City | Morgantown, West Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Eastern Monongalia County, West Virginia |
Branding | "U92 FM" |
Slogan | "The New Music Pioneer" |
Frequency | 91.7 FM MHz |
First air date | 1982 |
Format | College |
Power | 2,600 Watts |
HAAT | 55 meters (180 ft) |
Class | A |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°38′9.0″N 79°56′38.0″W / 39.635833°N 79.943889°W |
Callsign meaning | W West Virginia University |
Owner |
West Virginia University (West Virginia University Board of Governors) |
Webcast | WWVU-FM Webstream |
Website | WWVU-FM Online |
WWVU-FM is a College formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Morgantown, West Virginia, serving Eastern Monongalia County, West Virginia. WWVU-FM is owned and operated by West Virginia University.
WWVU-FM first went on the airwaves in 1982, and broadcasts alternative rock and college rock in its "regular rotation." The station currently has programs dedicated to jazz, metal, punk, hip hop, and other genres.
In 2015, WWVU-FM won the College Music Journal Station of the Year award. WWVU's Music Director, Elizabeth McIntyre, won Music Director of the Year. Hip-Hop Director, Cody Roane, won the Specialty Show Director of the Year award. Winning such honors places WWVU on record as one of the best college radio stations in North America.
In 2015, WWVU was nominated for six College Music Journal awards. The six categories were Station of the Year, Music Director of the Year (Elizabeth McIntyre), Specialty Music Director of the Year (Cody Roane - Hip-Hop), Most Creative, Small Station Big Idea, and Most Improved.
WWVU was nominated for three College Music Journal awards in 2013. One for Music Director of the Year, one for Best Community Resource and Biggest Improvement.