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The studio at WAVM in Maynard, MA in 1994.  This small high school station has attracted national attention for its ongoing battle to save its license after it was challenged by an out-of-state religious broadcaster.
The studio at WAVM in Maynard, MA in 1994. This small high school station has attracted national attention for its ongoing battle to save its license after it was challenged by an out-of-state religious broadcaster.

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. Little is recorded about these stations, but like other low-powered stations of the era, their programming would tend to be sporadic, with music and readings performed live by the station's performers - the era of playing records would not be established until the 1950s. The combination of the Great Depression of the early 1930s and new restrictions enacted by the Federal Communications Commission forced all of the high school stations off the air by 1934.

It would not be until the late 1940s, with the advent of the 88-108 MHz FM Radio band that renewed interest was shown in HS radio. The oldest HS station on FM is WHHS in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, which started broadcasting in 1949. The station is still broadcasting today. As the FM band increased in listenership in the next few decades, the number of HS stations increased with it. By the 1970s, there were over 150 HS stations across the country. In addition to this number, there have always been untold numbers of unlicensed stations using carrier current (popular through the 1970s), extremely low power or "Part 15" stations, and closed circuit broadcasting. Many of the licensed stations are assigned to suburban school districts in a few large metro areas: Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle and to a lesser extent San Francisco and Cleveland. There have historically been very few H.S. stations in the Southeast.

While some HS stations became important training grounds for students who would go on to careers in broadcasting, the perception of HS stations as poorly programmed and supervised helped contribute to the downfall of many stations. After a steady decline in their numbers in the 1980s and '90s, the availability of LPFM licenses has renewed interest in HS radio, at least in rural areas where the LPFM license is most readily available.

Today's HS stations, particularly in rural areas, serve as de facto community radio stations when classes are not in session.

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[edit] Difficulties of high school broadcasting

Many HS stations were first licensed in the 1970s on the FM band, just as the band was beginning to fill up and become crowded in many cities. As a result, HS stations tended to be low-powered (under one kilowatt) in most instances.

  • The expense involved with maintaining broadcasting equipment.
  • Among more powerful HS stations, especially in urban markets, the station's license could become very valuable. This would tend to tempt school administrators to sell the license, usually to a local college, or public or Christian radio broadcaster. Several HS stations have met this fate: KCDC, near Denver, operated sporadically for years before being sold to a public broadcaster. WYCS-FM, near Hampton Roads, Virginia, is now a Christian radio station. Several smaller stations have been transferred to colleges.
  • Many of the lowest-powered stations that held "Class D" licenses had no legal protection against higher powered stations applying for their frequency, and thus many were simply forced off the air.
  • Instructors or faculty involved with initially establishing the radio station leave or retire and the school is unable to find replacements. Disinterest then begins to build amongst the students.
  • HS stations must air at least 12 hours daily, or they are left open for a third party to apply for a timeshare on the frequency, as in the case of 2004, when Hoosier Public Radio Corp. of Greenfield, Indiana, applied for such against seven HS and college radio stations in Indiana and Kentucky. In March 2005, the FCC ruled against HPR in the case of four of the affected stations, granting the affected stations renewed licenses. The cases in the other three stations are still pending.
  • A general perception that radio technology is no longer as exciting to high school students as newer technologies such as the Internet. Many HS stations are now spending more time relaying public radio outlets than producing their own programming.

[edit] List of American high school radio stations

"Defunct" refers only to the stations themselves and not necessarily the schools that operated them. The dates listed often refer to the year when the station's license was formally revoked by the FCC, though in most cases the station had ceased broadcasting years before that.

This list only includes stations that were/are licensed by the FCC. No licensed HS stations are known to have existed in Alabama, Hawaii, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

  • KCAC-89.5 Camden - Camden Career Center.

[edit] California

  • KCEA-89.1 Atherton - Menlo-Atherton H.S.
  • KVHS-90.5 Concord - Clayton Valley H.S.
  • KGAR-LP-93.3 Lemoore - Lemoore Union H.S.
  • KNBS-90.3 Manteca - East Union H.S. (defunct-1980)
  • KBHI-88.9 Modesto - Beyer H.S. (defunct-1980)
  • KOEN-89.7 Oceanside - Carlsbad H.S. (defunct)
  • KXHV-89.7 Sacramento - Sacramento H.S. (defunct-2003)
  • KTUO-99.1 Sonora - Tuolomne H.S. (defunct)
  • KNHS-89.7 Torrance - North H.S. (defunct-1991)
  • KVIK-91.5 Travis AFB - Vanden H.S. (defunct-1990)
  • KBDG-90.9 Turlock - Turlock Union H.S. (station sold - now an ethnic broadcaster)

[edit] Colorado

  • KCDC-90.7 Longmont - St. Vrain Valley Career Development Center (station sold in 2002, now a public radio station)
  • KURA-LP-98.9 Ouray - Ouray H.S.
  • KFBS-1260 Trinidad - School District No. 1 (1920s)

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

[edit] Florida

  • WTHS-91.7 Miami - Miami Technical H.S. (defunct)
  • WGAG-89.3 Orlando - Oak Ridge H.S. (defunct-1989)
  • WTHA-LP-107.1 Seaside - Seaside Charter School.
  • WPFL-88.9 Winter Park - Winter Park H.S. (defunct-1982)

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Idaho

  • KIBQ-91.9 Idaho Falls - Idaho Falls H.S. (defunct-1980)
  • KLHS-88.9 Lewiston - Lewiston H.S. (station transferred to Lewis & Clark State College in 2003, but is currently off the air)

[edit] Illinois

  • WBHI-90.7 Chicago - Bogan H.S. (defunct)
  • WEPS-88.9 Elgin - Elgin High School
  • WRHS-88.1 Park Forest - Rich Twp. H.S. (defunct-1982)
  • WARG-88.9 Summit - Argo H.S.

[edit] Indiana

  • WGVE-88.7 Gary - Gary Area Career Center.
  • WDHS-90.9 Gaston Wes-Del H.S. (defunct-1987)
  • WHWE-89.7 Howe - Howe Military School (defunct)
  • WKPW-90.7 Knightstown - Ralph Eder Vocational Career Center
  • WHSK-89.1 Kokomo - Central H.S. (defunct)
  • WWDS-90.5 Muncie - Delta H.S.
  • WEEM-91.7 Pendleton - Pendleton Heights H.S.

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

  • KHHS-88.1 Hillsboro - Hillsboro H.S. (defunct-1980)

[edit] Kentucky

  • WRHR-LP-95.3 Corbin - Corbin H.S.

[edit] Louisiana

  • WBEH-89.3 New Orleans - P.G. Beauregard School (defunct).
  • WBRH-90.3 and KBRH-1260 - Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge Magnet H.S.

[edit] Maine

  • WMOS-95.3 Bath - Morse H.S. (Defunct)
  • WBHS-91.9 Brunswick - Brunswick H.S. (Defunct-1981)
  • WSHD-91.7 Eastport - Shead Memorial H.S.

[edit] Maryland

  • WBYQ-96.7 Baltimore - Dundalk H.S. (defunct)

[edit] Massachusetts

  • WHAB-89.1 Acton - Acton-Boxborough H.S.
  • WBMT-88.3 Boxford - Masconomet Regional H.S.
  • WBPV-90.7 Charlton - Bay Path Vocational H.S. (station sold to a religious broadcaster)
  • WIQH-88.3 Concord - Concord-Carlisle H.S.
  • WCCT-90.3 Harwich Port - Cape Cod Regional Technical H.S. (sold to Cape Cod Community College-2003)
  • WDBY-91.7 Duxbury - Duxbury H.S. (defunct)
  • WWTA-88.5 Marion - Tabor Academy
  • WYAJ-97.7 Sudbury - Lincoln-Sudbury H.S.
  • WSRB-91.5 Walpole - Walpole H.S. (defunct-2001) [1]
  • WHSR-91.9 Winchester - Winchester H.S. (defunct)

[edit] Michigan

  • WCHW-91.3 Bay City - Bay City Public Schools
  • WKDS-89.9 Kalamazoo - Norrix H.S. (now defunct)
  • WRFK-LP-107.7 Mt. Pleasant - Mt. Pleasant Baptist Academy (defunct)
  • WOPR-90.3 Oak Park - Oak Park H.S. (defunct)
  • WBBP-1260 Petoskey - Petoskey H.S. (1920s)
  • WOAK-89.3 Royal Oak - Royal Oak H.S. (defunct)
  • WTSD-88.1 Waterford - Waterford H.S. (defunct)

[edit] Minnesota

  • KBEM-88.5 Minneapolis - North H.S. (station still exists, but is no longer student-run)
  • KDXL-106.7 St. Louis Park - St. Louis Park H.S. (station shares time with KUOM-FM, St. Louis Park, owned by the University of Minnesota) KUOM-FM is the FM simulcast of KUOM-770 AM, the student-operated station at the university.

[edit] Mississippi

  • WPWS-LP-104.3 Piney Woods - The Piney Woods School

[edit] Missouri

  • KOMR-89.3 St. Louis - Mehlville H.S. (defunct-1979)

[edit] Montana

  • KHTC-89.5 Helena - Helena Vo-Tech (defunct-1990)
  • KPLR-LP-96.9 Poplar - Poplar H.S.
  • KDGZ-LP-98.3 Townsend - Broadwater H.S.

[edit] Nebraska

  • KOCH-1160 Omaha - Central H.S. (1920s)
  • KFOX-1210 Omaha - Technical H.S. (1920s)

[edit] Nevada

  • KGLH-91.5 Gerlach - Gerlach H.S. (defunct-1990)
  • KPOT-LP-93.9 Jackpot - Jackpot Combined School.

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

  • WBEK-88.1 Cherry Hill - Cherry Hill Twp. H.S. (defunct-1984)
  • WRMH-LP-101.7 Linwood - Mainland Regional H.S.
  • WOGH-88.9 West Orange - West Orange H.S. (defunct-1981)
  • WHPH-90.5 Whippany - Hanover Park Regional H.S. (defunct)

[edit] New York

  • WBKT-93.3 Brockport - D.W. Field H.S. (defunct-1991)
  • WSVS-1370 Buffalo - Seneca Vocational School (1920s)
  • WHHJ-88.9 Dix Hills - Half Hills Hollow East H.S. (defunct-1981)
  • WOSS-91.5 Ossining - Ossining H.S. (defunct-1998)
  • WSCS-89.5 Sodus - Sodus H.S. (defunct-1990)

[edit] North Carolina

  • WUAW-88.3 Erwin - Triton H.S.
  • WSEQ-LP-92.9 Hudson - South Caldwell H.S.
  • WSER-LP-100.1 Lenoir - South Caldwell H.S.

[edit] Ohio

  • WCNE-88.7 Batavia - Clermont Northeastern H.S. (Defunct 1989 - Station used to have shared access with and channel is now operated solely by WOBO http://www.wobofm.com)
  • WBHR-88.7 Bellaire - Bellaire H.S. (defunct-1989)
  • WGVO-91.5 Greenville - Greenville H.S. (defunct-1989)
  • WLMH-89.1 Morrow - Little Miami H.S.
  • WRCJ-89.3 Reading - Reading H.S. (defunct-1989)
  • WABR-1140 Toledo - Scott H.S. (1920s)
  • WXTS-88.3 Toledo - Scott H.S.
  • WUHS-91.7 Urbana - Urbana H.S. (defunct-1989)

[edit] Oregon

  • KHMS-1420 AM Coos Bay - Marshfield H.S.
  • KFSL-LP-99.5 Fossil - Wheeler H.S.
  • KPAI-LP-103.1 Paisley - Paisley H.S.
  • KZSO-LP-106.5 Sisters - Sisters H.S.

[edit] Pennsylvania

  • WASD-88.1 Exeter - Wyoming Area H.S. (defunct)

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] Tennessee

  • WQOX-88.5 Memphis - Craigmont H.S.
  • WMTN-LP-94.1 Sewanee - St. Andrews-Sewanee School

[edit] Texas

  • KRSM-93.3 Dallas - St. Mark's School of Texas (defunct-1997)
  • KEOM-88.5 Mesquite - Mesquite Independent School District.
  • KPHS-90.3 Plains - Plains H.S.

[edit] Utah

  • KGVH-91.7 Gunnison - Gunnison Valley H.S. (defunct)
  • KSME-90.7 Manti - Manti H.S. (defunct)
  • KOHS-91.7 Orem - Orem H.S.
  • KPWN-90.9 Parowan - Parowan H.S. (defunct)
  • KUIB-89.1 Vernal - Uintah H.S. (defunct)

[edit] Vermont

  • WYTC-LP-89.1 Hyde Park - Lamoille Union H.S.

[edit] Virginia

  • WFOS-88.7 Chesapeake - Chesapeake Public Schools
  • WBBW-1350 Norfolk - Ruffner H.S. (1920s)

[edit] Washington

  • KAHS-LP-106.5 Aberdeen - Aberdeen H.S.
  • KTCV-88.1 Kennewick - Tri-Cities Vocational Skills Center
  • KFIO-1110 Spokane - North Central H.S. (1920s)
  • KVTI-90.9 Tacoma - Clover Park Vo-Tech.
  • KYVT-88.5 Yakima - Yakima Valley Tech Skills Center.

[edit] West Virginia

  • WCKV-89.5 Ceredo - Ceredo-Kenova H.S. (License returned, 1993)
  • WFGH-90.7 Fort Gay - Tolsia H.S. (formerly located at Fort Gay H.S. through 1992)
  • WPHP-91.9 Wheeling - Wheeling Park H.S.

[edit] Wisconsin

  • WGBP-90.7 Green Bay - Premontre H.S. (defunct-1982)
  • WLXS-LP-101.5 La Crosse - School District of La Crosse
  • WYMS-88.9 Milwaukee - Milwaukee Public Schools (station is no longer student-run)
  • WESD-94.7 Schofield - D.C. Everest H.S. (defunct-1988)

[edit] Wyoming

  • KYDZ-90.1 Cody - Cody H.S. (defunct-1997)
  • KJHB-LP-97.7 Jackson - Jackson Hole H.S.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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