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WBOR (Bowdoin-on-Radio) records

 Collection
Identifier: A04.08.16

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Scope and Contents

WBOR (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial, community radio station chartered to the President and Trustees of Bowdoin College. WBOR plays music of all types, as well as featuring sports and news programming. Prior to 1951 a weekly radio program "Bowdoin-on-the-Air" was presented by Bowdoin undergraduates through the facilities of station WGAN in Portland. As the result of a gift from the Bowdoin class of 1924, a radio station was built on campus in 1951 on the second floor of Moulton Union and was called WBOA (Bowdoin-on-the-Air). In the late 1950's the campus station became FM and was called WBOR (Bowdoin-on-Radio). The records contains program guides and other printed material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1941 - 2025

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions.

Use of Digital Collections

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Extent

6 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Student organization in charge of maintaining the campus radio station (91.1 FM).

Arrangement

Chronological.

Processing Information

Finding aid was created from extracting the records from A04.08 in April 2025 to establish their own collection.

Title
Guide to WBOR (Bowdoin-on-Radio) records.
Author
Emma Barton-Norris
Date
2025
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
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