Talk:WXBC (AM)

Current WXBC History

Actually, there was no radio station at Bard many years prior to 1978, possibly not since the early to mid 1950's. In 1978 as a freshman student attending Bard, I organized and led a small group of students, wrote a charter, and proposed how to fund and build the present AM radio station using vending machine proceeds. We presented the proposal to Bard College President, Leon Botstein in the Spring of 1978 at one of the standing Thursday student-president tea meetings. I subsequently made an offer to Stu Shantz, general manager of Vassar college radio to purchase Vassar's common carrier transmitters for $10 USD each. Vassar was expanding to over-the-air FM broadcast and no longer had a need for their AM common-carrier transmitters. Vassar accepted and Stu went on to become a major radio personality for many years at WPDH-FM in Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1978 current day WXBC radio station went live. I still have in my possession the original copy of the charter and minutes of those founding meetings. I later became chief engineer of WMCR-FM Marist College radio and then on the the American Broadcasting Companies (ABC) in NYC.

Regards, Michael Iantosca — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeIantosca (talk • contribs) 16:35, 28 May 2013 (UTC)