Wuvt-Fm Blacksburg

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 Media Company at Virginia Tech (EMCVT), a 501c3 formed in 1997 to replace the Student Media Board. WUVT-FM operates with an effective radiated power of 6500 Watts on the 90.7 MHz band. Since our power increase in 2009, our transmitter facility has been located on Price Mountain; prior to that we broadcasted from atop Lee Hall. Our primary transmitter is a Harris Z5CD donated by Clear Channel fed from a Harris FlexStar HDx exciter donated by Harris Corporation.