WUEV: A "Short" History of the Station

By this time the need for a better studio was becoming urgent. The need was met by the alumni, who under the leadership of John R. Feigel in the summer of 1941, raised $1500 to remodel Room 301 in the Administration Building as a radio studio. Walls and ceilings were soundproofed, carpet installed and fluorescent lighting provided. The studio was dedicated on a program given the night of February 17, 1942, the twenty-third anniversary of the approval of the College charter. President Hale spoke, the Philharmonic string quartet played and a short play was given.

There was no broadcast equipment in the studio except a microphone and pre-amplifier, as the programs were still relayed to WGBF and WEOA by telephone lines, supplied, as for many years before and after, by the stations and their manager, Mr. Clarence Leich, a trustee of the College. During much of the first year the music department provided programs under the direction of Mrs. Margaret Taylor Shepard. During the 1940's and 1950's several different members of the speech department were in charge of radio programs, including Clarence Edwards, James Shutt, and A. C. Spence.

It was not until October, 1950, that the College received a license to operate its own radio station, and on March 31, 1951, WEVC-FM went on the air for the first time. Complete equipment for the studio was furnished without charge to the College by Mr. Leich in exchange for war surplus equipment which the College had received but had no use for.

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