Station Overview
WLUR Lexington is a non-commercial educational radio station owned by Washington and Lee and directed by the university's Office of Communications. Undergraduate and law students along with members of the Lexington and Rockbridge community generate most of WLUR's diverse programming, which covers a wide range of musical genres, public affairs, news, and commentary for W&L athletic events. A full-time general manager supervises the day-to-day operations of the station, while students occupy various management positions.

The station is located in the John W. Elrod Commons on the campus of Washington and Lee. WLUR transmits at 91.5 MHz (megahertz) on the FM radio frequency band with an Effective Radiated Power of 175 watts. WLUR's programming is also streamed live over the internet at wlur.wlu.edu.

Mission Statement
Briefly stated, the mission of WLUR is:

1. To serve as an outlet for creative expression for members of the Washington and Lee Community.

2. To be a reliable source of entertainment, information, and culture for the extended University Community and Lexington area residents.

A Brief History of WLUR
1966-1967
Journalism Professor Tom Riegel founded WLUR as a laboratory for teaching news writing and reporting. Some classical music was played as well. WLUR's studios, offices and transmitter were built on the third floor of Reid Hall.

1968
Richard E. Gooch '30 established an endowment for WLUR. Gooch, a former W&L journalism major who made his career in broadcasting, left the endowment in the form of an insurance policy. The Richard E. Gooch Endowment stills funds a portion of WLUR's operations.

1970s
Throughout the 1970s WLUR's programming expanded to include jazz, rock, and other styles of music. By the mid-1970s WLUR's effective radiated power (ERP) had also increased from 10 watts to approximately 175 watts.

1980s
Throughout the decade, the station's music collection and the size of its staff continued to grow. By the mid '80s it was the one of the largest extra-curricular activities on campus. In the meantime, the broadcast journalism curriculum became more television-centered. As was the trend at many college radio stations during this time, the overall emphasis of WLUR shifted towards music.

1990s
By 1992 the Journalism Department had discontinued the last remaining radio class. Although WLUR remained under the umbrella of the journalism department, it became a strictly extracurricular activity.

2001
In July of 2001, direction of WLUR was transferred from the Journalism Department to the Communications Office. The WLUR studios were relocated from Reid Hall to the Early-Fielding Center while a new transmitter site was erected at the Student Activities Pavilion. The station remained silent while construction took place.

2002
The station resumed regularly scheduled broadcasting in October. For the first time in its history, WLUR was provided with a full-time General Manager. Under Ben Losi '02, WLUR was completely restructured in regards to facilities, organization, and programming.

2006-07
WLUR moved to a new facility in the John W. Elrod University Commons in October 2006. In January 2007, the station began a 24-hour format with the addition of BBC news and NPR talk programming from Radio IQ, a service of WVTF public radio in Roanoke.