Claim: The Reed College Radio Club from Reed College, which is a private liberal arts college, built a station that used a system that transmitted the signal through area power lines while carrying programming atypical of radio in the area from its earliest days.
Evidence: The Reed College Radio Club was founded in 1954 by a group of students with the goal of pursuing "the technical and programming aspects of radio broadcasting." Reed students financed the station, and physics students built some of the equipment, including a 40-watt transmitter. The station used a system that transmitted the signal through area power lines, eliminating the need for antennae. The station carried programming atypical of radio in the area from its earliest days, as well as programming tied in with classes and campus activities. Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon.