WXVU, known as Villanova University

Villanova University

Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

 Radio, is a college radio station which is broadcast in the Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 area via a 100-watt transmitter

Transmitter

In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...

 that covers an 8 miles (12.9 km) radius around the Villanova University campus. WXVU offers a variety of music, news, sports, public affairs and specialty programming. All full and part-time Villanova students are eligible to sign up for training, and become a station member.

Sharing its FM frequency with Cabrini College

Cabrini College

Cabrini College is a coeducational Roman Catholic residential college in the Philadelphia metropolitan area of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, founded by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1957. It was one of the first colleges in the United States to make community service a...

's station, WYBF

WYBF

WYBF, known as 89.1 The Burn, is a college radio station which broadcasts in the Philadelphia area via a 700 watt transmitter that covers a 15-mile radius around Radnor, PA; the station is owned by Cabrini College...

, WXVU broadcasts four days a week over the air and every day of the week online.

External links

• WXVU Website