WMUA

Infobox Radio station
name = WMUA


city = Amherst, Massachusetts
area = Massachusetts college
slogan =
branding = "The Radio Voice of Umass"
frequency = 91.1 MHz
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format = Variety
power =
erp = 450 watts
haat = 39.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 69184
coordinates = coord|42|23|37.00|N| 72|31|21.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = Massachusetts University - Amherst [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
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owner = University of Massachusetts Amherst
licensee =
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webcast = [http://www.wmua.org listen live]
website = [http://www.wmua.org wmua.org]
affiliations = AP Radio

WMUA (91.1 FM) is a student run radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and it's signal is also received in southern New Hampshire and western Worcester County, Massachusetts. The station is currently owned by University of Massachusetts and features programing from AP Radio. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WMUA |title=WMUA Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WMUA|title=WMUA Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

Established in 1949 originally as an AM station. Though it is run by full-time, fee-paying undergraduates, other faculty, staff, assorted members of the community, and graduate students contribute to the station. WMUA is broadcast to the Connecticut River Valley, including Western Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut, and Southern Vermont. The station is federally-licensed (authorized by the FCC) and non-commercial, and is under the supervision of the UMass Board of Trustees.

WMUA functions are based out of the UMass Amherst campus, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The studio is located in the basement of the Lincoln Campus Center building. The actual transmitter and antenna are located on Observatory Way, between the Orchard Hill & Sylvan Residential living areas. The station is a licensed "class A" broadcast facility.

In 2001, WMUA bought a new radio transmitter to replace their original. The original transmitter, atop Dickinson Hall in Orchard Hill, is still in place and serves as a backup.

ee also

*WUML at the University of Massachusetts Lowell

References

External links

*FM station data|WMUA
* [http://wmua.blogspot.com (Un)official WMUA Blog]