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Broadcast area | Colchester and Burlington |
Frequency | 92.5 MHz |
Branding | 92.5 The Mike |
Programming | |
Format | College radio/Variety |
Ownership | |
Owner | Saint Michael's College |
History | |
First air date | September 15, 2015 |
Call sign meaning | Winooski Park Vermont [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 196089 |
Class | L1 |
ERP | 100 watts |
HAAT | 24 meters (79 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°29′38.1″N73°09′49.4″W / 44.493917°N 73.163722°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
Webcast |
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Website | wwpv |
WWPV-LP (92.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Colchester, Vermont. The station is owned by Saint Michael's College. It airs a variety radio format. This station is the successor to WWPV-FM, the college's prior radio station on 88.7 FM.
In 1973, Saint Michael's College signed on WWPV-FM 88.7, originally a 10-watt outlet broadcasting from the Sloan Fine Arts Center on campus. [1] WWPV-FM was the successor to WSSE, a carrier current outlet that had been established in the 1950s. It operated from the North Campus until moving to St. Edmund's Hall in 1988. [3]
Vermont Public Radio, the state's public broadcaster, had expressed interest as early as 2007 in acquiring WWPV-FM to obtain a second FM frequency for classical music. [4] When word of a potential buyout circulated, it prompted students and the community to rally, and the college ruled out a sale. [5]
On February 12, 2014, Saint Michael's College was granted a construction permit for a low-power FM station on 92.5 FM in Colchester. [6] Under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, the college was required to divest its existing 88.7 FM facility upon constructing the new station; [7] on April 8, 2015, it agreed to donate the WWPV-FM license to Vermont Public Radio. [8] On September 14, 2015, WWPV's programming moved to the new WWPV-LP; [9] WWPV-FM went silent the next day and became WVTX, which returned to the air as a VPR-owned classical music station.
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