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Despite being owned by the University of Alabama System, the station is financially independent from the University of Alabama. [4] WVUA is licensed and operates as a commercial television station, and as such, most of its funding is generated from advertising revenue; WVUA/WVUA-CD is one of only two commercial television stations in the United States that is owned by a public institution ...
The Crimson Tide Sports Network (sometimes stylized as the CTSN) is the radio and television network of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide men's and women's sports teams. It consists of four television stations , two regional cable networks, and several radio stations throughout the state of Alabama , some of which serves small parts of ...
This is a list of Student radio stations operated by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. In the United States these radio stations are called College radio stations, sometimes Campus radio and in the United Kingdom they are called student radio stations. This list is organized by country.
Student-run UA radio stations have used the call letters BRN (Bama Radio Network), WABP, and WUAL (now part of Alabama Public Radio). Originally, the "VUA" in the station's call letters was used to suggest the "Voice of the University of Alabama", which is a tagline the station often uses. [1] Starting in May 2007, the station began a ...
Two broad categories apply to licensed stations owned by U.S. colleges and universities: Student-run — Stations where students play significant roles in programming, management, and other facets of operations, either on their own, through student government organizations, or under faculty supervision.
WUAL-FM (91.5 FM) is an American non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Tuscaloosa, Alabama.The station, established in 1982, is owned by the University of Alabama, and is the flagship affiliate of Alabama Public Radio, airing the network's programming consisting of news and talk programming, classical music, folk music, jazz, adult album alternative, and nostalgic music ...
WDNG News was in operation as far back as 1959 under former station owner Tom Potts, Sr. It was the only Anniston radio station to offer same-day coverage of the May 14, 1961 Freedom Riders bus burning, which is considered one of the landmark events of the civil rights era. Two station employees were at the scene of the bus burning, taking notes.
On March 23, 1983, Channel 17 of Tuscaloosa, Inc., filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build a new commercial TV station in the city. Shareholders in the applicant were headlined by David R. Dubose, who was then the news director at WUAL-FM at the University of Alabama. [2]