Talk:WMTS-FM

History
It would be nice if you guys could include a brief history of the station. If I remember correctly, there is a station history that is supposed to be maintained by station officers. I was once a DJ there, back in the olden days of 1992-1994, and I'll happily fill in what I remember. I figure if 'RVU can have a history on their wiki article, why not 'MTS?

Before WMTS had a transmittter, it was known by the unofficial call letters WNAR ("We Need A Radio") and broadcast over campus cable on Housing Channel 39, and later to the entire city of Murfreesboro over MTSU-TV Channel 8 (Yes, that was before it was MTTV on channel 10). Before the spiffy studios in the 2nd floor of the LRC were donated by WMOT, we broadcast (narrowcast?) from a small office also on the 2nd floor of the LRC, and used a closet across from the "studio" for our media library. The equipment was ancient, kludged together and as several DJ's at the time could attest, didn't always work. Prior to when I left MTSU in 1994, we had learned that we had been granted the 88.3 frequency. At the time the WMTS call letters belonged to AM 810 WMTS in Murfreesboro. When that station learned the student-run radio station wanted the call signs, they graciously changed their calls to WAPB (now spanish-language WMGC) and donated the WMTS calls to the MTSU station. CaponeX 20:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Another thought: Is it really necessary to list shows and showtimes? Since this is very fluid and subject to change on a semester-by-semester basis, I feel that listing shows would be more like advertising, which is expressly prohibited by Wikipedia. CaponeX 08:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

A bit more history
Correction on the studio space donation. They were originally part of the MTSU College Of Mass Communication's Radio/TV laboratory, however, they just happened to be next to WMOT. Since WMTS also serves as a training ground for students, reuse of this space seemed appropriate. For many years, that space was full of old desks, ancient mixing consoles, cart machines and various other junk. For the most part, CaponeX's early history comments are correct. I served as the station's technical director from 1995 to 1999 and helped out a bit as an alumni DJ from 1999 until 2003. Also, for several years, there has been discussion of moving both WMTS and WMOT into a new studio location, possibly over at the Mass Communications building once they (if ever) add an addition to that building. The Learning Resources Center is technically 'owned' by the College of Education these days. Maxquad (talk) 21:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't honestly remember when 'MTS moved from the 'closet' into that studio. I know it hadn't yet moved while I was involved up to spring '94. Was it moved by that fall? If so, I may very well have been the final broadcast... er... narrowcast from the 'closet'. Hmm. Awesome. --CaponeX (talk) 07:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Rehash of old website material
Could someone at least edit the history of WMTS without rehashing old WMTS website material from 1995? I wrote that history when WMTS's first website went online back in those days. Maxquad (talk) 15:36, 08 May 2009 (UTC)