WXCI

WXCI (91.7 FM) is a student radio station broadcasting an educational format. Licensed to Danbury, Connecticut, United States, the station serves the Danbury area. The station is owned by Western Connecticut State University.[1][2]

WXCI

City	Danbury, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Western Connecticut
Frequency	91.7 MHz
Slogan	Represent
Programming
Format	Educational
Ownership
Owner	Western Connecticut State University
History
First air date	February 28, 1973 (1973-02-28)
Former call signs	WCST
Call sign meaning	XCI = Roman numerals for 91
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71786
Class	A
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	67 meters (220 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°23′42″N 73°29′14″W
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Webcast	Listen live Listen live (smartphone)
Website	www.wxci.org

WXCI broadcasts to Connecticut and New York at 3,000 watts with a stereo transmitter on WCSU's Westside Campus. It also streams its broadcasts on the Web.

The radio station obtained its FCC license to operate on 28 February 1973. The Station began at 12:30 pm local time with a student, Rob Abbett nicknamed Rabbett, with the words, "Good afternoon, this is FM radio station WXCI in Danbury beginning its first broadcast day." [3] Before Abbett threw the switch to FM broadcasting, the station was AM carrier current and PA system in dorms and student center and, was at the time, located in Memorial Hall with the call letters WSCT. This station was started in 1968 by Bob Wilson.[4] However, by 1973, events progressed to FM radio broadcast initially transmitting at 10 watts of power, WXCI upgraded to 760 watts in 1978. In 1982, WXCI was one of the first FM stations to focus on alternative rock, a format now common among US college radio stations. As one of a handful of stations playing alternative rock and new wave in the US in the early 1980s, WXCI helped popularize new bands and artists such as REM, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, U2, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Black Flag.