A brief history

WVOU, the defunct call letters of a once-prosperous broadcasting station at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA, had fallen on hard times. Money had run tight, and a tragic accident involving a lightning bolt and a transmitter meant the radio station was relegated to a fate worse than death: closed circuit television.

Years passed, and WVOU was nearly forgotten, a haven for lazy Communications majors, a few indie rockers, and the otherwise bored. Though there were some wine socials and some good times (we'll never forget the year Jonas came to the station as part of his probation and stole all of our Motorhead CDs), but for the most part WVOU languished in the basement of Bomberger, the old cathedral, having no one to love it but the ghost of Zacharias Ursinus, the school's founder, and Lupita, a mechanically-sympathetic sanitation worker. The spirit of WVOU ebbed, and with it, we like to think, the Spirit of Ursinus died a little too.*

But those days are no longer. Some new blood and a few pagan incantations later—plus the hard work of some dedicated individuals—and the station is making a comeback. Fear not, little WVOU, your time will come yet!

Here's to the future.

*In fact he was already dead. That's what made him a spirit. But he was way more depressed than usual.

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