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

1970 Music director David Frick ’73 helped developed the music library and increased the amount of music presented to the station by contact  with the various record companies.  He went on to become Senior Music editor at Rolling Stone magazine.

1976    The Center for the Arts opens with direct lines to WMUH for live broadcasts from the Center's Recital Hall and Paul C. Empie Theater.

1979    WMUH-FM receives a power increase to 440 watts at a new frequency, 91.7 mhz.  The station's primary broadcast area now covers a radius of 35 miles.

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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