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WDCV is turning 60 in 2022 and here is a daily slice of our history. We hope you enjoy this archive and any alums out there are welcome to add to it. If you have old images, audio, flyers or other memorabilia, send them our way. [email protected] We are the Voice of Dickinson College and here is a bit of our history, one day at a time....

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March 7th 1961, Ray Charles performs at Dickinson College https://archives.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/dickinsonian-march-3-1961

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Schedule 1981

My little eye just spotted something of note in this schedule. Friday 8-10am lists Roseann O'Donnell for the show “Good Morning Carlisle!” Could it be THE Rosie O'Donnell?  We are pretty sure it is as she went here for just one year.  We didn’t know she was a DJ though.  Her show description reads: “Contemporary and Mellow Tunes to dry your hair by" 

Maybe we can get Rosie to attend WDCV’s 50th anniversary celebration over Homecoming Weekend (9/28-30th 2012)…..  

If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV. Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated! 

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Show Schedule from Spring 1980 Man, I would love to know what the “The Oh WOW! FUBAR-SNAFU Show” sounded like.  I probably would have listened to a show with that title. 

If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV. Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated! 

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January 29th, 1971

Letter to the Editor H. Steven Miller Station Manager

“With your help and creativity, we will be able to establish a radio station of which the community will be proud." 

If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV. Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated! 

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January 12th, 1962 WDCV Awaits Equipment Before Starting Operations

If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV. Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated! 

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January 17th 1972 Letter to petition for educational FM station

Stephen Simpson WDCV Station Manager 

If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV. Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated! 

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Welcome to WDCV’s Tumblr!  2012 is going to be an awesome year for us because we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary and that means you can celebrate with us!  We have compiled a vast archive of everything WDCV from the last 50 years.  This site will showcase all of the gems we have unearthed.  Whenever we can, we are going to post things that are date stamped on that particular day.  The image from today is WDCV’s Constitution from January 1972.  Since it doesn’t have an exact date, we thought this would be a good way to start out the year. Thanks to the Dickinson Archives digitizing all of The Dickinsonians, we have lots of great articles.  We also have flyers, audio recordings, pictures and other memorabilia to post.  Do you have anything from WDCV you want to share with us?  Please email us at [email protected] and we will figure out how to get it to us.  Also, we are planning on taking over Homecoming weekend 2012 and celebrating like only WDCV can.  Save the dates (Sept. 28th-30th 2012)!  We can’t wait to see you there! P.S. If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV.  Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated! 

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2022=>60 years of WDCV!

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DJ Michael Conrad '68 shared these fantastic flashback Friday photos of the WDCV studio when it was where the Devil's Den currently is. Tune in to Michael's show, Jazz On The Rocks, every Saturday from 12-1pm. Thanks for sharing these fabulous pictures, Michael. 

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December 1, 1967 Dickinsonian Meets WDCV Next Week On Gridiron in 195th Annual Classic

The staff of The Dickinsonian meets the staff of radio WDCV on the football field next Friday at 3:30 pm on the Benjamin Rush Campus in the 195th annual appearance since this hotly contested rivalry began in 1711.

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November 22, 1963 Crompton Advises Radio Technicians In College Hookup

Mr. Richard Crompton, an electrican engineer from Malvern, said Bob Hindle, treasurer of the Student Senate, met last Saturday with the technical staff of WDCV, Dickinson's radio station, to determine the economic feasibility of purchasing professional transmitters for the college station.

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November 19, 2000 Catch The Freq 

An ad for WDCV. Possibly in The Square?

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November 18, 2010 WDCV ‘Perfect Storm’ Concert Draws Small Crowd 

Artists: Ton-Taun and Isis of Thunderheist

Kelly thought the show was a great success. “When we look for live acts to bring to campus, it’s an extension of our station’s mission to promote underrepresented music and independent artists who are doing innovative things. We want to introduce quality music to people who may not hear about it otherwise,” 

Melissa Kelly ’11 Laura Xu ’11 Jordan Capizzi Alexander Toureh ’13 Win Reilly ’14 Bryna Hautau ’11 

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November 16, 1962 WDCV Begins Broadcasting

Dickinson's first radio station, WDCV, will be in operation Sunday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m.

Ok, so even though this article says WDCV's first date to broadcast will be November 18th 1962.....it actually wasn't.  And truthfully, we can't pinpoint the actual day either.  We have been able to isolate a window of time though.  The next Dickinsonian article the references the inaugural broadcast is from December 14th 1962 but it never says definitively when it happened.  We think it's around December 1st or so but all of the hours digging in the college archives still hasn't allowed us to pinpoint an exact date.  So that just means we will celebrate now through the end of the semester.  It's really not much of a change anyway since we have really been celebrating all.year.long.

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November 14, 1969 WDCV Absolved

...three members of the WDCV radio station along with three students who had made the accusations, met with the President and Treasurer of the Senate. Accusations were made and the radio station was given the opportunity to answer to the charges. At the end of the meeting, it was realized by all parties that the charges made against the radio station were unsubstantiated.

...The Finance Committee will soon recommend the establishment of procedures to be followed when a student wishes to bring formal procedures against an organization funded by the Student Senate.

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November 12, 2009 Open Mic Night Draws Crowd Campus and community bands perform By Geoff Arnold ’10 CONTRIBUTING WRITER (and WDCVer)

"The event lasted 90 minutes, during which six groups and individuals performed. The crowd favorite went on last. “My favorite [band] was the Sci-Fi Mystery Hour,” said Cari Peri ’10, editor-in-chief of The Square. Led by Jordan Capizzi ’12 and Matt Guariglia ’12, the group received an ovation after its final song, “Animal Kart 3.” Playing original alternative rock music, Capizzi said he really enjoyed the support from the crowd. “It was a great atmosphere, and there was a good selection of people there,” he said. Capizzi also commented that he enjoyed the chance to perform with two of the group’s new members, Zoe Meredith ’11 and Wilson Ricardo ’12."

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He Said, She Said Show Caters to Fellas and Ladies

November 12, 2009

He Said, She Said Show Caters to Fellas and Ladies

WDCV 88.3, Dickinson College’s radio station gives a fresh taste of something different every Wednesday night. From 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. the “He Said, She Said” show hosted by Alex Pettaway ‘10, aka, Ace tha kidBoss, provides Dickinson students and Cumberland County residents with brand new hip-hop and rhythm-and-blues. “First it’s an hour of underground hip hop, then it’s an hour of sex, love and r&b,” said Pettaway ’10. The concept behind the show is to escape the demographic genre of “black music” and separate the music into the proper audience, explains Pettaway. The first hour is meant primarily for the fellas, and the second segment is dedicated to the ladies. “The show is definitely one of the few good hip-hop shows in Carlisle and Ace has all the brand new songs,” said Brandon Pailin ’10. “I really enjoy knowing that I’m only going to listen to slow jams and not be interrupted by a rap song,” said Azucena Alvarado ’10. Ace speaks to his audience throughout the show and even gives shout-outs to avid listeners. “I’m sad that it’s my last year doing the show, but I’m definitely going to make it my best year,” said Pettaway.

Charles de Cabrol ‘10

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November 11th 1969

WDCV Holds Annual 'Dickinsonianship Test; Thirty-Five Students Complete Kroit Exam

Who is really qualified to be a Noble Dickinsonian? This question was answered on Sunday, Nov. 9th at 11:00pm.  Barry Lynn and Sandy Weinberg of WDCV held the 23rd Annual Dickinsonianship Test

If you are a WDCV alum we would love to hear more about you and your time at WDCV. Can you fill out this quick survey ? It would be much appreciated!