WHRV

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WHRV
WHRV-FM 2015.PNG
Broadcast area Hampton Roads
Frequency 89.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWHRV 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
  • WTGM (1973-1978)
  • WHRO-FM (1978-1990) [1]
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 / 36.808889; -76.503611
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.

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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.

WHRV broadcasts in the HD Radio (hybrid) format. [5]

History

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]

HD Radio

WHRV's HD Radio Channels on a SPARC Radio with PSD. WHRV HD.png
WHRV's HD Radio Channels on a SPARC Radio with PSD.
Channel Format Branding
HD-1 Public Radio 89.5 WHRV
HD-2 Adult Album Alternative AltRadio

Repeaters

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
WHRE91.9 FM Eastville, Virginia 4,400A FMQ
WHRG88.5 FM Gloucester Point, Virginia 9,600B1 FMQ
WHRL88.1 FM Emporia, Virginia 4,200A FMQ
WHRX90.1 FM Nassawadox, Virginia 46,000B 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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2010 annual report
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHRV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WHRV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=40 Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 1975. p. 45. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Archive of WHRO history page". Archived from the original on 2001-09-14. Retrieved 2001-09-14.
  8. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 25, 2015.


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