slogan the radio voice of umass amherst frequency 91.1 mhz first air date 1949 carrier current am 1952 fm format college radio erp 450 watts stereo haat 39.0 meters class a facility id 69184 transmitter coordinates 42 23 37.97 n 72 31 17.90 w 42.3938806 n 72.5216389 w 42.3938806 ; 72.5216389 callsign meaning massachusetts university amherst 1 affiliations none owner university of massachusetts amherst university of massachusetts webcast listen live website wmua.org wmua 91.1 fm is a student run college radio station . licensed to serve amherst massachusetts united states the station is based on the campus of the university of massachusetts amherst . the station s broadcast license is held by the university of massachusetts . wmua was established in 1949 originally as an am station . though it is run by 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 s 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 and sylvan residential living areas . this facility activated at midnight on january 1 2004 is wmua s third transmission site ; it originally transmitted from atop marston hall and then on emily dickinson dormitory . the dickinson dormitory tower in orchard hill served as a backup until a re roofing project took it down in 2011 ; it is licensed as a backup facility and rebuilding the backup was completed on june 30 2014 . the station is a licensed class a broadcast facility . contents 1 programming 2 sports 3 notable alumni 4 references 5 external links programming edit wmua s programming philosophy outlines the intent of the station to depart from programming that is typically found anywhere else on the dial . in addition to music programming there are talk shows sports updates and student produced newscasts every weekday at 5 30pm . wmua broadcasts 24 7 365 and is available as a stream online from the home page of the wmua website . wmua provides an outlet for multiple opinions to be expressed through music political and advocacy talk and public service announcements . sports edit wmua is the flagship radio station of the umass women s basketball team and the umass men s lacrosse team . they also broadcast other umass minutemen sports including ice hockey men s basketball baseball and football throughout the year . notable alumni edit marc bertrand radio talk show host on wbz fm 98.5 the sports hub in boston audie cornish npr correspondent 2 bennett karoll associate producer for sirius xm fantasy in washington d.c. charlie pellett bloomberg radio personality and stand clear of the closing doors voice on new york city subway 3 bridgette proulx radio host for boston college img radio network dave strader nhl play by play announcer for nhl on nbc and nhl on nbc sports network 4 references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . parnass larry . umass grad audie cornish npr veteran lands sunday anchor slot . gazettenet.com 2011 . http www.gazettenet.com blog gazetteer umass grad audie cornish npr veteran lands sunday anchor slot 0 http boards.radio info.com smf index.php topic 102896.15 ; wap2 http umasshoops.com news alumni dave strader01252000.htm external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wmua radio locator information on wmua query nielsen audio s fm station database for wmua unofficial wmua blog v t e university of massachusetts amherst academics college of education college of engineering college of humanities and fine arts college of information and computer sciences isenberg school of management college of natural sciences college of nursing school of public health and health sciences school of public policy college of social and behavioral sciences stockbridge school of agriculture research defa film library five college radio astronomy observatory defunct large millimeter telescope national center for digital government political economy research institute research centers campus facilities fine arts center john w. lederle graduate research center morrill science center murray d. lincoln campus center blue wall cafe orchard hill observatory university museum of contemporary art w. e. b. du bois library landmarks campus pond old chapel chestnut ridge historical area east ridge historical area ellis drive historical area athletics programs men s basketball football men s ice hockey men s lacrosse men s soccer facilities curry hicks cage earl lorden field william d. mullins memorial center umass softball complex warren mcguirk alumni stadium rudd field history and traditions umass minutemen and minutewomen sam the minuteman umass fight song university of massachusetts minuteman marching band student life housing university bus & pvta five college consortium greek life student government association university without walls amherst people alumni faculty presidents and chancellors media the campus chronicle jubilat the massachusetts daily collegian the massachusetts review wfcr wmua miscellaneous 1980 campus water shortage v t e massachusetts college radio stations waic american international college wamh amherst college wbim fm bridgewater state university wbrs brandeis university wcch holyoke community college wcfm williams college wchc college of the holy cross wdjm fm framingham state university wers emerson college wgao dean college whrb harvard university wjjw mass college of liberal arts wkkl cape cod community college wmbr massachusetts institute of technology wmfo tufts university wmhc mount holyoke college wmln fm curry college wmua university of massachusetts wmwm salem state university wnrc lp nichols college wozq smith college wrbb northeastern university wscb springfield college wshl fm stonehill college wskb westfield state university wtbu boston university wtcc springfield technical community college wumd university of massachusetts dartmouth wuml university of massachusetts lowell wxpl fitchburg state university wzbc boston college wzly wellesley college see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in massachusetts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wmua & oldid 741464775 categories college radio stations in massachusettsuniversity of massachusetts amherstradio stations established in 1949radio stations established in 1952media in hampshire county massachusetts1949 establishments in massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 17 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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