WLVR-FM

WLVR-FM
Broadcast areaLehigh Valley
Frequency91.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding91.3 WLVR
Programming
LanguageEnglish
FormatNews/talk
SubchannelsHD2: Variety
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
Ownership
OwnerLehigh University
OperatorHD1: Lehigh Valley Public Media
History
First air date
1973 (1973)
Call sign meaning
"Lehigh Valley Radio"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID36984
ClassA
ERP
HAAT170 meters (560 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°36′4.3″N 75°21′32.6″W / 40.601194°N 75.359056°W / 40.601194; -75.359056
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Website

WLVR-FM (91.3 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Owned by Lehigh University, it is co-operated with Lehigh Valley Public Media, licensee and operator of PBS affiliate WLVT-TV (channel 39). WLVR-FM is supported in part by listener donations. WLVR includes local news coverage produced by a team of multimedia journalists from Lehigh Valley Public Media. The station is overseen by Christine Dempsey, Senior Vice President of Radio at Lehigh Valley Public Media.

WLVR-FM broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 40 watts (horizontal) and 200 watts (vertical). The transmitter is located on Lehigh University's campus, and the studios are co-located with WLVT-TV at the Univest Public Media Center on the SteelStacks Campus on Sesame Street in the south side of Bethlehem. The station uses HD Radio technology.