WQRI is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Variety

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 format. Licensed to Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol, Rhode Island

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, USA, the station serves the Rhode Island college area. The station is currently owned by Roger Williams University and plays a variety of music ranging from alternative, to metal as well as some country as well as classic rock.. In 2005, WQRI began to offer stream on the internet.

In 2005, WQRI received the contract to rebroadcast Providence Bruins

Providence Bruins

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 weekend games.

WQRI Concerts

In 2006, WQRI co-sponsored a concert with the Roger Williams Musician Guild. The concert was the first of what the organization believed would be an annual concert. The headliner for the 2006 WQRI Spring Concert was Aloha

Aloha

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. WQRI continued the concert in 2007 and organized the second annual WQRI spring concert with co-headliners Spiritual Rez and Apollo Sunshine

Apollo Sunshine

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Concert History

1997

• George Clinton
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1998

• Das Efx
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1999

• Guster
  Guster
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2000

• Fuel
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2007

• Apollo Sunshine
  Apollo Sunshine
  Apollo Sunshine is a 21st-century alternative rock band which originated in Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Sam Cohen, Jesse Gallagher, and Jeremy Black originally met in 1997 in Boston,...
  
  
• Spiritual Rez

2008

• The Bay State - This was the inaugural fall semester concert entitled "Foliage Fest." The Bay State played with *The Coming Weak at RWU Musician's Guild / WQRI's outside concert behind the New Academic Building on the Roger Williams University campus.
• Stealing Jane
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   - This was the 3rd annual spring semester concert entitled "Spring Spectacle." Stealing Jane played an hour-long set in the New Academic Building on the Roger Williams University campus.

2010

• Four Year Strong
  Four Year Strong
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   - performed for the WQRI Spring Spectacle on April 24 in front of the Roger Williams University Recreation Center. Opening bands/ artists were The Life I Lead and Dan Mills.

2011

• The bands Fairhaven, Johnny Lingo, and Chamberlain performed for the 2011 Spring Spectacle on April 16 in the Field House of the campus Recreation Center.
• The bands The Cosmic Dustbunnies and Badfish performed for the Fall Foliage on September 17 at the Rec. Center patio.

Past Personalities

• Jason Layne a.k.a. Big J the Gimp (Music Director 1998-2001, Host of Gimp's Pleasure Palace) - now is a DJ for WFNX
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  101.7 Boston.
• John Murphy a.k.a. Johnny Smooth or John the Smooth Operator (Program Director 1997-1999, Host of Jazz with Johnny Smooth)
• Pearson Barlow a.k.a. Reverend Knuckles (Music Director 1996-1997)