Independent College Radio WUML at the Lowell Folk Festival

This is what independent college radio is all about, being a part of and serving the community! WUML (UMass Lowell) set up a remote broadcast facility in Boardinghouse Park at the recent Lowell Folk Festival, from which it broadcast live each and every act who performed on the main stage, and interviewed the artists after their sets. Bravo WUML!

Photo courtesy of the Lowell Folk Festival, who posted on their Facebook page....

Lowell Folk Festival

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Thanks to all the support from the gang from ‪#‎WUML‬, live from Boarding House Park! ‪#‎LowellFolk‬ Festival

City of license

Lowell, Massachusetts

Broadcast area	Massachusetts college

Frequency	91.5 MHz

Format	College Radio

ERP	1,400 watts

HAAT	63 meters

Class	A

Facility ID	69410

Transmitter coordinates	42°39′7.73″N 71°19′13.44″W

Callsign meaning	University of Masssachusetts Lowell

Former callsigns	WLTI (1967-1975) WJUL (1975-2003)

Owner	University of Massachusetts Lowell

Webcast	Listen Live

Website	wuml.org

Read WUML's history here.

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