Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
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Frequency | 89.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | WHRV 89.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Public radio |
Subchannels | HD2: AAA "AltRadio" |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association |
WFOS, WHRE, WHRF, WHRG, WHRJ, WHRL, WHRO-FM, WHRO-TV, WHRX | |
History | |
First air date | 1973 [1] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Hampton Roads Virginia |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 25933 |
Class | B |
ERP | 34,000 watts |
HAAT | 181.7 meters (596 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°48′32.0″N76°30′13.0″W / 36.808889°N 76.503611°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | |
Website | WHRV Online |
WHRV (89.5 FM) is a public radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. [3] It is the flagship NPR member station for Hampton Roads, and is a sister station to the area's PBS member, WHRO-TV. It airs a mix of NPR news and talk programming, jazz, blues, and folk music.
It is owned by the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, [4] a consortium of 19 Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore school districts. Studios are located at the Public Telecommunications Center for Hampton Roads on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk. The transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia.
The station first signed on in 1973 as WTGM, owned by the Virginia Cultural Foundation. [1] Within only two years, however, the station ran into severe financial straits, forcing HRETA (then known as the Hampton Roads Educational Television Association) to step in and rescue the station. [6] HRETA changed the calls to WHRO-FM in 1978 to match the television station. In the early 1980s, a feasibility study indicated that a second public radio station could be viable. [1] However, it was not until 1988 that HRETA won a second noncommercial license, on 90.3. [7] On September 21, 1990, 90.3 signed on as a full-time classical music station, taking the WHRO-FM call letters. NPR programming remained on 89.5 under new call letters, WHRV. [8]
Channel | Format | Branding |
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HD-1 | Public Radio | 89.5 WHRV |
HD-2 | Adult Album Alternative | AltRadio |
WHRV operates a number of full-powered repeater stations to serve portions of the Eastern Shore and Southside Virginia.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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WHRE | 91.9 FM | Eastville, Virginia | 4,400 | A | FMQ |
WHRG | 88.5 FM | Gloucester Point, Virginia | 9,600 | B1 | FMQ |
WHRL | 88.1 FM | Emporia, Virginia | 4,200 | A | FMQ |
WHRX | 90.1 FM | Nassawadox, Virginia | 46,000 | B | FMQ |
Additionally, the station operates a 250 watt translator station, W269BQ, at 101.7 MHz in Virginia Beach, which serves sections of that community that do not get a clear signal from 89.5.
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