WVUD

WVUD
City Newark, Delaware
Broadcast area Wilmington, DE
Frequency 91.3 MHz
First air date October 1976
Format College radio
ERP 790 watts horizontal
6,800 watts vertical
HAAT 37.0 meters horizontal
41.0 meters vertical
Class B1
Facility ID 69439
Transmitter coordinates 39°41′26″N 75°45′23″W / 39.69056°N 75.75639°W / 39.69056; -75.75639Coordinates: 39°41′26″N 75°45′23″W / 39.69056°N 75.75639°W / 39.69056; -75.75639
Callsign meaning Voice of the University of Delaware[1]
Former callsigns WXDR
Owner University of Delaware
Website Official website

WVUD (91.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a campus radio format. Licensed to Newark, Delaware, US, the station serves the Wilmington, Delaware, area. The station is currently owned by University of Delaware. This student-run radio station is located in the Perkins student center at the University of Delaware. The transmitting antenna is located on the top of the Christiana East Tower residence building.

History

University of Delaware Radio was broadcast by AM Carrier Current at 640 kHz from 1968 until 1976. First with the call letters WHEN as a top 40 station broadcasting from East Hall. When the station moved to the third floor of the Perkins Student center the station changed to WDRB, an alternative rock station. In 1976 the station was issued a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Class D non-commercial educational license for 10 Watts under callsign WXDR and broadcast a block format that included jazz, folk, classical, ambient, college alternative, and experimental music. Local news was presented each day and the students presented a weekly news magazine show and community oriented public affairs shows. In 1983 WXDR increased its power to 1000 Watts and moved to the lower level of the Perkins Student Center Annex building. University President David Roselle requested that the call letters be changed to WVUD to reflect the station's university basis. These call letters had recently been given up by the University of Dayton student radio station. The Station raised it power to 6,800 Watts in July 2011. WVUD added HD radio in September 2011 and broadcasts the all student station "The Basement" on HD-2.

Programming

References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.

External links

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