WWVT-FM

WWVT-FM and WWVT
Broadcast area
Frequencies
  • WWVT-FM: 89.9 MHz
  • WWVT: 1260 kHz
BrandingWVTF Music
Programming
FormatClassical music
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
Owner
WVTF, WISE-FM
History
First air date
  • WWVT-FM: January 1989 (1989-01)
  • WWVT: November 21, 1954 (1954-11-21)
Former call signs
  • WWVT-FM: WFFC (1987–2017)
  • WWVT:
    • WBCR (1954–1966)
    • WJJJ (1966–1995)
    • WNNI (1995–1998)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • WWVT-FM: 21417
  • WWVT: 48622
Class
  • WWVT-FM: A
  • WWVT: D
Power
  • WWVT:
    • 5,000 watts (day)
    • 25 watts (night)
ERP
  • WWVT-FM: 1,100 watts
HAAT
  • WWVT-FM: 207 meters (679 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)See § Low-powered translators
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.radioiq.org

WWVT (1260 AM) and WWVT-FM (89.9 FM) are a pair of non-commercial radio stations serving Southside Virginia: WWVT is licensed to Christiansburg, Virginia, United States, and WWVT-FM is licensed to Ferrum, Virginia, United States. They broadcast a classical music format and are owned and operated by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. WWVT-FM is the flagship of WVTF Music, a companion service to WVTF, Southwestern Virginia's NPR member news and information station. WWVT-AM-FM have their studios at WVTF's facility inside the WVTF Public Radio Broadcast Center on Kingsbury Lane in Roanoke.

WWVT-FM's transmitter is sited on Waidsboro Road in Ferrum, while WWVT's transmitter is sited on Walton Road at Caboose Road in Radford. Programming is also heard on a series of rebroadcasters and FM translators around Southwest Virginia.