WPAA (Massachusetts)

WPAA was a radio station, broadcasting from the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

Founded using Phillips alum and then-NBC president Robert Sarnoff's gift of $15,000, the station was launched in 1965 by a host of famous personalities, including Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Brinkley, Sammy Davis Jr., and Hugh Downs.

Following the loss of Phillips Academy's station equipment and the general decline of radio, WPAA refocused resources as a music studio, offering recording opportunities for student performers and providing live sound equipment for nearly all campus events, including the station's "Battle of the Bands" every spring.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) canceled WPAA's license in November 2004, as the station had been off the air for more than a year.

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.