permission to construct an FM radio station on the campus. The hope was that the station would be able to "tie together" the RIT community of which nearly half of the students commuted to school. In addition to music, the station was to provide local news, a calendar of...