WSVH

WSVH

Savannah, Georgia
Broadcast area	Savannah/Brunswick, Georgia
Frequency	91.1MHz(HD Radio)
Branding	Georgia Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public radio
Subchannels	HD2:Classical music"GPB Classical"
Ownership
Owner	Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission)
History
First air date	April 20, 1981(1981-04-20)
Call signmeaning	SaVannaH
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23926
Class	C0
ERP	96,000watts
HAAT	430.9 meters (1,413.7 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°8′48.7″N81°37′4.4″W
Repeater(s)	88.9WWIO-FM (Brunswick)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Stream
Website	gpb.org

WSVH(91.1FM) is a 96,000-wattpublic radiostationbroadcasting fromSavannah, Georgia,and transmitting from theWVAN-TV9 (GPB TV) tower to the west inPembroke, Georgia,north ofFort Stewart.It provides the radio service ofGeorgia Public Broadcasting(GPB) serves the upperGeorgiacoast and areas well inland, and adjacent areas of far southernSouth Carolina.

The station's signal issimulcastby GPB-owned WWIO-FM 88.9 inBrunswick, Georgia.Together, the two stations serve the entire Georgia coastline. Their signals can be heard fromBeaufort, South CarolinatoFernandina Beach, Florida.

History

One of the first unsolicited letters to the station came from the captain of a ship that sailed up and down the coast. He said, 'At last the void has been filled between Jacksonville and Charleston.'

Aaron Buchsbaum, president of WSVH in 1987

Georgia Public Radio, Inc. (of no relation to GPB) was formed by local residents to build a public radio station for Savannah after locals had occasionally received public stations inCharleston, South Carolina,andJacksonville, Florida.The station began broadcasting on April 20, 1981, with the first piece played on the station at 6 a.m. beingAaron Copland'sFanfare for the Common Man.

Thetraileron the Skidaway Marine Science Campus, Skidaway Island, Georgia, USA, from which WSVH operated until 2011.

In 1988, after surveying financial supporters,WSVH merged with Peach State Public Radio, the new state-owned service that had begun in 1985 to provide public radio to much of the unserved part of the state. In the early 1990s, thelistening areawas greatly improved with the addition of WWIO in extreme southeast Georgia; an overnight classical-musicformatwas also added. In 1997, the station moved its studio from downtown Savannah to theSkidaway Institute of OceanographyonSkidaway Island,just south of Savannah. In August 2011, the WSVH/WWIO studios moved again to space at the Armstrong Center ofArmstrong State University.

In past years, WSVH was one of two member stations of the GPB Radio network to havelocalannouncersandunderwritingduring the day. WSVH produced fourradio programsfor the GPB network:CelticprogramThe Green Island Radio Showwith Harry O'Donoghue,folkshowMusic Americanawith Russell Wells, "Classical Tonight", also hosted by Russell Wells, and the overnight classical blockCoastal Nocturne.

See also

• List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)

External links

• Georgia Public Broadcasting
• WSVH webpage

• Facility details for Facility ID 23926 (WSVH)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WSVHinNielsen Audio's FM station database
• WWIO webpage

• Facility details for Facility ID 23944 (WWIO-FM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WWIO-FMinNielsen Audio's FM station database