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==Beginnings as a radio workshop==
In the 1950s, [[Binghamton University]] was known as [[Harpur College]], a public college of the [[State of New York]]. In 1954, a loose organization formally called "The Radio Workshop of Harpur College" was formed. Its primary function was to create a network with interested college students and local commercial radio stations, with the intention of providing the opportunity to be involved in doing production work for these stations.

In October 1961, members of the Workshop began to construct their own AM transmitter. The first installment of a self-broadcasting Workshop started in May 1962. The station was called WRAF, where "RAF" stood for Harpur College's Rafuse Residence Hall, the origin of the broadcast. While the station was received on 590&nbsp;kHz on AM radio, the broadcasts were [[Carrier current|carrier-current]] as they were transmitted through the power lines of only two [[Dormitory|residence halls]]. Accordingly, only the residents of those halls could receive the maiden broadcasts.