in 1972, wvum went stereo, and in 1978, the station completely renovated the studio facilities on the second floor of the whitten university center. the station would remain there until a larger space downstairs was renovated in 1999, offering two studios and an office. previously, this new space had been a barber shop (that went bankrupt in the later 1960s/early 1970s because of the hippy movement) and a bowling alley motor room. in 2008, for the 40th year of wvum, ikea aesthetically renovated the office in the university center. the summer of 2015 brought new renovations to wvum's office, modernizing it and increasing space substantially.