All-Campus Radio Network

ACRN (All-Campus Radio Network) is a college radio station located in Athens, Ohio. The student-run station first began broadcasting on April 4, 1971. Three years later, ACRN signed with Continental Cablevision to become the first college cable FM
radio station in the United States.

ACRN added an Internet-streaming format in 1998, shortly after rumors of a merger with MediaOne (formerly Continental Cablevision) and Time Warner Cable. In January, 1999, MediaOne dropped ACRN from its cable FM lineup to promote the cable company's own paid music offerings. The station also broadcast to Ohio University students via the university's campus TV cable system, CATVision.

The station currently streams over the internet via Shoutcast. It is located in the Baker University Center as of January 2007.

More than 20 DJs currently manage and host programs on the station.

ACRN's mascot is the rock lobster. Because of this, the station plays "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's on a regular basis.

Trivia

* The Rock Lobster name was adopted in 1980.

* The station mascot is known as Snat. The name is onomatopoeic for the snapping of a lobster's claws.

* The automation system is known as DJ Binary.

* ACRN's main annual events are Pre-New Year's, $2 Prom, Lobsterfest and a battle of the bands.

* The current Baker facility is dedicated to faculty adviser emeritus, Archie Greer.

* The station's instant message screen name is "TheLobster."

* The 2007 Rock Lobsters broomball team was disqualified from finals due to "poor sportsmanship."

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