The annual WRTC fundraising marathon runs through Oct. 25.
As the non-commercial radio station of Trinity College, we offer a diverse schedule of 60-plus programs on a weekly basis. Aside from engineering & management services provided by the student government, we’re an all-volunteer organization
Much of our financial assistance has traditionally come from our loyal listeners and, more than ever, we rely on your backing to keep us on the air doing what we do best.
While some programs will be offering unique premiums for donations (CDs, concert tickets, airtime on WRTC), there are two newly designed WRTC short-sleeve T-shirts for donations of $25; a WRTC hat for a contribution of $15; add $10 to any T-shirt pledge and we’ll include a hat. Anyone who donates will receive a program guide and bumper sticker.
Donations, tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law, are always accepted, by check — made out to “Trustees of Trinity College” — and mailed to WRTC Marathon, 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106.
Listeners can also donate securely via our website, just click DONATE!.
We use listener donations to continually improve our ability to bring quality, community-based radio, 24-hours-a-day, 365 days a year, to our listeners.
Earlier this year, we put a brand new broadcast studio into operation. This was made possible by you, our generous donors.
Equipment maintenance is always needed. Under constant use, CD players, headphones, computers and phonograph needles naturally wear out and need repair or replacement.
Over the past decade, in addition to building a new studio, we’ve replaced computers, microphones and our FM audio processor. We’ve upgraded our production capabilities and acquired remote-broadcasting capability. We also replaced our aging and increasingly unreliable transmitter.
This was all made possible by listener donations.
Web-audio streaming annually costs WRTC nearly $2,500. Providing this service is increasingly important as listeners can “tune in” from anywhere they have an internet connection and these days, more and more people are getting their “radio” via this route.