WERS relocation. The new home of WERS 88.9 FM.

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WERS relocation. The new home of WERS 88.9 FM.

Title: WERS relocation.

Title: The new home of WERS 88.9 FM.

Record Type: broadcasting

Record Type: radio studios

Record Type: radio stations

Record Type: construction sites

Record Type: black-and-white photography

Record Type: photographs

Record Type: black-and-white photographs

Date: 1998

Description: Young man in a construction helmet leans through a hole in a wall. A sticker on the wall reads, "WERS 88.9," and handwritten above that is, "The New Home of." in the Ansin building. In 1998, WERS relocated from 180 Beacon Street to the Ansin building at 180 Tremont St, where it remains today (2019). It would be the first Emerson building project completely funded by gifts. At the time, WERS was Boston's only radio station with street-level windowed studios.

Extent: 6.9 x 10 in.

Collection: RG 004.05 Office of Communication & Marketing Prints and Negatives Collection, Box 1

Location: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections

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Language: English

Identifier: places_180tremont_001a.jpg

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