The move to become an FM station was started by NMC students Tod Redfern, Wayne Niebroski, Malcolm Brooks, and Dennis Panagopoulus in 1976.

One of the station's jazz programs was once hosted by WPBN news anchor Dave Walker, who started his radio career at WKLA in Ludington, Michigan in the 1960s.

Astronomer, NASA Ambassador, and former station manager Michael Foerster hosts a science feature on the Friday morning show circa 7:15 am.

WNMC broadcasts a wide variety of music, most of it otherwise unavailable on the radio dial in its service area.

Specialty shows feature new age, alternative country, African, Latin American, and a host of other style and genres.