WVTF

WVTF

Infobox Radio station
name = WVTF


city = Roanoke, Virginia
area = Roanoke, Virginia
Lynchburg, Virginia
Blacksburg, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
branding = "Classical . Jazz . NPR"
share = 7.5
share as of = FALL 2007
share source = RRC [cite news | first= | last= | title=Charlottesville VA Market Ratings | url= | work=Arbitron | publisher =Radio Research Consortium | url = http://www.rrconline.org/arbitron | date = FALL 2007 ]
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 89.1 MHz - Roanoke
repeater =88.5 MHz - Charlottesville
89.3 MHz - Charlottesville
89.9 MHz - Ferrum
90.1 MHz - Abingdon
90.3 MHz - Clintwood
90.5 MHz - Wise
90.9 MHz - St. Paul
91.3 MHz - Pound
91.7 MHz - Norton
91.9 MHz - Marion
93.9 MHz - Lovingston
95.5 MHz - Orange
101.9 MHz - Lexington
1260 AM - New River Valleybold frequencies also on HD Radio [ cite web|url=http://www.wvtf.org/frequencies/index.php |title=WVTF Frequency List |accessdate=2007-08-19 ]
format = NPR
Public Radio
Classical
power = 100,000 Watts - 89.1
120 Watts - 88.5
197 Watts - 89.3
4,500 Watts - 91.9
220 Watts - 90.5
erp =
class = C - 89.1
A - 89.1
B1 - 89.3
C2 - 91.9
A - 90.5
callsign_meaning = W Virginia Tech Foundation
former_callsigns =
owner = Virginia Tech Foundation
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.wvtf.org/schedule/wvtf-64.pls WVTF Webstream]
website = [http://www.wvtf.org/ WVTF Online]
affiliations =

WVTF Public Radio is a classical, jazz, and National Public Radio member radio station licensed to the Virginia Tech Foundation based in Roanoke, Virginia. WVTF covers 44 percent of Virginia and serves central, southwest and western Virginia as well as portions of northern North Carolina and southern West Virginia.

History

WVTF began broadcasting in August 1973 as WVWR and was licensed to Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke. In 1975, WVWR's transmitter was moved from Fishburn Hall on the VWCC campus, to Poor Mountain in Roanoke County. The power also was increased to 100,000 watts. WVTF's 89.1 coverage area includes central and southwest Virginia, southern West Virginia and northern North Carolina.

The station's [http://www.wvtf.org/radio_reading/index.php Radio Reading Service] began operating in 1979 on the radio's subcarrier frequency. The reading service broadcasts readings from current newspapers and magazines to print-challenged individuals 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The special radio required to receive the signal is provided free of charge. Additional monetary support for the Radio Reading Service is provided by the Roanoke-based [http://www.vobr.org Voice of the Blue Ridge] , a non-profit organization formed by reading service volunteers in 1981.

The station's call letters were changed to WVTF in 1980, when the Virginia Tech Foundation assumed ownership of the station.

In 1990, WVTF added a transmitter in Charlottesville on Bear Den Mountain, WVTU (89.3). In 1991, a transmitter was added in Marion, WVTR (91.9), which allowed the signal to reach as far west as Bristol. Another transmitter was added in Charlottesville on Carter Mountain, WVTW (88.5) in 1997.

WVTF earned the title of the most listened-to public radio station licensed in Virginia when audience figured reached nearly 140,000 weekly listeners in 1999.

In 2000, WVTF added a translator (89.5) on Candler's Mountain in Lynchburg. This translator was later switched to [http://www.radioiq.org RADIO IQ] , WVTF's sister station that broadcasts BBC news and NPR talk programs.

In June 2001, WVTF announced its licensee, the Virginia Tech Foundation, purchased land in Roanoke City to build its new offices and studios, including a multi-purpose studio and five months later, construction began on Broadcast Center, a state-of-the-art office/studio complex.

WVTF launched [http://www.radioiq.org RADIO IQ] , a public radio station offering BBC News and NPR talk radio programs, in January 2003. The service, a partnership between Virginia Tech and Ferrum College, now broadcasts in Charlottesville (89.7), Crozet (91.5), Roanoke (89.7), Lynchburg (89.5), Ferrum (89.9), and the New River Valley (1260 AM).

In May 2003, WVTF moved to Broadcast Center, its new home at 3520 Kingsbury Lane in Roanoke.

WVTF acquired WISE-FM, 90.5 in Wise, with its multiple translators throughout far Southwest Virginia, from the University of Virginia's College at Wise in 2005.

Other translators recently added to enhance WVTF broadcasts include 95.5 in Orange, 101.9 in Lexington, and 93.9 in Lovingston. RADIO IQ's coverage area also expanded with a partnership with Washington & Lee University and [http://wlur.wlu.edu WLUR] to broadcast RADIO IQ from 2 a.m. to noon Monday-Friday and midnight to noon Saturday and Sunday.

WVTF has recently expanded its role in the community beyond radio broadcasting in sponsoring juried art shows at its studios in Roanoke. [cite news | first=Kevin | last=Kittredge | coauthors= | title=New show, new winner | date=2007-07-22 | publisher= | url =http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/wb/xp-125123 | work =Roanoke Times | pages = | accessdate = 2007-08-19 | language = ]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WVTF is relayed by an additional 9 translators to widen its broadcast area. The following do not include the 6 translators of WISE-FM which also relay WVTF's signal.RadioTranslators
call1 = W218BZ
watts1 = 10
class1 = D
freq1 = 91.5
city1 = Crozet, Virginia
call2 = W270BJ
watts2 = 25
class2 = D
freq2 = 101.9
city2 = Lexington, Virginia
call3 = W230BD
watts3 = 10
class3 = D
freq3 = 93.9
city3 = Lovingston, Virginia
call4 = W208AP
watts4 = 10
class4 = D
freq4 = 89.5
city4 = Lynchburg, Virginia
call5 = W238BN
watts5 = 19
class5 = D
freq5 = 95.5
city5 = Orange, Virginia
call6 = W209AA
watts6 = 10
class6 = D
freq6 = 89.7
city6 = Charlottesville, Virginia
call7 = W209AG
watts7 = 20
class7 = D
freq7 = 89.7
city7 = Roanoke, Virginia
call8 = W231BC
watts8 = 10
class8 = D
freq8 = 94.1
city8 = Christiansburg, Virginia
call9 = W280DB
watts9 = 10
class9 = D
freq9 = 103.9
city9 = Lynchburg, Virginia

History

External links

* [http://www.wvtf.org/ WVTF Online]
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