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Broadcast area | Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
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Frequency | 94.7 FM MHz |
Branding | 94.7 WPVC |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct (formerly Progressive Talk Radio (weekdays) Electronic Dance Music (weekends)) [1] [2] |
Affiliations | Pacifica Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Promise Land Communications |
History | |
First air date | September 20, 2015 [1] |
Former call signs | WPVC-LP (2014–2020) [3] |
Call sign meaning | WProgressive Voice (of) Charlottesville |
Technical information [4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 192897 |
Class | L1 |
Power | 21 Watts |
HAAT | 64.6 meters (212 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°4′39.0″N78°28′21.0″W / 38.077500°N 78.472500°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
WPVC-LP was a Progressive Talk Radio and Electronic Dance Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia. [2] WPVC-LP was owned and operated by Promise Land Communications. [5]
On June 17, 2020, the station ceased broadcasting. Promise Land Communications cited in a Facebook post "the ongoing legal challenge...by the out of state giant Saga Communications". [6] In late 2019, Saga accused Promise Land, along with four other Charlotteville area low-power FM stations, of operating as a "de facto cluster". [7] Saga owns six stations in the Charlottesville market. [7] [8] Saga has accused low-power stations of licensure violations in the past. [9]
On June 16, 2020, station president Jeffrey Lenert turned in the license for deletion stating "As a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and recent increased costs of station ownership and operation, it has become impossible to operate station WPVC-LP in the manner that I wish." [10] The station's license was deleted and its pending renewal dismissed on July 7 of the same year. [11]
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