WVCP

Infobox Radio Station
name = WVCP


city = Gallatin, Tennessee
area = Nashville, Tennessee
branding = 88.5 WVCP
slogan = Vol State College FM
airdate = January 4, 1979
frequency = 88.5 (MHz)
format = College radio
power = 1000 watts
class = A
owner = Volunteer State Community College
website = [http://www.volstate.edu/wvcp/ www.volstate.edu/wvcp/]
callsign_meaning = Vol State College Pioneers

WVCP is the college radio station of Volunteer State Community College ("Vol State") in Gallatin, Tennessee, broadcasting at 88.5 MHz on the FM dial. It falls under the oversight of the Department of Humanities and is managed by longtime faculty member Howard Espravnik. Students and volunteers make up the airstaff. The station plays a mix of music, ranging from soft adult contemporary to hard rock. The station is currently operating at a limited capacity due to damage sustained from a tornado directly striking the studios.

=Storm da

. Part of the building collapsed, and WVCP's studios were a near-total loss. Equipment that was not destroyed by the storm sustained heavy water damage.

The station was knocked off the air the moment the storm struck, but returned to the air on April 13 2006 in a limited capacity. The station is currently automating from a computer located at the transmitter site. In the Spring 2007 semester, WVCP will again operate at full capacity from a newly-constructed studio in the Ramer Administration Building.

Ironically, a few years earlier, strong straight-line winds caused the station's tower north of Gallatin to topple, forcing WVCP off the air for several weeks before the station relaunched on a new tower in a different location.

ee also

*List of Nashville media

External links

* [http://www.volstate.edu/wvcp/ WVCP official site]
*fmq|WVCP
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