1964 - Muhlenberg College receives an FCC broadcast license for WMUH-FM.
1965 - Permanent studios in Seegers Union are completed, and dedication is held in February. The station's fifty-hour weekly schedule follows a diverse format, from rock to opera.
1968 - For the first time WMUH offers continuous election coverage. Student reporters call in election results from local newspapers and political headquarters.
1969 - The station begins carrying live performances from the Metropolitan Opera. New equipment is purchased, and the schedule is expanded to eighty hours weekly. The student staff, which now includes seventy-five people, produces a sixteen page program guide. A major donation is received form the Alumni Association to remodel the studios. the station is honored by national journalism fraternity Pi Delta Epsilon as the #1 college radio station.
1976 - The Center for the Arts opens with direct lines to WMUH for live broadcasts from the center's Recital Hall and Empie Theater.
1979 - WMUH-FM receives a power increase to 440 watts at a new frequency, 91.7mhz. The station's primary broadcast area now covers a radius of 35 miles.
1981 - The student staff invites community members to participate in programming. For the first time, WMUH broadcasts during the summer break.
1982 - The schedule is expanded to 24 hours a day with community members programming during all breaks and overnights.
1984 - WMUH community volunteers incorporate as the Lehigh Valley Community Broadcaster's Association.
1986 - WMUH begins broadcasting in block programming, a format which offers specific genres of music during certain times of the day.
1987 - The college hires its first General Manager, Joe Swanson, to oversee broadcasting by a 120-member student staff and 130-member community staff. This summer, the station broadcasts temporarily from an apartment in Prosser Hall while Seegers Union basement is remodeled, including the WMUH studio.
1988 - The station moves into new studios in Seegers Union. The control booth in the Red Door Cafe is linked directly to WMUH for live broadcasts. A marketing study shows that we have approximately 10,000 listeners at any given time.

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