WVTC is the radio station of Vermont Technical College, operating on a 90.7 MHz FM carrier (channel 214) with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 300 watts. The station is located in Morey Hall on the Randolph Center campus. WVTC is operated and maintained by the students of VTC through the Radio Club, and is financially supported by VTC Student Council. History WVTC began in 1963 as a small AM station on 640 kHz with a 2-watt transmitter in the Old Dorm building. It is unclear how the antenna system worked; there is speculation that it may have been a carrier current system. The 1965 VTC yearbook distinguished between the Radio Club and the Radio Station WVTC-AM 640. In 1966 a new dorm building, Morey Hall, was built on the Randolph Center campus, including provisions for a campus radio station. In September of 1968, the college applied for and began construction of a new licensed educational FM station. On June 23, 1969 the radio station received a license from the FCC to broadcast as WVTC-FM at 90.7 MHz and 10 watts. The station prospered during the 1970s, with the involvement of Howard Ginsberg, who later founded WXXX, a successful commercial Top 40 station in Burlington, Vermont. In April of 1980, the station was granted an increase in power from 10 watts to 300 watts effective radiated power. In the 1990s, WVTC migrated to CD technology in addition to the existing records and tapes. From April to November 1995 the station was off the air due to a failed Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) receiver and other potential violations. Many upgrades were performed the in 1996, including new studio and broadcasting equipment. Remote broadcasts were done from around campus and from basketball games. MP3s were introduced as an on-air medium the same year. The first mp3 played on the station was "Stupid Girl" by Garbage. A new FM transmitter, feedline were installed and a new 30' tower with antenna was erected on December 26, 1996. Station staff created an improved FM radio card driver (AZTEC) for Linux and their code was added to the Linux Kernel. The station began internet webcasting in February 1997, streaming both music and webcam images, the first on-line radio streaming station in Northern New England, sending a copy of on-air audio over MP3 format at 16kbit/s using custom written linux software on a Pentium 60 computer. In