WODU
WODU is the student-run radio station at Old Dominion University (ODU). The non-profit station runs 24 hours a day, as well as streaming online, and includes both radio programming and television production. The organization also provides on-site training in all areas of media production.
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History
The Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary established a campus radio station in 1955, broadcasting a variety of musical and education programs from its Technical Institute. After a break in broadcasts, a group of students revived the radio station in 1975 as a student organization. Broadcasting from a broom closet in Roger Hall. The station, renamed WODU, moved into Webb University Center in the 1980s.
Resources
- WODU Studios: The Heartbeat of Old Dominion University, https://www.wodustudios.com/
- ODU Photographic Collection, Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections, Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 23529.
References
- Bookman, Steven and Jessica Ritchie. Old Dominion University: A Campus History Series. Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, South Carolina, 2017.