The Source plays a wide variety of music including rock, alternative, jazz, punk, and indie.

In May 1949, a group of students submitted a proposal to the Valparaiso University Board of Directors to build an educational FM radio station in the basement of Guild Hall.

However, after ten years without progress, VU law school student Jack Lawson led a committee to plan a radio station.

On September 25, 1966, the FCC granted a license to WVUR-FM 89.5 MHz The Voice, making it the first radio station in the city of Valparaiso.

On September 24, 1982, a new tower was constructed atop Brandt Hall, which brought increased wattage and the station's current frequency and name: WVUR 95.1 FM The Source.

Fall Out Boy's This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race was the first official song to play in the new format.

The first song officially played both on the air and online in this new era was Foster The People's Don't Stop (Color on the Walls).

In 2020, sports director Garrett Willis took up the project to get WVUR a new TieLine system for broadcasting Beacon athletics.

This included updating equipment, reorganizing materials, and renovating the common area space and allocating different offices to new departments at the station.