| Frequency and Band |
| 88.5 MHz FM |
| Licensed Power |
| 3,000 Watts - Downtown |
| 18,000 Watts - Pinnacle Nov, 2008 |
| Transmiiter |
Pinnacle Hill ![[WWW]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} Google Map |
| Phone |
| 585 275 9787 (ASK-WRUR) - Request Line |
| Mailing Address |
|
WRUR - U of R CPU Box 277356, Rochester, NY 14627 |
| Website |
|
http://WRUR.org/ |
|
WXXI WRUR web page |
| Wikipedia |
![[wikipedia]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/inter.png){kind=small} WRUR |
WRUR (88.5 FM) - FM radio station provided by joint arrangement between WXXI and the University of Rochester broadcasts NPR news and eclectic music programming. AAA music format with specialty shows.
| Open Tunings |
| Hosted by Scott Regan |
| Hours |
| Monday-Friday: 9:00AM to Noon |
| Saturdays:10AM to Noon |
| Website |
|
Open Tunings |
WRUR WXXI Partnership
"WRUR-FM is a partnership of the University of Rochester and WXXI Public Broadcasting ... committed to providing news and music programming that appeals to a diverse audience of listeners who may be finding public radio for the first time. WRUR offers educational opportunities to (U of R) students, while teaching them accountability and responsibility. The program service is community focused and listener driven, and supports the mission and vision of both the University ... and WXXI ...
... unique sound blending rock, soul, blues and folk. ...rotating playlist mingles classic tunes with the latest in adult alternative ... Stay up-to date with NPR In Your Car every weekday, with Morning Edition from 5-9am and All Things Considered from 4-6pm. Plus, check out WRUR's student DJs and their niche programming every weeknight starting at 8pm. ... fresh sounds from our A-bin featuring unsurpassed indie rock, hip hop, techno, metal and so much more. WRUR's student staff keeps their fingers on the pulse of the college music scene ... sounds of WRUR's exclusive community DJs on the weekends. ... developed and supported by individuals with extensive experience within their represented musical genres ...
A contributor noted:
The Partnership was deemed by some students and local residents as more of a "takeover" than a happy partnership. The main logic behind the criticism was that adults dominate all the professional stations, and some independent space should be left exclusively for students to run. Partnership advocates countered that the students had not put out a consistent product.
Despite the claims by WRUR is "operated" by students, there is strong evidence from the programming that it is not. Case in point, Scott Regan's Open Tunings http://www.wxxi.org/radio/wrur/ot/index.html which airs every weekday morning from 9AM -12PM. Open Tunings is advertised as a "new taste of music" but it plays mostly old folk parent-sounding songs. A show called "World Cafe" dominates the afternoon weekday hours. This show is not by a local host but a national syndicate run out of the University of Pennsylvania. Students are allowed to go on air in the evening time slots. WRUR 88.5 is more accurately 88 adult-dominated programming; .5 students programming.
However, others have looked at the partnership as blessing, due to the added year round programming, better signal coverage with the transmitter site moving to Pinnacle Hill, and the new educational opportunities for students.
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