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°WCoordinates: 39°41′26″N 75°45′23″W / 39.69056°N 75.75639°W |
| 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 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 changed to WLQT. 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
- Hip City (Saturday night) A fixture featuring classic soul and rhythm & blues as presented by Jerry Grant.
- Red, Hot & Blue (Friday night) Featuring blues hosted by Ron Smith.
- Crazy College (Sundays) Featuring "all musics odd, silly or forgotten. Anything from Stan Freeberg, Allan Sherman, Billy Murray, Cole Porter, George Formby, if it's odd or funny, it's in!" hosted by Geo. Stewart.
- Java Time & Roots (Weekday mornings) features Roots and Folk music.
- Classical music (Weekdays at lunchtime)
- Scratchy Grooves' & In a Mist (Sunday nights) Big Band and popular music of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
- Ruffage (Saturdays) Delaware's longest running and only Heavy Metal/Hard Rock radio show. Beginning over 21 years ago, the show was originally hosted by Rich Grafstein (its originator) and has since been hosted by Traci, Metallikate, The Tink, Josh and Stefanie Best, among others. Currently the show is being once again hosted by Metallikate and Traci.
- Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: live radio play (Annual live radio broadcast of Charles Dickens' classic holiday ghost story.) A Delaware tradition since 2004. Performed by a small cast of professional actors, featuring music and sound effects. Directed by Sara Valentine. Scripted and created by Sara Valentine and Michael Boudewyns.
References
- ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WVUD
- Radio-Locator information on WVUD
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVUD