The station is currently owned by Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational TV, the owner and operator of WVIA-FM and other broadcasting outlets in the region |WVIA.org|.
Early plans indicate that WVBU members believed the station could reach a potential audience of a quarter million people in Montour, Northumberland, Lycoming, Union, and Snyder counties.
The compact complex contained separate FM and AM on-air studios with announcing booths, and an audio production facility with an impressive vinyl record library.
Station equipment was maintained by electrical engineering students including Bob Murcek, Kevin Kubista, and John Stafford.
Participating college radio stations across the country received free copies in exchange for a blank reel of tape and postage.
In the same mid-70s time period that WVBU AM and FM were revitalized, Brad Joblin and Jim Vose ‘75 took the Bucknell Concert Committee independent from outside promoters and booked Todd Rundgren, America, Santana, Billy Joel, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen.
Joblin went on to work for NBC in Standards and Practices; Ambrose was hired by Chrysalis Records in Los Angeles as National Director of Media & Publicity, working with artists Jethro Tull, Pat Benatar, Ian Hunter, UFO, Blondie, Billy Idol, Steve Hackett, Christopher Lee and legendary Beatles producer George Martin.
[5] On April 23, 2019, it was announced that Bucknell University had agreed to sell WVBU-FM to Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational TV Association, owner of WVIA-FM in Scranton.