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[20] According to the attorney general's office, they met "with alumni and their attorney as a courtesy, but as our attorneys explained, Rhode Island statute and regulation does not give the attorney general any legal authority to intervene, as is the case in nearly all private sales. This Friday, June 7th, WBRU is kicking off their annual FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES with New Politics! The single premiered at approximately 3:30p.m. on August 17, 2009. WBRU Summer Concert Series 2002 Setlists May 23 2002 Date Thursday, May 23, 2002 - Friday, September 13, 2002 Venues Easton's Beach, Newport, RI, USA India Point Park, Providence, RI, USA Station Park, Providence, RI, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 11 gigs. Battle the BRU Crew at water pong for free tickets to Atlas Genius at The Met, or catch the Dunkin Donuts station to charge your phone and grab the BRU Crew to record a Dunkin Donuts I am BRU soundbite--you might hear yourself on air later! [3] Since January 2018, WBRU's urban contemporary programming has been rebroadcast on Providence low-power FM station 101.1 FM, which is owned by another Brown University-affiliated group and has the call sign WBRU-LP. Willis Brienza is the Creative Coordinator for Visit Canton. So Narragansett , The 2011 WBRU Rock Hunt winners, Vulgarrity will be taking Waterplace Park by storm this Friday. In 2007, WBRU premiered the Smashing Pumpkins new single "Tarantula" only 15 minutes after KROQ-FM world premiered it, becoming only the second station in the country to play it and the first to play it twice when they played it a second time immediately afterwards. jQuery("#aws_ec_insertEC_alertIMG_0").hide(); Every summer WBRU works hard to bring great alternative music to their faithful listeners and the city of Providence. [6] Although its primary alternative rock programming is no longer available on an over-the-air radio station, WBRU itself continues to be operated by BBS, and offers both its alternative rock and urban contemporary programming as an online-only programming provider.[7]. Friday, June 21st, get pumped for a FREE concert inWaterplace Park, at 7:30PM! For FREE. In 2006, WBRU was the first U.S. radio station to play "Supermassive Black Hole" by British band Muse and played the Beck single "Cellphone's Dead" before its release until Interscope Records filed a cease and desist order against the station. . Presented in partnership with Mayor Elorza and the City of Providence, this year's series kicks off on July 8 with Rock Hunt winners Le Roxy Pro, and ends on August 12 with boozy Brit rockers The Wombats. In 1962, the Brown Broadcasting Service (BBS) was established as a separate entity from the University and in 1965, the BBS purchased a commercial FM license (WPFM) from a company that was "bankrupt". [13] BBS was then split into two stations: "WBRU-AM" and WBRU FM. As the climax for the joke, Rich Lupo, the owner of Providence rock club Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, claimed on air that he had "purchased" the station from "Initech" and given it back to the WBRU DJs.