WVUD

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WVUD
Broadcast area Newark, Delaware
Frequency 91.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format Freeform
Subchannels HD2: Freeform ("The Basement")
Ownership
Owner University of Delaware
History
First air date
October 4, 1976 (as WXDR) [1]
Former call signs
WXDR (1976–1992)
Call sign meaning
Voice of the University of Delaware [2]
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 69439
Class B1
ERP 790 watts horiz. (analog)
6,800 watts vert. (analog)
272 watts (digital) [4]
HAAT 37 meters (121 ft) (horiz.)
41 meters (135 ft) (vert.)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°41′26.4″N75°45′21.8″W / 39.690667°N 75.756056°W / 39.690667; -75.756056
Links
Public license information
Website www.wvud.org

WVUD (91.3 FM) is a non-commercial educational FM radio station owned by University of Delaware and licensed to serve Newark, Delaware. The station is student-run and broadcasts a freeform format. Studios are located in the Perkins student center at the University of Delaware and the transmitting antenna is located on the top of the Christiana East Tower residence building. [5]

Contents

WVUD uses HD Radio [4] and broadcasts freeform programming on its HD2 subchannel branded as "The Basement". [6]

On May 8, 2017, three veterans of WVUD were enshrined in its Hall of Fame. Ellen Ellis, Dr. Gloria James and Michael Tsarouhas were the three inductees for 2017. [7] [8]

History

University of Delaware Radio was originally broadcast from East Hall via AM carrier current at 640 kHz from 1968 [1] until 1976, with the WHEN call sign as a Top 40 formatted station. The station changed call signs to WDRB with a format change to alternative rock when the station's studios were moved to the third floor of the Perkins Student Center.

The FM station that would later become WVUD signed on for the first time on October 4, 1976, with the WXDR call sign. [1] [9] The station's first permanent license was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 6, 1977. [10] The new station 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.

On April 8, 1983, WXDR resumed broadcasting after being off the air for five months during which time the station installed new equipment to increase its effective radiated power from 10 watts to 1,000 watts and to convert from mono to stereo. [11] Studios were moved to the lower level of the Perkins Student Center Annex building at that time.

The station's call sign was changed to WVUD on October 19, 1992. [12] University President David Roselle had requested that the call sign be changed to WVUD to reflect the station's university ownership. This call sign had recently been ceded by an easy listening station, Lite 100 FM, which had been owned by the University of Dayton, but had been sold off by the university and had subsequently changed call signs to WLQT.

WVUD was granted an increase in effective radiated power to 6,800 watts in August 2011. [13] [14] HD Radio was added two months later beginning on October 31, 2011. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "WVUD 2009 Hall of Fame Induction" (PDF). wvud.org. May 5, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Call Letter Meanings". americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVUD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. 1 2 3 "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WVUD]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. October 31, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ "WVUD Station Information". wvud.org. February 11, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Basement". wvud.org. March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hall of Fame 2017". WVUD.org. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Balderston, Michael (May 12, 2017). "WVUD Inducts Trio into Hall of Fame". Radio World. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ Simon, Pete (September 19, 2014). "Radio Matters: Pete Simon on "My Passion for Radio and Starting WXDR"". radiosurvivor.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  10. ↑ "FM Query Results for WVUD". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  11. ↑ Everhart, Bill (April 8, 1983). "WXDR returns to the airwaves". The Review. Vol. 107, no. 19. Newark, DE. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "Call Sign History [WVUD]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  13. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR FM BROADCAST STATION LICENSE [WVUD]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  14. ↑ Firestone, Greer (January 22, 2012). "UD's Radio Station WVUD goes HD with 6,800 watts". hockessincommunitynews.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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