WRMU-FM is a non-commercial FM radio station at the University of Mount Union (formerly Mount Union College) in Alliance, Ohio broadcasting at 91.1 MHz. History The origins of Mount Union College's radio station can be traced to four Mount Union students who hatched the idea one afternoon in the Spring of 1965. The four were Andy Bass, Jim Lang, Daun Yeagley, and Dee Grapentine. A concept of operations was developed, presentations were given to the school President, Dr. Carl C. Bracy (who whole-heartedly gave his blessings) and to the Student Senate who allocated $2,000 as seed money for a station. Dr. James Rodman and Dr. Joseph Falk were appointed as faculty advisors. The FCC was contacted to see if there were any low power AM broadcast frequencies available for the school to use. The answer was no. Because of a limited budget FM broadcasting was not explored. Another possibility, not requiring FCC approval, was to superimpose a low power AM radio signal on the AC power lines running in the dormitories. By using any AM radio plugged into a dorm power outlet students could receive the signal. WKSU at Kent State University was known to have used this type of system at one time on their campus. Personnel at WKSU were contacted and most helpful including providing schematics and drawings for the design of the carrier current transmitters they had used. Parts for the transmitters were purchased and Dee Grapentine (a licensed amateur radio operator) built the first operational unit. School electrician Jim Hayes wired it into the King Hall dormitory power system and it worked like a charm. Subsequently, more transmitters were built by Jim Corner and Ken Simpson, both amateur radio operators. Many other students and faculty pitched in to make WRMU a reality. The school had a broadcast studio built to professional standards and bore the cost of installing telephone lines to each of the dormitories so the broadcast signal could be fed there. Station management was established with Jim Lang named as Program Manager, Daun Yeagley as Chief Engineer, with Andy Bass as Assistant Engineer, and Dee Grapentine as Station Manager. The first official broadcast of WRMU was done on the evening of 10 January 1966. Dr. Bracy gave the opening remarks. The students who organized the station wanted to use the call letters WMUC—for Mt. Union College, but the call letters were already taken. So