[5] WVUD uses HD Radio[4] and broadcasts freeform programming on its HD2 subchannel branded as "The Basement".
[7][8] University of Delaware Radio was originally broadcast from East Hall via AM carrier current at 640 kHz from 1968[1] until 1976, with the WHEN call sign as a Top 40 formatted station.
[1][9] The station's first permanent license was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 6, 1977.
[10] The new station broadcast a block format that included jazz, folk, classical, ambient, college alternative, and experimental music.
[11] Studios were moved to the lower level of the Perkins Student Center Annex building at that time.