WMSC

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WMSC (FM)

WMSC is a freeform college radio station located at and owned by Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. WMSC broadcasts at 90.3 MHz and primarily features independent and underground music of various genres. WMSC is operated by the students of Montclair State University and utilizes both the nearby New Jersey Network Public Broadcast facility and the internet radio network live365.com to transmit its programming to the masses.

History

WMSC was founded in 1966 as WVMS, "The Voice of Montclair State", by a group of Montclair State College students.

The Voice of Montclair State was founded with the vision of becoming another way for student outreach to Montclair State students and the communities surrounding the college. MSC was primarily a commuter college with on-campus housing for only about 25% of its 1966 student population. Most of the commuters and off-campus housing students left the campus at the end of their classes and seldom returned to participate in the wide variety of campus activities available. A commuter student from Clifton, New Jersey, Ed Helvey, felt that a college-based FM radio station could help better connect the commuter and off-campus students with their campus. Mr. Helvey's interest in broadcast communications began as a young teenager when he became a licensed amateur radio operator. In his freshman year, he founded the Montclair State Amateur Radio Society and then, during his sophomore year, began a campaign to build interest in creating a college broadcast radio station.