WVBE-FM

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WVBE-FM
WVBE-AM WVBE-FM WVBB-FM 2014.png
Broadcast area Metro Lynchburg
Frequency 100.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingThe Vibe 100.1 & 97.7
Programming
Format Urban adult contemporary
Subchannels HD2: WZZU simulcast (Active rock)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
OwnerMel Wheeler, Inc.
WFIR, WPLI, WPLY-FM, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WVBB, WXLK, WZZU
History
First air date
1948;75 years ago (1948)
Former call signs
  • WWOD-FM (1948-1979)
  • WKZZ (1979-1991)
  • WLYK (1991-2001)
  • WVBE (2001-2002)
Call sign meaning
ViBE
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9690
Class C3
ERP 20,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°27′0.0″N79°4′29.0″W / 37.450000°N 79.074722°W / 37.450000; -79.074722
Translator(s) 98.5 W253BT (Madison Heights)
Repeater(s) 97.7  WVBB (Elliston-Lafayette)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website thevibe.fm

WVBE-FM (100.1 MHz "The Vibe") is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, and serving Metro Lynchburg. It is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc., with studios and offices on Electric Road in Roanoke. WVBE-FM 100.1 and WVBB 97.7 in Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia, simulcast an urban adult contemporary radio format, with WVBB serving the Roanoke metropolitan area. Each weekday in AM drive time, The Vibe carries The Steve Harvey Morning Show .

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WVBE-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20,000 watts as a Class C3 station. The transmitter is on Country Living Lane in Madison Heights, near U.S. Route 29 (Monacan Parkway). [2] WVBE-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries an active rock format, simulcasting sister station WZZU.

History

WWOD-FM

The station signed on the air in 1948;75 years ago, the first FM station in Lynchburg. Its original call sign was WWOD-FM, powered at just 940 watts. It simulcast the programming of its sister station, WWOD 1390 AM, now WPLI. WWOD 1390 went on the air the year before, as Lynchburg's second AM radio station after WLVA. WWOD-AM-FM were network affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, variety shows, news and sports, during the "Golden Age of Radio."

As network programming moved from radio to television, WWOD-AM-FM began broadcasting a full service radio format of middle of the road and country music plus news and sports with some Christian radio shows on the schedule. [3] FM 100.1's power was boosted to 3,000 watts.

Country and Top 40

FM 100.1 started its own format, becoming WKZZ, on May 12, 1979. WKZZ played automated country music. On April 1, 1984, it became a locally programmed Top 40 station. It kept that format for seven years.

On November 21, 1991, the station was purchased by Aylett Coleman of Roanoke and began a simulcast with CHR - Top 40 station 92.3 WXLK "K92" in Roanoke. The simulcast was designed to provide an improved signal for K92 in Metro Lynchburg. It took the call sign WLYK, which stood for "Lynchburg's K92." The following year, WLYK boosted power to 20,000 watts, going from a Class A to Class C3 station. WLYK and WXLK were sold a few years after Coleman's death to Mel Wheeler Inc.

100.1 The Vibe

On April 19, 2001, the station became Vibe 100, with an R&B format. It changed its call letters to WVBE-FM on March 13, 2002. The change was necessitated by the addition of 610 AM as a Roanoke-based simulcast signal for "Vibe 100", which took the calls WVBE. In 2016, the simulcast ended when WVBE 610 AM flipped to sports. [4] [5] [6] WVBE-FM got a new simulcast partner in the Roanoke area when WVBB 97.7 started airing the same Urban AC programming.

On January 20, 2016, WVBE-FM started using HD Radio technology in its broadcasts. [7] [8] The HD-2 subchannel began carrying "The Rock Channel," a mainstream rock format.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVBE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WVBE
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-220, Broadcasting & Cable
  4. ↑ "Roanoke getting another all-sports radio station". www.roanoke.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  5. ↑ "Wheeler Launches New Sports Station In Roanoke - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Roanoke Gets Second Sports Station". Insideradio.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  7. ↑ "HD Radio station guide for Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA". hdradio.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  8. ↑ Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Station Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
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