Feature: SaveWCAL to file Petition for Review with Minnesota Supreme Court

This past weekend, the board of SaveWCAL met to review and discuss the recent decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals regarding SaveWCAL's Petition To Redress Breach Of Trust.
The board has decided to file a Petition to Review with the Minnesota Supreme Court.Related Posts:Minnesota Court of Appeals issues WCAL decisionMN Court of Appeals changes venue [...]

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February 1923: First broadcast of St.Olaf College chapel service

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From WCAL: Items of Historical Significance from the St. Olaf College archives by Rev. Dr. Martin Hegland '04, A.B., A.M., C.T., Ph. D.  Hegland was a professor in and, later, chair of the St. Olaf Religion Department. He was the Director of WCAL for a number of years.
February 1923 marked the first broadcasting of [...]

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November 1922: WCAL airs first radio broadcast (ever!) of a play

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From WCAL: Items of Historical Significance from the St. Olaf College archives by Rev. Dr. Martin Hegland '04, A.B., A.M., C.T., Ph. D.  Hegland was a professor in and, later, chair of the St. Olaf Religion Department. He was the Director of WCAL for a number of years.
In November 1922, an excerpt from William Shakespeare's [...]

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November 1919: Transmission power increases

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From the biography, Hector R. Skifter: Radio Pioneer, Industrial Leader, and Defense Advisor, 1901-1964 by Gregory S. Hunter. Northfield, MN: St.Olaf College Press, 1997.
Improvements to the [St. Olaf College radio transmission equipment] soon followed. In the fall of 1919 workers installed a two-wire aerial, 75 feet high and 400 feet long. This enabled St. Olaf [...]

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July 1919: Hector Skifter applies for station and operator's license – 9AMH

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From the biography, Hector R. Skifter: Radio Pioneer, Industrial Leader, and Defense Advisor, 1901-1964 by Gregory S. Hunter. Northfield, MN: St.Olaf College Press, 1997.
In July 1919, Hector Skifter applied for both a station and an operator's license. Given the call letters 9AMH, the station broadcast on a wavelength of 200 meters at 1500 kilocycles, with [...]

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November 18, 1918: First coded transmission marks WCAL's birth

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On November 18, 1918 St. Olaf College physics professor Erik Hetle and his students sent the first coded transmission .
An October 27, 2000 article in the St. Olaf College student newspaper, the Manitou Messenger, by Lindsey Nodgaard, titled "From the Messenger Archives… Friday, November 2, 1978" included the following:

WCAL completes 60th year of service
St. Olaf [...]

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1918: A simple physics experiment…

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From WCAL: Items of Historical Significance from the St. Olaf College Archives by Rev. Dr. Martin Hegland '04, A.B., A.M., C.T., Ph. D.  Hegland was a professor in and, later, chair of the St. Olaf Religion Department. He was the Director of WCAL for a number of years.
When the US entered WWI , the US [...]

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1916: St. Olaf physics students build wireless transmitter

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In 1916, St. Olaf College physics professor Erik Hetle and his students began experiments in a new technology called "wireless transmission" by building a transmitter.
An October 27, 2000 article in the St. Olaf College student newspaper, the Manitou Messenger, by Lindsey Nodgaard, titled "From the Messenger Archives… Friday, November 2, 1978" included the following:

WCAL completes [...]

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1911: St. Olaf students adopt Honor Code

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Since 1911, St. Olaf College has had an Honor System that was begun by the students themselves, not the administration or faculty.
Every St. Olaf student has signed the following honor pledge at the end of every exam:

"I pledge my honor that during this examination I have neither given nor received assistance, and that I have [...]

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