ABOUT WUVT

WUVT's mission is to promote education, understanding, and diversity of music while serving the community as an independent, not-for-profit, student-run radio station. Our goal to provide diverse, eclectic, and educational programming makes us a truly unique organization. The vast majority of music played on WUVT cannot be heard anywhere else on your radio dial.

WUVT is an FCC-licensed non-commercial radio station broadcasting at 3.5 kilowatts to Blacksburg, the Virginia Tech campus and a large surrounding area, including Montgomery County, Christiansburg, Radford, Floyd, Giles, Salem, Pulaski, and Wytheville. All disc jockeys, and most of our staff members, are unpaid volunteers.

While the station is mostly comprised of student members, community involvement is strongly encouraged. Semi-annual community and local business donations keep WUVT available as a consistent public service to the community. WUVT airs public service announcements twice an hour, every hour, for university and not-for-profit community organizations.

WUVT HISTORY

WUVT was first organized in September 1947 and went on the air for the first time on April 1, 1948.  In August 1951, the studios were destroyed by fire, but WUVT returned to the air in late November of the next year.  WUVT-FM came into existence in October of 1969 when it signed on the air as a non-commercial, educational, free-radiating station at 90.7 megahertz.  WUVT broadcasts 24 hours a day and serves the community with music, news, sports and public affairs programming.  WUVT-AM and WUVT-FM are both operated by the students of Virginia Tech, with studios located in Squires Student Center.  WUVT is now operated by the Educational Company at Virginia Tech.

For pictures and other history tidbits see Tom Twine's site, http://www.tomtwine.com/wuvt

GET INVOLVED

WUVT, founded by students in 1948, has launched many careers in broadcasting (both on-air and behind the scenes). Alumni who have pursued non-broadcasting careers report that WUVT helped instill fundamental skills in critical thinking, financial management, leadership, engineering, project planning and many other areas. Over the span of WUVT's many years, the station has contributed to the student life experiences of literally thousands of Virginia Tech Students.

Members receive hands-on training equivocal to that of 'real world' experience. Students hold positions in management, public relations, promotion, production, on-air talent, news, business, sales, information systems, library, engineering and special events.

WUVT staff and DJs come from many diverse backgrounds and academic majors. Academic majors from every college are represented.

For more information about getting involved with the station, e-mail us or give us a call at 540-231-9880.

"WUVT is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis or race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. " For our full Equal Employment Opportunity statement, click here.