WGLS-FM

WGLS-FM, known as Rowan Radio, is a college radio station licensed to Rowan University that broadcasts on 89.7 MHz. The studios are located in the College of Communication on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. WGLS-FM is Gloucester County's only FM radio station.

WGLS's programming features a variety of music, sports, cultural, educational programs focused towards the interest of the Rowan University and South Jersey communities.

The call letters for WGLS hearken back to the former name of the institution: W GLassboro State College.

The station has won numerous local and national awards, including being named "College Station of the Year" by the National Association of College Broadcasters in 1997.

History

89.7 WGLS-FM went on the air with funding provided by the Glassboro State College’s Library Department in the spring of 1964. The library’s Educational Media Director William McCavitt served as the first faculty supervisor of the 10-watt mono radio station until 1966. He left Glassboro State and went on to establish two more college stations, WIUP-FM for Indiana University of Pennsylvania and WCUC-FM at Clarion University located in Clarion, Pennsylvania.