WVUM

WVUM (90.5 FM) is a non-commercial alternative and electronic music college radio station at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida in the United States and broadcasting over-the-air to the Miami metropolitan area and streaming online via Internet radio.

WVUM is the noncommercial and fully student-run radio station broadcasting out of the University of Miami.

Licensed to Coral Gables, Florida, WVUM serves the University of Miami and the surrounding communities.

The station operates with 5.9 Kilowatts directional and covers most of Miami-Dade County and streams live globally at: wvum.org In 1967, a group of engineering students in Mahoney Hall, a University of Miami dormitory, created an unlicensed transmitter and began operating an illegal radio station.

In February 1968, WVUM received its license to broadcast a 10-watt non-commercial, educational radio station, which was barely enough power to be heard throughout the university campus.

In 1972, WVUM went stereo, and in 1978, the station completely renovated the studio facilities on the second floor of the Whitten University Center.

In Spring 1977, Mahoney Residence Hall Association changed its name to WVUM, Inc, the title it still holds today.

In 1999, the station moved to a larger space downstairs in the Whitten University Center, which offered two studios and an office, and was renovated for WVUM's use.

The WVUM staff focuses on programming, community involvement, and engaging with Miami's art and music scene.