[2][3] Glassboro State College was granted a construction permit by the FCC to build a low watt FM radio station on the campus on May 17, 1963 and a broadcast license was issued the following year on April 9, 1964.

[6] Other faculty members continued to advise the students of WGLS, including 1967 supervisor George Reinfeld, who would eventually help establish the college's Department of Communication.

[8] Dr. Gregory Potter, from the GSC Library Department, took over management of WGLS in 1969, and successfully led the effort to update the college's radio studio in the campus’ Bole Hall building, as well as correcting various engineering and transmission issues.

WGLS-FM moved again into its fourth studio home on campus inside the then recently expanded Bozorth Hall building January 1996.

In January 2001, the station's transmitter was relocated 9 miles off campus to a 500-foot tower in South Harrison Twp., NJ, again increasing its signal strength to an ERP of 750 watts.

[13] Sports broadcaster and college instructor Derek Jones and former commercial radio producer Leo Kirschner succeeded Frank Hogan upon his retirement in 2012.

Public Affairs programming is produced by university students, instructors and civic leaders discussing a variety of local and national topics.

Shows and podcasts include: Since its incorporation with Rowan University's College of Communication in 1995, 89.7 WGLS-FM has won over 300 broadcasting awards in local and national contests.