WICR

WICR (88.7), Indianapolis, Indiana, is an 8,000 watt, Class B public radio station at the University of Indianapolis that broadcasts to listeners in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

WICR began broadcasting in 1962 with ten watts of power. Today, the station offers a wide variety of public radio programming that reaches across central Indiana. In 2004, the station began broadcasting in HD Radio. It also streams its programming from the station website. WICR is a student-operated radio station overseen by full-time faculty/staff of the University of Indianapolis and a student management team. Students enrolled in the Applied Radio course at the university are responsible for weekly shifts, producing shows, sports broadcasting, and updating the web site and social media. WICR also operates a CHR station, WICR-HD3, known as UIndy Radio.

The station is licensed to the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees.

Signal coverage

The station's main signal extends from northern Monroe County, to parts of Columbus, Muncie and West Lafayette, and in some parts of Marion, Indiana.

WICR (AM)

WICR .... "West Indo-Caribbean Radio" is an LP-AM Community radio station broadcasting in Richmond Hill, in the Queens, New York borough of New York City.

The station broadcasts over the air at 1620 AM as per provisions under FCC 47 C.F.R. Sub-Part 15 via a network of FCC Certified Synchronous LP-AM Transmitters, and on the internet @ WWW.ICRRADIO.COM. Its broadcasting is targeted towards the Indo-Caribbean American diasporas. Richmond Hill is the center of Indo-Caribbean / South Asian-origin immigrants in New York City from Guyana, Trinidad, Surinam and India. Its daily programming includes News, Cricket, Bollywood and Caribbean Music, and Community affairs programs.

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