WDVR

Last updated
WDVR
Frequency 89.7 MHz
Programming
Format Variety
Ownership
OwnerPenn-Jersey Educational Radio Corp.
History
First air date
February 19, 1990;34 years ago (February 19, 1990)
Call sign meaning
W Delaware Valley Radio
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 52174
Class A
ERP 6 watts horizontal
3,800 watts vertical
HAAT 221 meters (725 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°30′37.00″N74°57′29.00″W / 40.5102778°N 74.9580556°W / 40.5102778; -74.9580556
Translator(s) 96.9 W245CC (Trenton)
92.3 W222BV (Harmony Township)
95.9 W240CY (Mount Bethel)
106.7 W294BQ (Easton, Pennsylvania)
Repeater(s) 90.5  WPNJ (Easton, Pennsylvania)
Links
Public license information
Website WDVRfm.org

WDVR (89.7 FM) is a community radio station serving parts of western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, including New Hope and Trenton. The station, which broadcasts a variety radio format, is licensed to Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Its transmitter tower is on Pittsfield Road near Frenchtown-Flemington Road in Frenchtown, New Jersey. [2]

Contents

WDVR is owned by Penn-Jersey Educational Radio Corporation. [3] It has its offices and studios on Rosemont-Ringoes Road in Sergeantsville, New Jersey. [4] WDVR is staffed by over fifty volunteers who have expertise in their genre of music or talk. Hosts are free to choose music and create their shows themselves within the boundaries of "family friendly" programming. WDVR is supported by donations from its audience and from local businesses which make underwriting contributions in exchange for being thanked on the air.

In addition, WDVR simulcasts on 90.5 WPNJ in Easton, Pennsylvania, [5] and on four FM translators: W245CC at 96.9 MHz in Trenton, New Jersey, [6] W240CY at 94.9 MHz in Mount Bethel, New Jersey, [7] W222BV at 92.3 MHz in Harmony Township, New Jersey [8] and W249BQ at 106.7 in Easton, Pennsylvania. [9]

The station website says, "WDVR is the only station in the North East which airs a two-hour, live Traditional Country Music show twice a month before a live audience." [10] The shows are broadcast from the Virginia Napurano Center which is in an old church in Sergeantsville. [11] The station was founded by Frank and Virginia (Ginny Lee) Napurano. It signed on the air on February 19, 1990;34 years ago. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDVR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WDVR
  3. ↑ "WDVR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WDVRFM 89.7 Radio - Radio Station Program Schedule - Penn Jersey Radio 43". Pennjerseyradio.org. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  5. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WPNJ
  6. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W245CC
  7. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W240CY
  8. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W222BV
  9. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W249BQ
  10. ↑ "WDVR fm Radio - Penn Jersey Radio 43". Pennjerseyradio.org. 1990-02-19. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  11. ↑ Heartlands Hayride Show. "Heartlands Hayride Show - Penn Jersey Radio 43". Pennjerseyradio.org. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  12. ↑ "WDVR fm Radio - Penn Jersey Radio 43". Pennjerseyradio.org. 1990-02-19. Retrieved 2018-11-12.


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