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{{Infobox Radio station 
| name               = WRTC-FM 
| logo               = WRTC-FM 89.3 logo.jpg
| city               = [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
| country            = US
| area               = [[Greater Hartford]]
| frequency          = 89.3 ([[megahertz|MHz]])
| airdate            = {{start date and age|1947|02|26}}
| format             = Diversified 
| erp                = 300 [[watt]]s
| haat               = {{convert|29|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class              = A
| facility_id        = 68255
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|45|6.3|N|72|41|27.3|W|region:US-CT_type:landmark|name=WRTC-FM|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning   = "Radio Trinity College"
| former_frequencies = {{ubl|620 kHz (1947–1949)|550 kHz (1949–1950)|620 kHz (1950–1956)}}
| owner              = [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]]
| licensee           = Trustees of Trinity College
| webcast            = {{listenlive|http://webstream.adsciconsolidated.com/wrtc_noflash.html}}
| website            = {{URL|http://www.wrtcfm.com}}
}}

'''WRTC-FM''' (89.3 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[Public broadcasting|non-commercial]], [[college radio|student-run]] music radio station [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. Owned and operated by [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]], the station's weekly schedule features programs focused on specific genres, primarily [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]], and [[urban contemporary]].

==History and programming==
WRTC began broadcasting as campus station on February 26, 1947 and received its FCC license on June 30, 1958.<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=WRTC-FM history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=70665 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=May 30, 2024 |format=PDF}}</ref> The station's programming includes music and artist interviews, spanning a wide range of genres, including jazz, techno, progressive, and world music.

The station also airs shows about local politics and public affairs on ''The Community Talk Show'', a bi-weekly [[panel discussion]] exploring topics ranging from social welfare, healthcare, and politics to economic development, law enforcement, and unemployment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.wrtcfm.com/?page_id=1131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126175026/http://www.wrtcfm.com/?page_id=1131 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2017 |website=WRTC |language=en-US}}</ref> The station's  sportscasters provide home and away game coverage of the [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Bantams]] in [[NESCAC]] football during the fall.<ref name=":0" />

WRTC-FM has hosted multiple [[Trinity College (Connecticut)#Music|music festivals]] in Hartford.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Courant |first=Susan Dunne {{!}} Hartford |date=April 12, 2022 |title=Brazilian music artists who perform at Trinity College’s Samba Fest |url=https://www.courant.com/2022/04/12/brazilian-music-stars-to-perform-at-trinity-colleges-samba-fest/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Hartford Courant |language=en-US}}</ref>  In 2015, the station's [[Southern soul]] show ''[[Greasy Tracks]]'' celebrated its 20-year-anniversary.

==See also==
* [[Campus radio]]
* [[List of college radio stations in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wrtcfm.com/ WRTC-FM official website]
{{FM station data|68255|WRTC-FM}}

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