WPRB, one of the first college radio stations in the country, was founded in 1940 as WPRU, broadcasting through the heating pipes of a Princeton University dorm.

On Thursday November 10, 1955 the call letters were changed from WPRU to WPRB and WPRB became the first college FM station in the country. In February 1960 WPRB increased its transmitter output to 17,000 watts, making WPRB the largest college station in the land.

To read a decade-by-decade history of WPRB, click on the links below.

1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s