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{{short description|Public radio station in Roanoke, Virginia}}
{{Short description|Public radio station in Roanoke, Virginia}}
{{Redirect|WIQR|the former station in Prattville, Alabama|WIQR (Alabama)}}
{{Distinguish|WTVF}}
{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WVTF
| name = WVTF
| image = Radio_IQ_Network_2015.PNG
| logo = Radio_IQ_Network_2015.PNG
| image_size = 200px
| logo_size = 200px
| city = [[Roanoke, Virginia]]
| city = [[Roanoke, Virginia]]
| area = [[Southwest Virginia]] and [[Central Virginia]]
| area = [[Southwest Virginia]] and [[Central Virginia]]
| branding = Radio IQ
| branding = Radio IQ
| slogan = ''Virginia's Public Radio''
| frequency = 89.1 [[Hertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| airdate = [[1973 in radio|1973]]
| translator = [[#Low power translators|See § Low power translators]]
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1973|8|1|p=y|br=y}}
| frequency = 89.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]<br>{{HD Radio}}
| format = [[News radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|talk]]
| format = [[Public radio]]/[[Talk radio|talk]]
| subchannels = {{ubl|HD2: [[Classical music|Classical]]/[[jazz]] ([[WWVT-FM]])|HD3: [[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]] ([[WRVL]])}}
| power = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| erp =
| erp = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| haat = 600 Meters
| haat = 600 meters (1,988 ft)
| class = C
| class = C
| facility_id = 70338
| facility_id = 70338
| coordinates = {{coord|37|11|56.0|N|80|09|2.0|W|type:landmark}}
| coordinates = {{coord|37|11|56.0|N|80|09|2.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = '''V'''irginia '''T'''ech '''F'''oundation
| callsign_meaning = Virginia Tech Foundation
| former_callsigns = WVWR-FM (1973–1982)
| former_callsigns = WVWR-FM (1973–1982)
| former_frequencies = 90.1 MHz (1973–1975)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=70926&.pdf|title=FCC History Cards for WVTF|website=[[FCC]]}}</ref>
| former_frequencies = 90.1 MHz (1973–1975)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=70926&.pdf|title=FCC History Cards for WVTF|website=[[FCC]]}}</ref>
| affiliations = {{hlist|[[American Public Media|APM]]|[[BBC World Service]]|[[NPR]]|[[Public Radio Exchange|PRX]]}}
| owner = [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
| licensee = [[Virginia Tech Foundation]]
| owner = [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
| sister_stations = [[WVTF Music]]
| licensee = [[Virginia Tech Foundation]]
| sister_stations = [[WVTF Music]]
| webcast = [http://www.wvtf.org/sites/wvtf/files/streaming/wvtf_high.m3u WVTF Webstream]
| website = [http://www.wvtf.org/ WVTF Online]
| webcast = {{listenlive|http://www.wvtf.org}}
| website = [http://www.wvtf.org/ wvtf.org]
| affiliations = [[BBC World Service]]<br>[[National Public Radio]]<br>[[Public Radio International]]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}


'''WVTF''' is the [[National Public Radio]] affiliate serving most of southwestern [[Virginia]]. The station is licensed to [[Roanoke, Virginia]], and owned by [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] (Virginia Tech) through its fundraising arm, the [[Virginia Tech Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WVTF|title=WVTF Facility Record|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> It airs a format of news and talk programming from [[NPR]], [[BBC World Service]], [[Public Radio International]] and other outlets.
'''WVTF''' (89.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[Non-commercial educational station|non-commercial educational]] [[Radio broadcasting|radio station]] licensed to serve [[Roanoke, Virginia]], featuring a [[Public broadcasting|public radio]] format branded "Radio IQ". Owned by [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] (Virginia Tech) through its fundraising arm, the [[Virginia Tech Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WVTF|title=WVTF Facility Record|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> the station carries programming from [[NPR]], the [[Public Radio Exchange]], [[American Public Media]] and the [[BBC World Service]]. WVTF is a listener-supported station, holding periodic fundraisers on the air. The studios and offices are on Kingsbury Lane in Roanoke.


WVTF has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 100,000 [[watt]]s, the maximum for most FM radio stations in the U.S. The [[transmitter]] is on [[Poor Mountain]], off Media Way in [[Bent Mountain, Virginia]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WVTF-FM?loc=37.73218%2C-79.35332&locn=Buena%20Vista%2C%20Virginia Radio-Locator.com/WVTF]</ref> WVTF broadcasts using [[HD Radio]] technology.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160915110951/http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447| archive-date = 2016-09-15| title = HD Radio station guide for Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA}} </ref> The station's HD-2 [[digital subchannel]] simulcasts the "WVTF Music" format from co-owned 89.9 [[WWVT-FM]] in [[Ferrum, Virginia]], playing [[classical music]] and [[jazz]]. The HD-3 subchannel carries [[Christian Contemporary]] music from [[WRVL]] [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. In addition to WVTF, Radio IQ is heard on 16 rebroadcasters and [[FM translator]]s around Virginia.
WVTF broadcasts in [[HD Radio|HD]].<ref>https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447</ref>


==History==
==History==
===WVWR-FM===
WVTF began broadcasting in August 1973 as WVWR-FM ('''V'''irginia '''W'''estern '''R'''adio) and was licensed to [[Virginia Western Community College]] in Roanoke.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/wvtf-and-radio-iq-will-switch-signals-july/article_aadb6731-6b0d-557e-8daf-d3f1229766ac.html|title=WVTF and Radio IQ will switch signals July 10|[email protected] 981-3338|first=Ralph Berrier Jr|website=Roanoke Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> It was used primarily to air college telecourses and give broadcasting students a chance to hone their skills. In 1975, WVWR-FM's transmitter was moved from Fishburn Hall on the VWCC campus to [[Poor Mountain]], where most of Roanoke's major radio and television stations have their transmitters. The power also was increased from 4,100 watts to 100,000 watts. The power boost tripled its coverage area, giving it at least secondary coverage of much of central and southwest Virginia, southern [[West Virginia]] and northern [[North Carolina]].
The station signed on the air on August 1, 1973, as WVWR-FM (Virginia Western Radio) licensed to [[Virginia Western Community College]] in Roanoke.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/wvtf-and-radio-iq-will-switch-signals-july/article_aadb6731-6b0d-557e-8daf-d3f1229766ac.html|title=WVTF and Radio IQ will switch signals July 10|[email protected] 981–3338|first=Ralph Berrier Jr|website=Roanoke Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> It was used primarily to air college telecourses and give broadcasting students a chance to hone their skills.


In 1975, WVWR-FM's transmitter was moved from Fishburn Hall on the VWCC campus to [[Poor Mountain]], where most of Roanoke's major radio and television stations have their transmitters. The power also was increased from 4,100 watts to 100,000 watts. The power boost tripled its coverage area, giving it at least secondary coverage in much of central and southwest Virginia, southern [[West Virginia]] and northern [[North Carolina]]. In 1979, WVWR-FM began the [http://wvtf.org/rrs-schedule Radio Reading Service] on its subcarrier frequency.
In 1979, WVWR-FM began the [http://wvtf.org/rrs-schedule Radio Reading Service] on its subcarrier frequency.


===Virginia Tech Foundation===
In 1981, state officials decided that no state agency should directly own a radio station, and Virginia Western was forced to sell. The Virginia Tech Foundation, financially independent of Virginia Tech but controlled by school leadership, expressed interest in buying the station. It not only wanted to preserve public radio in the region, but saw WVWR as a way to increase Virginia Tech's ties to Roanoke.<ref>{{cite web|title=WVTF Public Radio Studio|url=http://www.vtf.vt.edu/wvtf-public-radio-studio|website=Virginia Tech Foundation|language=en}}</ref> The foundation formally took control in 1982 and initially applied for the callsign WRVT before settling on WVTF.<ref>{{cite news|title=Call letters|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-02-08.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=February 8, 1982|page=118}}</ref> Over the next decade, WVTF built translator after translator to better serve its mostly mountainous coverage area.
In 1981, state officials decided that no state agency should directly own a radio station, and Virginia Western was forced to sell. The Virginia Tech Foundation, financially independent of Virginia Tech but controlled by school leadership, expressed interest in buying the station. It not only wanted to preserve public radio in the region, but saw WVWR as a way to increase Virginia Tech's ties to Roanoke.<ref>{{cite web|title=WVTF Public Radio Studio|url=http://www.vtf.vt.edu/wvtf-public-radio-studio|website=Virginia Tech Foundation|language=en}}</ref> The foundation formally took control in 1982 and initially applied for the [[Call signs in the United States|call sign]] WRVT before settling on WVTF.<ref>{{cite news|title=Call letters|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-02-08.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=February 8, 1982|page=118}}</ref> Over the next decade, WVTF built translator after translator to better serve its mostly mountainous coverage area.


From 1980 to 2017, WVTF and its repeaters maintained a schedule typical of full-service public radio stations, with NPR news in drive times, [[classical music]] during the day and overnight, and various special music and talk programming on nights and weekends.
From 1980 to 2017, WVTF and its repeaters maintained a schedule typical of full-service public radio stations, with NPR news in drive times, [[classical music]] during the day and overnight, and various special music and talk programming on nights and weekends.


===Rebranding as Radio IQ===
===Rebranding as Radio IQ===
{{see also|WVTF Music}}
{{See also|WVTF Music}}
In 2003, WVTF launched ''Radio IQ'' in order to provide a secondary schedule consisting only of news/talk programming, including retransmission of the [[BBC World Service]] overnight.<ref name=":0" /> Radio IQ broadcast over its own network of stations, consisting of extra signals that were overlapped by WVTF's network, as well as those in areas such as [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] which receive a music and news schedule from another NPR member station. Radio IQ began with [[WWVT (AM)|WWVT]] (1260 AM, [[Christiansburg, Virginia|Christiansburg]]). The service quickly expanded to [[WWVT-FM|WFFC]] (89.9 FM, [[Ferrum, Virginia|Ferrum]]), the former [[Ferrum College]] student radio station, and WVTW (88.5 FM), an extra station in [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corbin|first1=Robert|title=Radio IQ searches for home|url=http://www.vartv.com/archives03b.htm|website=VARTV|date=March 14, 2003}}</ref> Radio IQ signed on WRIQ in [[Lexington, Virginia|Lexington]] in 2011 and purchased WQIQ near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] in 2013.
In 2003, WVTF launched ''Radio IQ'' in order to provide a secondary schedule consisting only of news/talk programming, including retransmission of the [[BBC World Service]] overnight.<ref name=":0" /> Radio IQ broadcast over its own network of stations, consisting of extra signals that were overlapped by WVTF's network, as well as those in areas such as [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] which receive a music and news schedule from another NPR member station. Radio IQ began with [[WWVT (AM)|WWVT]] (1260 AM, [[Christiansburg, Virginia|Christiansburg]]). The service quickly expanded to [[WWVT-FM|WFFC]] (89.9 FM, [[Ferrum, Virginia|Ferrum]]), the former [[Ferrum College]] student radio station, and WVTW (88.5 FM), an extra station in [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corbin|first1=Robert|title=Radio IQ searches for home|url=http://www.vartv.com/archives03b.htm|website=VARTV|date=March 14, 2003}}</ref> Radio IQ signed on WRIQ in [[Lexington, Virginia|Lexington]] in 2011 and purchased WQIQ near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] in 2013.


On July 10, 2017, Radio IQ became WVTF's main service, and the station itself rebranded from "WVTF Public Radio" to "Radio IQ". Three of the five existing Radio IQ stations (WVTW, WQIQ, and WRIQ) merged with WVTF and its network (WVTR, WVTU, and WISE-FM) to place the news and talk schedule on as many full-powered signals as possible. A new companion service, [[WVTF Music]], launched on the remaining stations (WWVT and WFFC, later renamed [[WWVT-FM]]) and [[HD Radio|HD2 subchannels]] of the new combined Radio IQ network. Low-powered translators of the previous WVTF and Radio IQ networks were divided between the two services. WVTF Music took over all music programming, including daily blocks of classical music, specialty local programs, and ''[[Live From Here]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Programming and frequency changes coming to WVTF and RADIO IQ|url=http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2017/06/BigChangesForWVTFRADIOIQ.html|publisher=Virginia Tech|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=WVTF To Shuffle Frequencies Of Music & Radio IQ Outlets Across Virginia|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118384/wvtf-shuffle-frequencies-music-radio-iq-outlets-across-virginia/|work=RadioInsight|date=15 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kelseap6.wixsite.com/flipwvtf|title=Home &#124; WVTF RADIO IQ|website=Home &#124; WVTF RADIO IQ|accessdate=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>
On July 10, 2017, Radio IQ became WVTF's main service, and the station itself rebranded from "WVTF Public Radio" to "Radio IQ". Three of the five existing Radio IQ stations (WVTW, WQIQ, and WRIQ) merged with WVTF and its network (WVTR, WVTU, and WISE-FM) to place the news and talk schedule on as many full-powered signals as possible. A new companion service, [[WVTF Music]], launched on the remaining stations (WWVT and WFFC, later renamed [[WWVT-FM]]) and [[HD Radio|HD2 subchannels]] of the new combined Radio IQ network. Low-powered translators of the previous WVTF and Radio IQ networks were divided between the two services. WVTF Music took over all music programming, including daily blocks of classical music, specialty local programs, and ''[[Live From Here]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Programming and frequency changes coming to WVTF and RADIO IQ|url=http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2017/06/BigChangesForWVTFRADIOIQ.html|publisher=Virginia Tech|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=WVTF To Shuffle Frequencies Of Music & Radio IQ Outlets Across Virginia|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118384/wvtf-shuffle-frequencies-music-radio-iq-outlets-across-virginia/|work=RadioInsight|date=15 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kelseap6.wixsite.com/flipwvtf|title=Home {{pipe}} WVTF RADIO IQ|website=WVTF RADIO IQ|access-date=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>


=== WRIQ Richmond ===
On behalf of WVTF, the Virginia Tech Foundation purchased former [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] [[K-Love]] and [[Radio Nueva Vida]] station [[WNVU]] (89.7 FM) in October 2019. This station would complement low-powered Radio IQ translator W223AZ (92.5 FM) that has been in operation in downtown Richmond since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=RADIO IQ/WVTF to Expand Richmond Coverage Area This Fall |url=https://www.wvtf.org/post/radio-iqwvtf-expand-richmond-coverage-area-fall |website=www.wvtf.org |language=en}}</ref> The sale closed on December 27, 2019.
Radio IQ's programming had been heard in portions of the [[Greater Richmond Region]] on low-powered translator W223AZ (92.5 FM) since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wvtf.org/post/radio-iqwvtf-expand-richmond-coverage-area-fall|title=RADIO IQ/WVTF to Expand Richmond Coverage Area This Fall|website=www.wvtf.org|date=10 October 2019|language=en}}</ref> In October 2019, WVTF purchased [[WRIQ|WNVU]] (89.7 FM) in nearby Charles City, Virginia. That station began simulcasting Radio IQ programming in January 2020 under the new call letters WRIQ.

WRIQ brings a full-powered Radio IQ signal to Richmond for the first time. That puts it in direct competition with Richmond-based NPR member [[WCVE-FM]]. WCVE has its own network of rebroadcasters known as the VPM News Service.


==Stations==
==Stations==
===Full power stations===
===Full power stations===
All stations broadcast in [[HD Radio|HD]], with WVTF Music on HD2.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Station Search Details|url = http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=70344|website = licensing.fcc.gov|access-date = 2016-01-24|first = FCC Internet Services|last = Staff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Station Search Details|url = http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=70340|website = licensing.fcc.gov|access-date = 2016-01-24|first = FCC Internet Services|last = Staff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = HD (Digital) Radio|url = http://wvtf.org/hd-digital-radio#stream/0|website = wvtf.org|access-date = 2016-01-24}}</ref>
All stations broadcast using [[HD Radio]] technology, with "WVTF Music" on its HD2 subchannel.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Station Search Details|url = http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=70344|website = licensing.fcc.gov|access-date = 2016-01-24|first = FCC Internet Services|last = Staff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Station Search Details|url = http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=70340|website = licensing.fcc.gov|access-date = 2016-01-24|first = FCC Internet Services|last = Staff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = HD (Digital) Radio|url = http://wvtf.org/hd-digital-radio#stream/0|website = wvtf.org|access-date = 2016-01-24}}</ref>


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]<br />([[Hertz|MHz]])
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! [[City of license]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />[[watt|W]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] ([[watt|W]])
! [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! class="unsortable" | FCC
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | FCC info
|-
|-
! scope="row" | WIQR
| {{rh}} | '''[[WISE-FM]]''' || 90.5 || [[Wise, Virginia]] || 220 || A || {{FMQ|WISE-FM|FCC}}
| 88.7 FM || [[Lexington, Virginia]] || 3,900 || A || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|173897|WIQR|FCC}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[WRIQ]]
| {{rh}} | '''[[WNVU]]''' || 89.7 || [[Charles City, Virginia]] || 27,000 || B1 || {{FMQ|WNVU|FCC}}
| 89.7 FM || [[Charles City, Virginia]] || 27,000 || B1 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|82970|WRIQ|FCC}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | WQIQ
| {{rh}} | '''WQIQ''' || 88.3 || [[Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia]] || 3,500 || A || {{FMQ|WQIQ|FCC}}
| 88.3 FM ||[[Spotsylvania, Virginia]]|| 3,500 || A || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|172441|WQIQ|FCC}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | WVTF{{Efn|group="sta"|Radio IQ [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]]}}
| {{rh}} | '''WRIQ''' || 88.7 || [[Lexington, Virginia]] || 3,900 || A || {{FMQ|WRIQ|FCC}}
| 89.1 FM || [[Roanoke, Virginia]] || 100,000 || C || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|70338|WVTF|FCC}}
|-style="border: 2px solid #00f;"
| {{rh}} | '''WVTF''' || 89.1 || [[Roanoke, Virginia]] || 100,000 || C || {{FMQ|WVTF|FCC}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | WVTR
| {{rh}} | '''WVTR''' || 91.9 || [[Marion, Virginia]] || 4,500 || C2 || {{FMQ|WVTR|FCC}}
| 91.9 FM || [[Marion, Virginia]] || 4,500 || C2 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|70340|WVTR|FCC}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | WVTU
| {{rh}} | '''WVTU''' || 89.3 || [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] (west) || 195 || B1 || {{FMQ|WVTU|FCC}}
| 89.3 FM || [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] (west) || 195 || B1 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|70344|WVTU|FCC}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | WVTW
| {{rh}} | '''WVTW''' || 88.5 || [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] (city) || 1,000 || B1 || {{FMQ|WVTW|FCC}}
| 88.5 FM || [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] (city) || 1,000 || B1 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|63547|WVTW|FCC}}
|}
|}

Notes:
{{Notelist|group="sta"}}


The following stations broadcast Radio IQ on a part-time basis:
The following stations broadcast Radio IQ on a part-time basis:
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|-
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! scope="col" | [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! [[City of license]]
! scope="col" | [[City of license]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />[[watt|W]]
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] ([[watt|W]])
! [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! scope="col" | [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! class="unsortable" | FCC
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | FCC info
! Broadcast times
! scope="col" | Broadcast times
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[WEHC]]
| {{rh}} | '''[[WEHC]]''' || 90.7 || [[Emory, Virginia]] || 8,700 || C3 || {{FMQ|WEHC|FCC}} || 12:00am – 1:00pm daily; 4:00pm – 6:00pm weekdays<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ehc.edu/wehc/radio-iq/|title=Radio IQ|website=www.ehc.edu|accessdate=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>
| 90.7 FM || [[Emory, Virginia]] || 8,700 || C3 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|19527|WEHC|FCC}} || 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ehc.edu/wehc/radio-iq/|title=Radio IQ|website=www.ehc.edu|access-date=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[WISE-FM]]
| {{rh}} | '''[[WLUR]]''' || 91.5 || [[Lexington, Virginia]] || 175 || A || {{FMQ|WLUR|FCC}} || 12:00am – 1:00pm daily; various additional timeslots<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlu.edu/wlur/weekly-schedule|title=Weekly Schedule|website=Washington and Lee University|accessdate=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>
| 90.5 FM || [[Wise, Virginia]] || 220 || A || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|85287|WISE-FM|FCC}} || 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ehc.edu/live/news/2635-wehc-widens-signal-to-become-wehc-emory-and/ |title=WEHC Widens Signal to become WEHC, Emory, and WISE-FM, Wise |access-date=2022-12-02 |date=2022-10-28}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[WLUR]]
| 91.5 FM || [[Lexington, Virginia]] || 175 || A || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|70943|WLUR|FCC}} || 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily; various additional timeslots<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlu.edu/wlur/weekly-schedule|title=Weekly Schedule|website=Washington and Lee University|access-date=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>
|}
|}


===Low power translators===
===Translators===
In addition to the main stations, WVTF is relayed by an additional 6 translators to widen its broadcast area. It leases the third HD channel of [[WURV]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] to feed its Richmond translator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wvtf/files/wvtf_radio_iq_flip_schedule.pdf|title=WVTF/Radio IQ Post-Flip Schedule|accessdate=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>
In addition to the main stations, Radio IQ is relayed by an additional 6 translators to widen its broadcast area. It can also be heard on [[WURV|WURV-HD3]] in Richmond (which also feeds translator W223AZ).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wvtf/files/wvtf_radio_iq_flip_schedule.pdf|title=WVTF/Radio IQ Post-Flip Schedule|access-date=Feb 8, 2019}}</ref>

{{RadioTranslators
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WISE-FM
| callsign =

| call1 = W212BP
| call1 = W212BP
| freq1 = 90.3
| freq1 = 90.3
| city1 = Clintwood, Virginia
| city1 = Clintwood, Virginia
| watts1 = 1
| watts1 = 1
| class1 = D
| class1 = D
| call2 = W217BF
| notes1 = Relays [[WISE-FM]]

| watts2 = 1
| freq2 = 91.3
| call2 = W217BF
| city2 = Pound, Virginia
| watts2 = 1
|class2 = D
| freq2 = 91.3
| call3 = W219CJ
| city2 = Pound, Virginia
| watts3 = 50
| class2 = D
| freq3 = 91.7
| notes2 = Relays [[WISE-FM]]

| city3 = Norton, Virginia
|class3 = D
| call3 = W219CJ
| watts3 = 50
}}
| freq3 = 91.7
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WVTF
| city3 = Norton, Virginia
| call1 = W230BD
| class3 = D
| watts1 = 10
| notes3 = Relays [[WISE-FM]]

| freq1 = 93.9
| city1 = Lovingston, Virginia
| call4 = W223AZ
| watts4 = 220
}}
| freq4 = 92.5
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WQIQ
| city4 = Richmond, Virginia
| call1 = W235BT
| class4 = D
| notes4 = Relays [[WURV|WURV-HD3]]
| watts1 = 80

| freq1 = 94.9
| call5 = W230BD
| city1 = Fredericksburg, Virginia
| watts5 = 10
}}
| freq5 = 93.9
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WURV
| city5 = Lovingston, Virginia
| call1 = W223AZ
| class5 = D
| watts1 = 220
| notes5 = Relays WVTF

| freq1 = 92.5
| city1 = Richmond, Virginia
| call6 = W235BT
| watts6 = 80
| freq6 = 94.9
| city6 = Fredericksburg, Virginia
| class6 = D
| notes6 = Relays WQIQ
| fid1= 121853
| fid2= 121793
| fid3= 92894
| fid4= 157136
| fid5= 157729
| fid6= 153337
}}
}}


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.wvtf.org/ WVTF Public Radio Online]
*[http://www.wvtf.org/ WVTF Public Radio Online]
* [http://www.radioiq.org/ Radio IQ]
*[http://www.radioiq.org/ Radio IQ]
* {{FM station data|WVTF}}
*{{FM station data|70338|WVTF}}

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{{Virginia Tech}}
{{Virginia Tech}}
{{Roanoke-Lynchburg Radio}}
{{Roanoke-Lynchburg Radio}}
{{Charlottesville Radio}}
{{Southwest VA Radio}}
{{NPR Virginia}}
{{NPR Virginia}}
{{Virginia college radio}}
{{Virginia college radio}}
{{American broadcast radio}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 13:34, 13 July 2024

"WIQR" redirects here. For the former station in Prattville, Alabama, see WIQR (Alabama).
Not to be confused with WTVF.
WVTF
Broadcast areaSouthwest Virginia and Central Virginia
Frequency89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingRadio IQ
Programming
FormatPublic radio/talk
Subchannels
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WVTF Music
History
First air date
August 1, 1973
(51 years ago) (1973-08-01)
Former call signs
WVWR-FM (1973–1982)
Former frequencies
90.1 MHz (1973–1975)[1]
Call sign meaning
Virginia Tech Foundation
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70338
ClassC
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT600 meters (1,988 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°11′56.0″N 80°09′2.0″W / 37.198889°N 80.150556°W / 37.198889; -80.150556
Translator(s)See § Low power translators
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewvtf.org

WVTF (89.1 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Roanoke, Virginia, featuring a public radio format branded "Radio IQ". Owned by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) through its fundraising arm, the Virginia Tech Foundation,[3] the station carries programming from NPR, the Public Radio Exchange, American Public Media and the BBC World Service. WVTF is a listener-supported station, holding periodic fundraisers on the air. The studios and offices are on Kingsbury Lane in Roanoke.

WVTF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM radio stations in the U.S. The transmitter is on Poor Mountain, off Media Way in Bent Mountain, Virginia.[4] WVTF broadcasts using HD Radio technology.[5] The station's HD-2 digital subchannel simulcasts the "WVTF Music" format from co-owned 89.9 WWVT-FM in Ferrum, Virginia, playing classical music and jazz. The HD-3 subchannel carries Christian Contemporary music from WRVL Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition to WVTF, Radio IQ is heard on 16 rebroadcasters and FM translators around Virginia.

History

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WVWR-FM

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The station signed on the air on August 1, 1973, as WVWR-FM (Virginia Western Radio) licensed to Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke.[6] It was used primarily to air college telecourses and give broadcasting students a chance to hone their skills.

In 1975, WVWR-FM's transmitter was moved from Fishburn Hall on the VWCC campus to Poor Mountain, where most of Roanoke's major radio and television stations have their transmitters. The power also was increased from 4,100 watts to 100,000 watts. The power boost tripled its coverage area, giving it at least secondary coverage in much of central and southwest Virginia, southern West Virginia and northern North Carolina. In 1979, WVWR-FM began the Radio Reading Service on its subcarrier frequency.

Virginia Tech Foundation

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In 1981, state officials decided that no state agency should directly own a radio station, and Virginia Western was forced to sell. The Virginia Tech Foundation, financially independent of Virginia Tech but controlled by school leadership, expressed interest in buying the station. It not only wanted to preserve public radio in the region, but saw WVWR as a way to increase Virginia Tech's ties to Roanoke.[7] The foundation formally took control in 1982 and initially applied for the call sign WRVT before settling on WVTF.[8] Over the next decade, WVTF built translator after translator to better serve its mostly mountainous coverage area.

From 1980 to 2017, WVTF and its repeaters maintained a schedule typical of full-service public radio stations, with NPR news in drive times, classical music during the day and overnight, and various special music and talk programming on nights and weekends.

Rebranding as Radio IQ

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See also: WVTF Music

In 2003, WVTF launched Radio IQ in order to provide a secondary schedule consisting only of news/talk programming, including retransmission of the BBC World Service overnight.[6] Radio IQ broadcast over its own network of stations, consisting of extra signals that were overlapped by WVTF's network, as well as those in areas such as Richmond which receive a music and news schedule from another NPR member station. Radio IQ began with WWVT (1260 AM, Christiansburg). The service quickly expanded to WFFC (89.9 FM, Ferrum), the former Ferrum College student radio station, and WVTW (88.5 FM), an extra station in Charlottesville.[9] Radio IQ signed on WRIQ in Lexington in 2011 and purchased WQIQ near Fredericksburg in 2013.

On July 10, 2017, Radio IQ became WVTF's main service, and the station itself rebranded from "WVTF Public Radio" to "Radio IQ". Three of the five existing Radio IQ stations (WVTW, WQIQ, and WRIQ) merged with WVTF and its network (WVTR, WVTU, and WISE-FM) to place the news and talk schedule on as many full-powered signals as possible. A new companion service, WVTF Music, launched on the remaining stations (WWVT and WFFC, later renamed WWVT-FM) and HD2 subchannels of the new combined Radio IQ network. Low-powered translators of the previous WVTF and Radio IQ networks were divided between the two services. WVTF Music took over all music programming, including daily blocks of classical music, specialty local programs, and Live From Here.[10][11][12]

WRIQ Richmond

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Radio IQ's programming had been heard in portions of the Greater Richmond Region on low-powered translator W223AZ (92.5 FM) since 2009.[13] In October 2019, WVTF purchased WNVU (89.7 FM) in nearby Charles City, Virginia. That station began simulcasting Radio IQ programming in January 2020 under the new call letters WRIQ.

WRIQ brings a full-powered Radio IQ signal to Richmond for the first time. That puts it in direct competition with Richmond-based NPR member WCVE-FM. WCVE has its own network of rebroadcasters known as the VPM News Service.

Stations

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Full power stations

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All stations broadcast using HD Radio technology, with "WVTF Music" on its HD2 subchannel.[14][15][16]

Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) Class FCC info
WIQR 88.7 FM Lexington, Virginia 3,900 A FCC (WIQR)
WRIQ 89.7 FM Charles City, Virginia 27,000 B1 FCC (WRIQ)
WQIQ 88.3 FM Spotsylvania, Virginia 3,500 A FCC (WQIQ)
WVTF[a] 89.1 FM Roanoke, Virginia 100,000 C FCC (WVTF)
WVTR 91.9 FM Marion, Virginia 4,500 C2 FCC (WVTR)
WVTU 89.3 FM Charlottesville, Virginia (west) 195 B1 FCC (WVTU)
WVTW 88.5 FM Charlottesville, Virginia (city) 1,000 B1 FCC (WVTW)

Notes:

  1. ^ Radio IQ flagship station

The following stations broadcast Radio IQ on a part-time basis:

Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) Class FCC info Broadcast times
WEHC 90.7 FM Emory, Virginia 8,700 C3 FCC (WEHC) 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays[17]
WISE-FM 90.5 FM Wise, Virginia 220 A FCC (WISE-FM) 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays[18]
WLUR 91.5 FM Lexington, Virginia 175 A FCC (WLUR) 12 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily; various additional timeslots[19]

Translators

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In addition to the main stations, Radio IQ is relayed by an additional 6 translators to widen its broadcast area. It can also be heard on WURV-HD3 in Richmond (which also feeds translator W223AZ).[20]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info Notes
W212BP 90.3 FM Clintwood, Virginia 121853 1 D LMS Relays WISE-FM
W217BF 91.3 FM Pound, Virginia 121793 1 D LMS Relays WISE-FM
W219CJ 91.7 FM Norton, Virginia 92894 50 D LMS Relays WISE-FM
W223AZ 92.5 FM Richmond, Virginia 157136 220 D LMS Relays WURV-HD3
W230BD 93.9 FM Lovingston, Virginia 157729 10 D LMS Relays WVTF
W235BT 94.9 FM Fredericksburg, Virginia 153337 80 D LMS Relays WQIQ

References

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  1. ^ "FCC History Cards for WVTF" (PDF). FCC.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVTF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WVTF Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WVTF
  5. ^ "HD Radio station guide for Roanoke–Lynchburg, VA". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15.
  6. ^ a b [email protected] 981–3338, Ralph Berrier Jr. "WVTF and Radio IQ will switch signals July 10". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2019-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "WVTF Public Radio Studio". Virginia Tech Foundation.
  8. ^ "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 8, 1982. p. 118.
  9. ^ Corbin, Robert (March 14, 2003). "Radio IQ searches for home". VARTV.
  10. ^ "Programming and frequency changes coming to WVTF and RADIO IQ". Virginia Tech.
  11. ^ Venta, Lance (15 June 2017). "WVTF To Shuffle Frequencies Of Music & Radio IQ Outlets Across Virginia". RadioInsight.
  12. ^ "Home | WVTF RADIO IQ". WVTF RADIO IQ. Retrieved Feb 8, 2019.
  13. ^ "RADIO IQ/WVTF to Expand Richmond Coverage Area This Fall". www.wvtf.org. 10 October 2019.
  14. ^ Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Station Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  15. ^ Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Station Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  16. ^ "HD (Digital) Radio". wvtf.org. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  17. ^ "Radio IQ". www.ehc.edu. Retrieved Feb 8, 2019.
  18. ^ "WEHC Widens Signal to become WEHC, Emory, and WISE-FM, Wise". 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  19. ^ "Weekly Schedule". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved Feb 8, 2019.
  20. ^ "WVTF/Radio IQ Post-Flip Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved Feb 8, 2019.
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