Thanks to Phillip Sprayberry, Media Relations Coordinator at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ for sharing this story with us. Eight students from the University’s communication/broadcast department returned to Vieques, Puerto Rico, to follow up on the work they started in January to restore the small island’s radio station, WVQR 90.1 FM Radio Vieques, that was unusable after Hurricane Maria.
During their June follow-up mission, WVQR and the University’s radio station – 88.7 WPSC-FM Brave New Radio – signed a memorandum of understanding, establishing an official sister-station relationship. For now, the staff and students who operate Brave New Radio – named Best College Radio Station in the US by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System in 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018 – will create original programming to be carried by both stations. The content will be designed for young bilingual audiences in Puerto Rico and the New York metro area. In the future, programming will be shared both ways, with Radio Vieques content also airing on Brave New Radio.
Other goals of the student visit included establishing a vital ham radio network for communication in future emergencies and a variety of humanitarian efforts.
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