WCVF-FM

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WCVF-FM
Broadcast area Jamestown, New York
Frequency 88.9 MHz
BrandingThe Voice
Programming
Format Variety
Affiliations NPR
Ownership
Owner State University of New York
History
First air date
1978 (1978)
Call sign meaning
"Community Voice of Fredonia"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 4302
Class A
ERP 130 watts
HAAT −35.0 meters (−114.8 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°27′08″N79°20′14″W / 42.45222°N 79.33722°W / 42.45222; -79.33722
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website fredoniaradio.com

WCVF-FM (88.9 MHz) is a college radio station in Fredonia, New York. The station is licensed to the State University of New York at Fredonia. "CVF" stands for "Campus and Community Voice of Fredonia," the station's slogan. The station primarily features "alternative" rock, but includes an eclectic mix of genres at consistent times throughout the week. Listeners can catch blocks of Polka, Spanish, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Reggae, Hip Hop and anything in between. Live programs hosted by student and community jocks can be of any format/genre from talk, music, to radio drama. WCVF also covers local sports and includes live broadcasts/commentary for several Blue Devil teams. The station's music director reports to College Music Journal for charting, and devotes time slots for new music sent to the station.

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WCVF broadcasts NPR Monday through Friday: Morning Edition and All Things Considered through a partnership with NPR member station WQLN-FM in Erie, Pennsylvania.

WCVF-FM has a sister station WDVL, which airs a Top 40 format via the internet and a local cable channel.

History

WCVF began as a production of the Speech English Department providing radio programming to students in the dorms via low powered AM transmitters in the dorm basements, at 600 kHz. Later the early AM station operation split away from the academic supervision to be operated and funded by the Student Government Association. Now independent and student run, the station operated for a time from the tiny press box in Dodds Hall. WCVF-FM was founded in 1978 under the supervision of Dan Berggren, a professor in the Department of Communications/Media. WCVF-FM is Chautauqua County's only public radio station, and is entirely student-run. [2] In 1969 WCVF relocated to a suite of rooms in the basement of Jewett Hall in an air conditioned space originally designed as TV studios. In the summer of 1972 the station moved once again into new student-constructed offices and studios in Gregory Hall. As the college later constructed additional dormitories, WCVF added transmitters connecting them to the dorm power wiring in what was known as a "carrier-current" transmission. This expansion included installation of a transmitter to serve off-campus student housing in Brigham Road.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WCVF-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Radio studios attract alumni during Homecoming 11-09-2006 Campus Report