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<!-- {{Prose|date=June 2008}}{{Infobox Radio radio station
| name = WUVT-FM
<!--| image = [[Image:WUVT-FM 2009.PNG|200px]]-->
| city = [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]
| area = [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]<br>[[w:Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County, Virginia]]
| branding = ''"WUVT-FM 90.7 Blacksburg"''
| slogan = ''"Radio For Everyone"''
| airdate = [[1969 in radio{{Start date and age|1969]]}} | frequency = 90.7 [[w:Megahertz|MHz]] | format = [[w:Freeform (radio format)|Freeform]] | power = 6,500 [[w:Watt|Watt]]s
| erp =
| haat = 130.9 Meters
| class = C3
| facility_id = 70278
<!-- | coordinates = {{Coord|37|13|28.0|N|80|24|30.0|W|type:landmark}}-->
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''U'''niv. of '''V'''irginia '''T'''ech
| former_callsigns =
| licensee = [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [httphttps://wwwstream.wuvt.vt.edu/liveplayer/wuvtstream_hiwuvt.m3u ogg WUVT-FM Webstream] | website = [httphttps://www.wuvt.vt.edu/ WUVT-FM Online]
| affiliations =
}} -->
'''WUVT''' is an independent, student-run radio station broadcasting with a power of 6.5 Kilowatts on 90.7 Megahertz FM from [[Squires Student Center|Squires]] 350 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. WUVT is funded by semiannual radiothons and also offers underwriting opportunities for local businesses.
[[File:WUVT_Antenna_Lee.jpg|thumb |alt=WUVT antenna atop Lee Hall |WUVT antenna on top of [[Lee Hall]]]]
[[File:WUVT_Antenna_SquiresSquires anntennas.jpg|thumb |alt=WUVT STL antenna atop Squires Student Center |WUVT STL 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]].
== External Links ==
* [http://www.wuvt.vt.edu WUVT homepage]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110209171410/http://www.tomtwine.com/wuvt/ Thomas H. Twine's WUVT Alumni Page] archived from [http://www.tomtwine.com/wuvt/ the original (dead link)]
* [http://fbox.vt.edu/users/jarritt/image.html#WUVT WUVT pictures circa 2001]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUVT-FM WUVT-FM Wikipedia article]
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