Radio WRUV

WRUV (90.1 FM) is a free format radio station. Licensed to Burlington, Vermont, USA, the station is currently owned by The University of Vermont.WRUV is the radio voice of the University of Vermont. It is a non-profit, non-commercial, educational entity licensed by the FCC comprising UVM students, staff and community members. Most of the station’s funding is provided by UVM’s Student Government Association while fundraisers and community underwriting covers the rest.WRUV made its official broadcast debut from its studios in the Pomeroy barn in January 1955. The program was carried via a closed circuit system to the men's dormitories, Grasse Mount, Converse Hall, and the Redstone Campus. In 1956, the club started AM broadcasting of music. In fact, WRUV was one of the first AM stations in the Burlington, Vermont area.Simulcast AM/FM broadcasting began in October 1965 with the station moving to only-FM in the early 1970’s. By the mid 70s, the station removed simulcast AM/FM from their repertoire and became a strictly FM broadcaster.In 1986, WRUV crossed Main Street and moved into the basement of the Billings Student Center, quickly plastering the studio walls with thousands of pictures of different artists and musical groups. It began Internet broadcasting in 1997. In the summer of 2007 the station moved into the brand new Dudley Davis Center, the nation’s first LEED Certified student Center. The station’s 460 watt transmitter allows the station to be heard as far away as Canada and upstate New York.