WVUB (91.1 FM, "Blazer 91.1") is a

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station licensed to

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, United States. The station is owned by

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(VU), operating from studios in Davis Hall on the university's main campus. Its transmitter is located approximately southeast of Vincennes, near

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. WVUB, which has an

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of 50,000

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s, broadcasts an

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("Triple-A") format, along with newscasts from

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. It also serves as a training ground for students, who gather and produce local news, both for WVUB and

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, the university's

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station. WVUB brands itself as Blazer 91.1, named for the university's mascot, the Trailblazers.

History

On September 2, 1970, the

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awarded a construction permit to Vincennes University to build a new noncommercial radio station on 91.3 MHz. The station began broadcasting on that frequency on December 7, 1970, before being approved in 1973 to move to 91.1 MHz at 50,000 watts, ( Guide to reading History Cards) a change carried out the next year. Prior to 2021, the station broadcast a

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format. The current Triple-A format was instituted in 2019 on the station's

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subchannel, "ALT 91", as an additional outlet for student involvement.

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