Dial into WRUU at 107.5
Local community radio station Savannah Soundings hits the airwaves at last
IT’s TAKEN almost four years and thousands of donated dollars, but WRUU is finally broadcasting eclectic tunes and thoughtful talk from its new home at 107.5 on the FM dial.
Calling itself “local radio with a global soul,” Savannah Soundings can now be heard on car stereos and through headphones from downtown to midtown to Georgetown to Pooler, with signals reported as far away as Tybee Island.
“It’s truly amazing to have what most people called a hare-brained idea and finally have it working!” exclaims Vicki Weeks, one of the station’s original organizers.
Back in 2013 when the FCC announced it was opening up the airwaves to qualified non-profits for their own low-power community radio stations (LPFMs), a group of intrepid folks at the Unitarian Universalist Church took up the complex application process. They quickly gathered up $3500 for the required engineering study and penned a detailed proposal that described a vision combining great music, social justice issues and community education. Continue reading.
