on from a small antenna atop the Walker Memorial Building, which houses its studios, with 14 watts of effective radiated power at 88.1 megahertz. (This frequency corresponds to a wavelength of 3.40 meters or 2 smoots.) In the early 1970s, the antenna was moved to the much higher Eastgate Apartment Building, dramatically improving the coverage area.

WTBS continued to operate the carrier-current system to the dormitories on 640 kHz, with an identical program,