Radio WVUD 91.3 FM

WVUD (91.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a college radio format. Licensed to Newark, Delaware, USA, the station serves the Wilmington DE area. The station is currently owned by University of Delaware. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 6,800 watts. This student run station is located in the Perkins student center at the University of Delaware. The transmitting antenna is located on the top of the Christiana East Tower residence building.This section does not cite any references or sources.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2008)University of Delaware Radio was broadcast by AM Carrier Current at 640 kHz from 1968 until 1976. First with the call letters WHEN as a top 40 station broadcasting from East Hall. When the station moved to the third floor of the Perkins Student center the station changed to WDRB, an alternative rock station. In 1976 the station was issued a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Class D non-commercial educational license for 10 Watts under callsign WXDR and broadcast a block format that included jazz, folk, classical, ambient, college alternative, and experimental music. Local news was presented each day and the students presented a weekly news magazine show and community oriented public affairs shows. In 1983 WXDR increased its power to 1000 Watts and moved to the lower level of the Perkins Student Center Annex building. University President David Roselle requested that the call letters be changed to WVUD to reflect the station's university basis. These call letters had recently been given up by the University of Dayton student station.