WPAA was licensed on April 26, 1965; it signed on May 1. It was a 10-watt station on 91.7 FM broadcasting from Evans Hall. The Andover public school system had attempted to take over operations several years prior. With the deletion of the FM license, the station went Internet-only at WPAA.com. Additionally, Evans Hall was demolished in 2004, and the station was relocated to the basement of Morse Hall. The deletion of WPAA's license prompted two further changes. Commercial station
WXRV relocated its
city of license from Haverhill to Andover, becoming the first and only radio service for the town, and Newburyport's
WNEF 91.7 altered its signal pattern to put more power toward Andover. Lowell's
WUML 91.5 was built with a directional signal to protect WPAA, which still is used even though there is no longer an adjacent nearby station to protect. A decrease in student attention to the organization saw a decline in activity throughout the late 2010s, ceasing entirely by the end of 2019. By 2022, however, the station has begun rebuilding its presence on the Phillips Academy campus, with a focus on the future of music after radio. ==Notes==