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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
* [http://www.wuvt.vt.edu/index.php WUVT Homepage ]
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* [http://www.wuvt.vt.edu/index.php WUVT homepage]
 
* [http://www.tomtwine.com/wuvt/ Thomas H. Twine's WUVT Alumni Page]
 
* [http://www.tomtwine.com/wuvt/ Thomas H. Twine's WUVT Alumni Page]
* [http://fbox.vt.edu/users/jarritt/image.html#WUVT WUVT Pictures Circa 2001]
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* [http://fbox.vt.edu/users/jarritt/image.html#WUVT WUVT pictures circa 2001]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUVT-FM WUVT-FM Wikipedia article]

Revision as of 02:09, 15 March 2011

WUVT is an independant, student-run radio station broadcasting with a power of 3.5 Kilowatts on 90.7 Megahertz FM to Blacksburg and the surrounding area. It aims to promote education, understanding, and diversity of music. To achieve this WUVT's programming includes diverse, eclectic and educational elements. All of WUVT's disc jockeys and most of their staff are unpaid volunteers. The station airs public service announcements twice an hour.

History

WUVT antenna atop Lee Hall
WUVT antenna on top of Lee Hall
WUVT antenna atop Squires Student Center
WUVT antenna on top of Squires Student Center

Organization of the station started in September of 1947. WUVT first went on air on April 1st, 1948. The studios were destroyed by fire in August of 1951 but the station was back on the air by late November of 1952. The station first began transmitting FM in October of 1969. At some point, operation of the station came under the umbrella of the Educational Media Company. The station broadcasted from the roof of Lee Hall from its beginnings until May 17th, 2009. The station broadcasted with a modified antenna from Squires Student Center at about 25 Watts before it finished the current tower on Price Mountain.

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