About WMUA

WMUA 91.1 FM is a federally licensed (non-commercial) broadcast facility serving the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut, and Southern Vermont. Full-time undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst manage WMUA. However, station members can consist of various members of the University (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff), as well as people of the surrounding communities, of which donate their time and efforts to help continue the day-to-day operations of the station. WMUA has been in operation since 1949, when it first started as an AM station. WMUA broadcasts music, news, sports, and public affairs programming.

WMUA is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Our broadcasting license is held by the UMass Board of Trustees. WMUA's studios are located in the basement of the Lincoln Campus Center building on the UMass Campus.

UMass President Ralph A. Van Meter cuts the ribbon during the opening of WMUA in 1949.

Technical Information

WMUA is a licensed class 'A' broadcast facility. WMUA broadcasts in stereo on FM channel 216 (91.1MHz) as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, operating with an effective radiated power of 450 watts in both the vertical and horizontal planes.

The transmitter and antenna are located on Observatory Way, between the Orchard Hill & Sylvan Residential living areas, also at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

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Objective Statements

• WMUA will serve as a training facility in all facets of management and operations of a non-profit radio station.
• WMUA will promote and support undergraduate student empowerment.
• WMUA will serve as a forum for individuals and groups that historically have not had access to broadcast media.
• WMUA will provide programming and services that promote sensitivity to the different social and educational needs of the listening area.

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