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I removed the quote about being the oldest college radio station. WRUC makes that claim for itself, starting over-the-air broadcasting in 1920. Unless someone has a reference for the WSRN claim, we should leave it out. Simon12 05:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well Swarthmore claims the station began as an amateur radio club in 1919, but didn't start broadcasting on AM until 1940.[1]. Even the 1919 claim is not enough to say that it was the first college radio station, so the claim should be left out until verified. Simon12 05:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Carrier-current certainly isn't over-the-air, and arguably doesn't count as "broadcast." Until the station went FM, its signal was available only to listeners whose radios were plugged into Swarthmore College's AC outlets. 174.31.218.42 (talk) 21:16, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
More history from the 1940s here: [2]Simon12 06:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"Worldwide Swarthmore Radio Network?" wsrnfm.org doesn't mention the title. 130.58.248.85 (talk) 20:13, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The original carrier-current AM station was referred to as SN, the "Swarthmore Network." This is mentioned in [3]. When the station was picking a callsign for its FM broadcast application, the initial W was already fixed by the FCC, and the addition of an R for "radio" made for a convenient backronym. 174.31.218.42 (talk) 21:16, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
