WVWC

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WVWC
Broadcast area Buckhannon, West Virginia
Frequency 92.1 MHz
BrandingC-92 FM
Programming
Format Adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner West Virginia Wesleyan College
History
First air date
1982 (1982)
Last air date
2025 (2025)
Call sign meaning
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 71674
Class D
ERP 13 watts
HAAT −21 meters (−69 ft)
Links
Public license information
Website www.wvwc.edu/programs/communication/radio/

WVWC was an adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States. WVWC was owned and operated by West Virginia Wesleyan College.

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History

The first iteration of WVWC was a 14,000 watt public radio station founded in 1968. [2] In 1975, West Virginia Wesleyan College agreed to sell the station to the new West Virginia Public Radio Network, and its call sign was changed to WVPW. In 1999, WVWC went to a 24-hour format for the first time in the station's history. The station used voice tracking and an automated system to stay on the air. Summer 2000 was the first summer that C92 was on the air over the summer break, run with a skeleton crew. Over this time the station was managed by Damian Little, a student at WVWC who made C92 sound very commercial, with produced bumpers, IDs and jingles. The live internet stream was added in 1999.

Little was the voice talent for C92 from late 1999 until 2000, was on air from 1999 to 2004 and was general manager from 2000 to 2003.

In early fall 2000, the station's original transmitter caught fire and was distorted, putting the station off the air for two weeks. It was relaunched as C92FM Buckhannon's Best Mix with a new voice-over talent, Dude Walker. The station's new sound was very popular with the local population.

C92FM was in the Buckhannon Strawberry festival parade in 2003.

West Virginia Wesleyan College surrendered the WVWC license in July 2025. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVWC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Timeline of Non-Commercial Broadcasting in West Virginia".
  3. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 3, 2025). "FCC Report 8/3: FCC Waives Biennial Ownership Requirements For 18 Months". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 31, 2025.

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