Jump to content

WVXR

Add links
Coordinates:43°57′20.2″N72°36′13.9″W/ 43.955611°N 72.603861°W/43.955611; -72.603861
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WVXR
Frequency102.1MHz
BrandingVermont Public Classical
Programming
FormatClassicalandopera
NetworkVermont Public Classical
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 25,1982(as WCVR-FM)
Former call signs
WCVR-FM (1982–2010)
Former frequencies
102.3 MHz (1982–1990s)
Call signmeaning
seeWOXR;Vermont
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID63473
ClassC3
ERP11,000watts
HAAT133 meters (436 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
43°57′20.2″N72°36′13.9″W/ 43.955611°N 72.603861°W/43.955611; -72.603861
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
WebsiteVermont Public Classical

WVXR(102.1FM) is aradio stationlicensed to serveRandolph, Vermont.The station is owned byVermont Public.It is aclassical musicstation, serving as the central Vermont outlet for Vermont Public Classical.[2][3]

History

[edit]

The station signed on October 25, 1982 as WCVR-FM.[4]Originally owned by Stokes Communications and broadcasting at 102.3, the station carried acountry musicformat, at times simulcast on sisterAMstationWCVR/WWWT.[4][5][6]It moved to 102.1 in the early 1990s.

Stokes sold WCVR-FM and WWWT to Excalibur Media in 1999;[6]Excalibur, in turn, was sold toClear Channel Communicationsthe following year.[7]Clear Channel dropped the country format on January 23, 2003, replacing it with a simulcast ofclassic rockstationWCPVfrom theChamplain Valley.[8]

In January 2008, Clear Channel agreed to sell its Vermont stations to Vox Communications[9]as part of Clear Channel's plan to divest itself of most of its smaller market radio stations. The sale was completed on July 25, 2008.[10]Vox soon concluded that it had no interest in retaining WCVR-FM and what had become WTSJ, and reached a deal to sell the stations to Great Eastern Radio in September 2008.[2]Great Eastern replaced the WCPV simulcast with a separate classic rock format.[11]However, it never closed on the deal, and a year later Vox retook the station.[2]

In March 2010, another deal to sell WCVR-FM, this time to Vermont Public Radio (VPR), was reached;[12]Vox then shut the station down on April 1 for financial reasons.[13]VPR returned the station to the air July 30[14]as WVXR,[15]carrying the VPR Classical service.[2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WVXR".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^abcdVondrasket, Sandy (March 18, 2010)."Radio Station Turnover".Randolph Herald.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  3. ^ab"VPR Classical To Broadcast From Randolph Tower in July".Randolph Herald.May 20, 2010.RetrievedMay 28,2010.
  4. ^abBroadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1989(PDF).1989. p. B-305.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  5. ^Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983(PDF).1983. p. B-251.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  6. ^abFybush, Scott (September 10, 1999)."The End of the Summer".North East RadioWatch.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  7. ^Fybush, Scott (November 13, 2000)."North East RadioWatch".RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  8. ^Fybush, Scott (January 27, 2003)."KB Komes Back".North East RadioWatch.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  9. ^BIA Financial Networks (January 13, 2008)."Deals".Broadcasting & Cable.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  10. ^"Application Search Details".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  11. ^Fybush, Scott (October 13, 2008)."Boyce Out at New York's WABC".NorthEast Radio Watch.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  12. ^"Vermont FM. Iowa Cluster Sold".All Access.March 10, 2010.RetrievedApril 10,2010.
  13. ^"Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.April 27, 2010.RetrievedApril 28,2010.
  14. ^Virtue, Melodie A. (July 30, 2010)."Notice of Return to Air".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedAugust 28,2010.
  15. ^"Media Bureau Callsign Actions"(PDF).Federal Communications Commission. May 17, 2010.RetrievedMay 17,2010.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WVXR&oldid=1251031826"