It served as an academic laboratory providing daily services for the campus and community from studios in Villard Hall. In the 1970s, KWAX affiliated with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, hired a staff and affiliated with NPR.
It acted as an academic laboratory supplying daily services on the campus and in the community from Villard Hall studios. In the 1970s, KWAX joined the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, staffed up, and became affiliated with NPR.