Background
WVUM is the noncommercial and fully student-run radio station broadcasting out of the University of Miami. The station was founded in 1967 as a pirate radio station hidden in the Mahoney dormitory on the university’s campus. WVUM has since evolved into a licensed station with music programming (with a slight electronic bent), public affairs and news content and sports programs.
Licensed to Coral Gables, Florida, WVUM serves the University of Miami and the surrounding Miami communities. The radio station operates on 1.3 Kilowatts and has an approximate radius of 15 miles, as well as a stream of programming broadcast worldwide on wvum.org. It is in the process of upgrading to 5.9 kilowatts, directional north, and will cover most of Miami-Dade County
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