WWHR

Last updated
WWHR-FM
Revolution 91.7.png
Broadcast area~30-mile radius surrounding Bowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency 91.7 MHz (FM)
BrandingRevolution 91.7
Programming
Format Triple A
Ownership
Owner Western Kentucky University
WKYU-TV, WKYU-FM
History
First air date
1988
Technical information
Facility ID 71863
Class A
ERP 1,300 watts
HAAT 114.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
37°0′19″N86°31′23″W / 37.00528°N 86.52306°W / 37.00528; -86.52306
Links
Webcast
Website Revolution.FM

WWHR-FM (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, and in turn, serves within the area. The station is currently owned by Western Kentucky University. [1] [2]

Contents

History

WWHR-FM debuted in the fall of 1988, under the name New Rock 92 managed by associate professor Bart White. The station served primarily as an academic broadcasting lab housed in the Academic Complex transmitting from the residence hall Pearce-Ford Tower with 100 watts of power. New Rock 92's signal covered a five-mile radius.

This changed in 2001 when broadcasting instructor, Dr. Marjorie Yambor, became general manager of the station. Dr. Yambor transformed the simple broadcast lab into a competitive station. This began by rebranding the station as Revolution 91.7, along with newly constructed studio spaces, a new tower and a boost in effective radiated power to 1,300 watts, expanding the station's broadcast radius to about thirty miles. Following the transmitter upgrade in 2002, WWHR began a 24-hour programming schedule (with the exception of winter breaks and technical issues)

In 2015, Yambor left the position of general manager. While the university searched for a replacement, broadcasting instructors Victoria LaPoe and Jeanine Cherry fulfilled interim management duties alongside student managers Angela Conway and Taylor Hodgkins overseeing day-to-day operations.

In 2016, former Nashville Public Radio employee Emil Moffat was named general manager fulfilling the management duties for both WWHR and WKYU-FM.

WWHR switched to a Triple A format in late 2017, coinciding with new on-air branding and an updated logo.

Annual events

Each year, Revolution 91.7 brings two charity music festivals to Bowling Green. During the fall semester, Revolution 91.7 presents RevFest - an on-campus music festival and competition featuring various musical acts in the community. The station also hosts another festival in the spring known as Mayhem. Unlike RevFest, it is held off-campus and usually features bigger names in the local and regional area as well as a national scale headliner. Many businesses in the area and organizations also attend, featuring booths in support of the event, or offering goods and services.

Programming

The programming at Revolution 91.7 is known for its diversity. Music selections are made by the student operators and directors considering current college radio selections as well as local bands and student preferences. In addition to providing music throughout the day, Revolution 91.7 also offers News and Sports programming along with Student-conceived genre-specific specialty shows every evening from 10 pm to Midnight Central Time.

Specialty programming

"*" denotes a program returning from the previous year.

In addition to specialty show programming, WWHR also features specialty programming blocks:

Holiday Rotation is also featured during Halloween and the Christmas seasons.

News and talk programming

Unlike the station's specialty programming, News and Talk programming is not hosted by the station's regular deejays. These programs are written, produced, and conducted by Broadcasting students of the university as class projects, allowing students of journalism and news to receive hands on experience in program production.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WRSU-FM</span> Radio station in New Brunswick, New Jersey

WRSU-FM is a non-commercial college radio station serving the greater Central New Jersey area, broadcasting from the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is a student and faculty-run radio station with Rutgers faculty member Mike Pavlichko serving as its Broadcast Administrator. WRSU broadcasts on FM and streams all of its programming online.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WKNC-FM</span> Radio station at North Carolina State University

WKNC-FM is North Carolina State University's student-run, non-commercial college radio station broadcasting from Raleigh, North Carolina in the United States. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 25,000 watts, its signal covers much of the Research Triangle and outlying areas. The station is operated as part of the Department of Student Media at N.C. State and students hold all roles from DJ to general manager. The primary weekday format is indie rock, with specialty shows and other music genres featured during the evenings and weekends.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CKCU-FM</span> Community radio station in Ottawa

CKCU-FM is a Canadian campus-based community radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and www.ckcufm.com, and offering live and archived on-demand audio streams from its website. The station broadcasts 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KVRX</span> Student radio station at the University of Texas at Austin

KVRX is the student radio station at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. Licensed to The University of Texas, KVRX shares the 91.7 frequency with KOOP, broadcasting from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with KOOP, operated by Austin Co-op Radio, broadcasting during the remaining hours. KVRX's studios are at the Hearst Student Media Building on campus, and its transmitter is located in East Austin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KSDB-FM</span> Radio station in Manhattan, Kansas

KSDB-FM is Kansas State University's campus radio station. A non-commercial radio station located in Manhattan, Kansas, broadcasting on 91.9 MHz on the FM dial, KSDB is staffed by about 100 student volunteers who gain valuable experience in all areas of radio broadcasting. It plays alternative/independent rock, hip hop, and jazz and is under the jurisdiction of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

WUOG is a student-run college radio station licensed in Athens, Georgia. The station serves the Athens area and is currently owned by the University of Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNMC-FM</span> Radio station in Traverse City, Michigan

WNMC-FM is a public radio station in Traverse City, Michigan, and is licensed to the trustees of Northwestern Michigan College (NMC). The station has block programming, mostly jazz and blues during the daytime, Americana in the late afternoon, and rock programming at night, but also playing alternative country, world music, and electronica.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KOKF</span> Air1 radio station in Edmond–Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

KOKF is an Air1 affiliate worship music radio station serving the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, area and is owned by Educational Media Foundation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WKPS</span> Radio station owned by Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania

WKPS is a college radio station owned by Penn State University. The station runs on a full-time, multi-format schedule featuring a wide variety of programming. "The LION 90.7fm" transmits to a potential audience of over 125,000 from its studio in the Hetzel Union Building (HUB)-Robeson Center. The station also has a live webcast, which is capable of streaming live to hundreds of listeners. WKPS is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the primary goal being to serve the campus and local community and secondary goals being the training, education and instruction of students in broadcast radio and station management. The station is run entirely by Penn State undergraduates, and maintains its tradition of public service by allowing student broadcasters from any academic major and community broadcasters local to the area. It also retains its programmatic independence by remaining unaffiliated with any academic college.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMWM</span> Radio station at Salem State University

WMWM is a non-commercial radio station at 91.7 Megahertz in Salem, Massachusetts, licensed to Salem State University. The station was founded as WSSC AM 640 in 1968 and became WMWM at 91.7 FM in 1976 with a power of 10 watts. Power was increased to 130 watts in 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WSUM</span> Student radio station at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

WSUM is a student radio station in Madison, Wisconsin, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The station schedule consists of a wide range of music and talk programming serving the campus and wider Madison community.

WTJU is a variety-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WTJU is owned and operated by the University of Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WTSR</span> Radio station at The College of New Jersey

WTSR is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting from The College of New Jersey, servicing Mercer County and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as well as broadcasting over the internet. The station's call letters originally stood the college's former name: WTrenton State Radio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNRS-FM</span> Radio station in Sweet Briar, Virginia

WNRS-FM is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Sweet Briar, Virginia, serving Amherst and Amherst County, Virginia. WNRS is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc. and simulcasts WNRN full-time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WKMS-FM</span> Public radio station at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky

WKMS-FM, is a non-commercial National Public Radio-affiliated station operated by Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. WKMS features a variety of NPR programming and local music shows including classical music, bluegrass, alternative rock, jazz, electronica and world music. WKMS signed on for the first time on May 11, 1970, as a non-commercial, educational FM station licensed to MSU.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KIWR</span> Radio station in Council Bluffs, Iowa

KIWR is a radio station broadcasting an alternative format. Based in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the station serves the Omaha Metro area. The station is licensed to Iowa Western Community College. The station has broadcast alternative rock since January 1, 1996. Prior to that, it played classical music and jazz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WCUC-FM</span> Radio station in Clarion, Pennsylvania

91.7 WCUC FM is a fully operational, FCC-licensed, non-commercial educational, student-run radio station under the Department of Communication that is operated with the intention of being a student learning lab for Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WLBQ</span> Radio station in Morgantown, Kentucky

WLBQ, known locally on air as "BeechTree Radio," or simply as "The Q", is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format. Licensed to and located in Morgantown, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned by Beech Tree Publishing. Its transmitter is located along South Main Street, and the studios are located at 107 West Ohio Street in downtown Morgantown.

FCOT FM and previously as FCT-FM, Echo FM and Passion is a community radio station broadcast for four weeks each year from two studios at Farnborough College of Technology. The station's management, presentation and production teams are entirely composed of further and higher education students. Throughout its annual broadcast, FCOT FM operates a 24-hour music radio service with live presenters from 7 am until 9 pm every weekday. Originally operating a highly localised service, the station now covers the entire Rushmoor area with a broadcast radius of approximately fifteen miles. Echo 2012 was set to be the biggest and best yet with a refurb on everything including the logo. The station now runs 24/7 during its licence period and ran from 27 February 2012 until 30 March 2012, with new imaging, a new website and a new presenter line-up. The radio station for 2013 was renamed to "FCOT FM". It will be returning for 2018 from 16 April until 11 May with brand new presenters and logo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMSV</span> Radio station at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi

WMSV FM 91.1 is a radio station in Starkville, Mississippi located on the campus of Mississippi State University.

References

  1. "WWHR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WWHR Station Information Profile". Arbitron.