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WPRB wrote this on 14 Aug 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

Yesterday, WPRB’s staff took a trip to visit our radio tower. Why? Um, because we’ve never been! You’ve probably passed our tower dozens of times and never realized it. We tell you about it every night when signing off. But really, what do any of us know about it?
What we do know: WPRB moved to this tower back in 1991, which boosted our broadcast range up to 14,000 watts. (That’s a lot!) Our tower shares …

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Maria T wrote this on 30 Jul 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

When we say WPRB is “cool,” we’re talking about the temperature. In a New York Post article about the politics of the thermostat wars, Jon Solomon drops some science about our HVAC system:
Help may be on the way, though; a newer and more efficient system circulates chilled water to cool the air instead. But there are drawbacks in these buildings, as well: “My office is freezing 24/7,” says Jon Solomon, who works at Princeton radio …

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Maria T wrote this on 25 Jun 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

As many of you know (or at least, the 150 who picked up goodie bags from our table), WPRB went to the Popped! Music Festival this past weekend. Here are some insights from the intrepid staff who packed up the car and headed to the City of Brotherly Shove.
Special thanks goes out to the Princeton Record Exchange for supplying us with their awesome, instantly recognizable yellow shopping bags!
Chloe The InternWe had a nice little …

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Maria T wrote this on 11 Jun 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

Today, WPRB’s Internet went down at the same time Princeton University’s Staff Picnic was underway. Needless to say, we couldn’t get any work done and decided it was time to eat. If there is one thing I know about office downtime, eating always manages to bring the Internet back to life.
Here’s what various staff folks had to say about their meals:
Cody (Station Manager): “Despite intense security and the constant fear of discovery, we pulled together …