WRTV (George Washington University)

WRTV-AM 600 was a radio station at the George Washington University from the mid eighties until the late 1990s when it merged with WRGW. Unlike WRGW, which was entirely student operated, WRTV was a branch of the university's communications department. Academic advisors to the station included Professor Joan Thiel and NPR's Corey Flintoff. The station's main purpose was to train students in the broadcast arts, and placed a heavy emphasis on news and information. WRTV also featured several music shows and was the campus home of George Washington basketball games.

The station broadcast to the dorms of the university through an archaic system of carrier current transmitters which used the internal wiring of the buildings as an antenna. Range was extremely limited, and the transmitters were often in need of repair. As a result, listenership was at a minimum, and sound quality was poor.

Notable Alumni include:

Michelle Remillard - Station Manager
Lauren Callier - Station Manager
Rick Hurvitz - Station manager
Eric John Magnuson - News Director
Christian Carlson - Sports Director
Tim Rahto - Music Director
Ed Harrison - Sports Announcer
Jason Woodmanse - Radio personality
Richard Pearlman - Radio Personality
Bill Baroni - Talk Show Host
Mara Kasar - News Personality
Charles "Chuck Roast" Hanus - Talk Show Host
Mark Kohn - Talk Show Host
Shows of note included:

Inside the Beltway
Donut Time
Sister Germaine's Recess Detention Time
Uzbek Tea Time
The Chuck Roast Show
Truth, Justice... and Mark Kohn
The Original Untitled Radio Program
Leachboy
In Memoriam:

Emmett N. Smith passed away on September 26, 2006. Emmett was the Media Lab Operations Supervisor in the mid 90's and worked with both WRTV and the Audio/Visual programs at GWU.