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===Radio station=== [[File:Swarthmore Station.JPG|thumb|Swarthmore SEPTA Station at the foot of campus]] [[WSRN-FM|WSRN 91.5 FM]] is the college radio station. It has a mix of [[Indie (music)|indie]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]], [[electronic dance music|electronic dance]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[World music|world]], [[jazz]] and [[classical music]], as well as a number of radio [[talk shows]]. At one time, WSRN had a significant news department, and covered events such as the 1969 black protest movement extensively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2002/2002-01-24/news/11640.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223094241/http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2002/2002-01-24/news/11640.html|url-status=dead|title=Crisis of '69|archive-date=December 23, 2007}}</ref> In the 1990s, WSRN centered its programming on the immensely popular "Hank and Bernie Show", starring undergraduates Hank Hanks and Bernie Bernstein. Hank and Bernie conducted wide-ranging and entertaining interviews of sports stars and cultural icons such as Lou Piniella, Mark Grace, Jake Plummer, [[Greg Ostertag]], Andy Karich and Mark "the Bird" Fidrych, and also engaged the Swarthmore community in discussions on campus issues and current events. Upwards of 90 percent of the Swarthmore community would tune in to the Hank and Bernie Show and many members of the surrounding villages and towns would also listen and call in. Many archived recordings of musical and spoken word performances exist, such as the once-annual Swarthmore Folk Festival.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Ralph Lee|date=March 1997|title=If I Had a Song...|url=http://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/bulletin-issue-archive/wp-content/archived_issues_pdf/Bulletin_1997_03.pdf|magazine=Swarthmore College Bulletin|location=Swarthmore, Pennsylvania|publisher=Swarthmore College|volume=XCIV|issn=0888-2126|access-date=September 8, 2016|number=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003222648/http://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/bulletin-issue-archive/wp-content/archived_issues_pdf/Bulletin_1997_03.pdf|archive-date=October 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Today WSRN focuses virtually exclusively on entertainment, though it has covered significant news developments such as the athletic cuts in 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2000/2000-11-30/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222092701/http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2000/2000-11-30/|url-status=dead|title=Cuts to athletic programs|archive-date=December 22, 2007}}</ref> and the effects of the [[September 11 attacks]] on campus. War News Radio and The Sudan Radio Project (formerly the Darfur Radio Project) do broadcast news on WSRN, however. Currently, the longest running show in WSRN's lineup is "OΓdo al Tambor", which focuses on news and music from [[Latin America]]. The show has been running non-stop, on Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., since September 2006. After its members graduated in December 2009, the show's concept was revived by the show "Rayuela", which has been running since September 2009.
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