WMUH (91.7 FM) is a college radio station, supported through Muhlenberg College, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
| Broadcast area | Lehigh Valley |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 91.7 MHz |
| Branding | 91.7 WMUH |
| Programming | |
| Format | Freeform college radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Muhlenberg College |
| History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Call sign meaning | W M U Hlenberg |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 46947 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 440 Watts |
| HAAT | -1 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°35′53″N 75°30′36″W / 40.598°N 75.510°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 91.7 WMUH Allentown |
In 2000, WMUH was named one of the top 20 college radio stations by The Princeton Review. That same year, WMUH was named the best radio station in the Lehigh Valley (including commercial stations) by the Lehigh Valley Music Awards Association.[2]
History
editThe station began broadcasting in 1948 at 640 AM, but could only be heard on the Muhlenberg campus. This continued until 1964, when Muhlenberg received an FCC broadcast license for an FM station on 89.7. However, WMUH's reach was still primarily the Muhlenberg campus.[2]
This changed in 1979, when WMUH received a power increase of 440 watts, moved over to 91.7 FM, and could be heard throughout the Lehigh Valley.[2]
In 1982, WMUH began broadcasting for the first time at 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This was primarily accomplished with community volunteers and recently graduated ex-WMUH disc jockeys covering the overnights from 2AM - 6AM.
In the 1980s, WMUH launched the station's slogan "the only station that matters," which is still in use to this day, and was a take-off on the phrase, "the only band that matters," which was used in England to describe The Clash during that period.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMUH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c "91.7WMUH Allentown - History". Retrieved 2008-09-22.
External links
edit- WMUH website
- WMUH at Twitter
- WMUH on YouTube
- Facility details for Facility ID 46947 (WMUH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WMUH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Timelapse video of WMUH radio tower with solar halo