CMG was founded in 1935 and incorporated in 1942, beginning as a student organization that produced radio programs airing on WESG. Later in the 1940s, CMG purchased small AM transmitters and installed them in each of Cornell’s dorms, choosing the call letters: WVBR. Seeking to serve the off-campus community, CMG filed an application with the FCC in the mid-1950s for an FM station license, which was not an ordinary feat for a college-student-operated radio station. Over the years WVBR has become a substantial component of the local community. CMG has expanded to a multimedia company that also owns CornellRadio.com and Electric Buffalo Records. CMG is an independent non-profit corporation completely owned and managed by students of Cornell and other universities.