The radio station of Trinity College, Hartford, CT
If it’s rock music you’re looking for, WRTC is the place. Way back when it all started, we were one the first stations in the Hartford area to play rock music. These days, we air 60-plus hours a week of the stuff. Historical note: In in the 1970s, Alien Rock was one of the first …
The Enduring Voice of Trinity College: WRTC-FM Marks 75 YearsThe Trinity Reporter, Winter 2022Click here for the feature, here for the letters from alumni all about WRTC, and here for our addendum. Diamond Anniversary on Summit Street: Trinity College radio marks 75 years of broadcastingThe Hartford News, Feb. 10-16, 2022Click here for the feature WRTC …
AROUND THE DIAL & THROUGH THE YEARS WRTC is a federally licensed FM radio station, operating at 89.3 MHz from the High Rise Building on Gallows Hill at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the Massachusetts border, 24 hours …
On a typical Soul Express show, host Dean Farrell plays about 60 songs ranging in length from 2.5 to four minutes. The June 24 edition had a playlist that was about half as long as Dean presented three hours of extended jams. Check out the archive! Featured acts included Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, …
One of rock’s legendary albums was discussed on the April 9 edition of Greasy Tracks as the focus turns to the recent two-CD re-issue of Spirit’s 1970 masterpiece, The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (Esoteric Recordings). Check out the archive by clicking here, while a playlist is here. Best known for “Nature’s Way” — one of Spirit’s …
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The July 31 edition of Greasy Tracks featured a three-hour special on JJ Grey & Mofro ahead of their return to Connecticut as they play the Outdoor Stage at Ridgefield Playhouse on Aug. 8. Click here to check out an archive of the program, while a playlist is here. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Grey and his band formed in the …
The Aug. 8 edition of Greasy Tracks featured a special on Zamrock. Click here to check it out, while a playlist is here. Tracing its roots to Zambia’s mineral-rich Copperbelt Province in the 1950s where northern singers Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali, William Mapulanga and John Lushi were based, the genre is a hybrid of traditional African rhythms and Western …