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THIS WEEK IN WRGW HISTORY:

Each week, WRGW will highlight an important moment in WRGW's History spanning over its 77 years at GW.  Below, these accomplishments will be archived for your convienence. 

2005-2006 This Week in History

April

• April 24th to May 1st: 1930: "Radio Club buys Transistor"
• March 31st to April 7th: 1977: "New Station Manager wants to Improve Sound Quality"

March

• March 10th to March 17th: 1981: "Hospital Treats President Reagan"
• March 3rd to March 10th: 1948: "Students Hear Game Carried by Workshop"

February

• February 22nd to February 29th: 2004: "WRGW Celebrates 75 Years!"
• February 6th to February 13th: 2005: "WRGW Presents MF Doom" 

December

• December 1st to January 14th: 2004: "WRGW Installs Prophet Systems"

November

• November 18th to November 28th: 1986: "WRGW Gets $10K from Housing"
• November 11th to November 17th: 1964: "WRGW Will Beam to Dorms"
• November 3rd to November 10th: 1987: "Radio and TV Studios Officially Open"

October

• October 27th to November 2nd: 1958: "Control Room Supplied"
• October 19th to October 26th: 2004: "Weekend Goes 'Perfectly' "
• October 11th to October 18th: 1961: "WRGW Tries Again; Station Plans Ahead"
• October 4th to October 10th: 2005 and 2003: Jim Bohannon Recap and "WRGW's 5th Annual OctoberFest"

September

• September 28th to October 3rd: 2005: WRGW Makes History with Jim Bohannon Live in Studio (see next week's This Week in History for a recap)
• September 21st to September 27th: 1980: "WRGW Switches to Stronger Transmitters"
• September 13th to September 20th: 1986: "Provost Considers Student-Run Radio"
• September 7th to September 12th: 2002: "WRGW is Faced with a Crisis!"

2004-2005 Archives

February

• February 20th to February 26th: 2004: "WRGW Celebrates 75 years of Radio" 
• February 27th to March 5th: 1959: "WGW Seeks Approval from Administration"

March 

• March 6th to March 12th: 1948: "WGW Broadcasts it's First GW Basketball Game" 
• March 13th to March 19th: 1959: "Radio Station Gets a New Name"
• March 20th to March 26th: 1931: "Radio Club plans Wild, Hilarious 'Humor Night'"
• March 27th to April 2nd: 1986: "WRGW to Broadcast tomorrow!!"

April

• April 3rd to April 9th: 2002: "WRGW brings back Freshman Block Party"
• April 10th to April 16th: 1977: "New Station Manager wants to Improve Sound Quality"
• April 17th to April 23rd: 1999: "Gearing up for a new WRGW"

Coming up this month:

• April 24th to April 30th: 1930: "Radio Club can send and recieve messages to other Eastern cities!"

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