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WPSU-FM to sell entire record collection at public sale

University Park, Pa. -- As the final event in its 50th anniversary celebration, local National Public Radio affiliate station WPSU-FM will hold a public sale of the station's entire catalog of more than 10,000 LP records. The "Final Vinyl Sale" will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the Penn State Armory behind Wagner Building on the University Park campus. WPSU-FM members will be granted early entry to the sale at 8 a.m.

Records will be priced at $2 ($1.89 plus Pennsylvania sales tax) for each LP. Albums will be arranged in the categories of folk, jazz, rock, blues and classical music. A selection of CDs also will be available for $5 each ($4.72 plus Pennsylvania sales tax) during the sale. There will be a special bag sale at 5 p.m., during which shoppers can purchase a bag for $10 ($9.43 plus Pennsylvania sales tax) to fill with LPs.

WPSU-FM is holding the "Final Vinyl Sale" to condense the station's music collection before moving into the new Outreach Innovation Building at Penn State's Innovation Park in 2005. Proceeds of the sale, which consists of approximately 10,000 records, will support WPSU-FM programming and operations.

Broadcasting 24-hours a day, WPSU-FM can be heard at 91.5 in State College; at 106.7 in Altoona; 100.9 in Bradford; 104.7 in Clearfield; 92.1 in Dubois; 92.3 in Huntington; 90.1 in Northern Pennsylvania: and at 95.1 in Treasure Lake. WPSU-FM, which is a part of Penn State Public Broadcasting, also can be streamed via the Internet at http://www.wpsu.org/ and can be accessed via a link on Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/

Last Updated March 20, 2009

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