Radio WRGP-FM (Radiate 88)

WRGP Radiate FM is the student run radio station of Florida International University in Miami, FL. WRGP broadcasts on 88.1 MHz from a transmitter site in rural Miami-Dade County at 17107 SW 248 St and rebroadcasts in the Miami metropolitan area on translator stations W237CP, 95.3 MHz in Miami and W245BF, 96.9 MHz in North Miami. Radiate FM maintains its studios and offices in the Graham Center building at the FIU University Park Campus in Miami.

Radiate FM was established in 1988 as a carrier current station on 540 KHz with the call sign WUFI and a strong focus on alternative rock. Between 1988 and 1999 WUFI was heard only on the University Park campus of FIU. In 1999 the station signed on to the FM dial at 88.1 MHz with the call sign WRGP and the branding ‘Radiate 88.’ Until 2001 the station aired mainstream pop and hip-hop before reverting to its underground roots. In 2003 the branding was changed by management to ‘Radio Golden Panther’ then in 2005 it was changed to the current Radiate FM.

Due to power limitations mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) WRGP was unable to provide effective coverage of the University Park campus or Miami area on 88.1 MHz. This was remedied in 2006 with the installation of an FM translator at University Park, relaying the signal from 88.1 MHz on 95.3 MHz. In 2008 the reach of the station was further expanded when another translator station on 96.9 MHz was installed at the Biscayne Bay Campus of FIU in North Miami. With these three frequencies Radiate FM now effectively covers the entire Miami metropolitan area.