WVXR

WVXR
City of license Randolph, Vermont
Branding VPR Classical
Frequency 102.1 MHz
First air date October 25, 1982
Format Classical music
ERP 11,000 watts
HAAT 133 meters (437 feet)
Class C3
Facility ID 63473
Former callsigns WCVR-FM (1982-2010)
Former frequencies 102.3 MHz (1982-1990s)
Affiliations VPR Classical
(American Public Media, National Public Radio, Public Radio International)
Owner Vermont Public Radio
Sister stations WVPS
Webcast Listen Live
Website VPR Classical

WVXR (102.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont. The station is owned by Vermont Public Radio (VPR). It is currently a classical music station, serving as the central Vermont outlet for VPR Classical.[1][2]

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History

The station signed on October 25, 1982 as WCVR-FM.[3] Originally owned by Stokes Communications and broadcasting at 102.3, the station carried a country music format, at times simulcast on sister AM station WCVR/WWWT.[3][4][5] It moved to 102.1 in the early 1990s.

Stokes sold WCVR-FM and WWWT to Excalibur Media in 1999[5]; Excalibur, in turn, was sold to Clear Channel Communications the following year.[6] Clear Channel dropped the country format on January 23, 2003, replacing it with a simulcast of Champlain Valley classic rock station WCPV.[7]

In January 2008, Clear Channel agreed to sell its Vermont stations to Vox Communications[8] as part of Clear Channel's plan to divest itself of most of its smaller market radio stations. The sale was completed July 25, 2008.[9] 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.[1] Great Eastern replaced the WCPV simulcast with a separate classic rock format.[10] However, it never closed on the deal, and a year later Vox retook the station.[1]

In March 2010, another deal to sell WCVR-FM, this time to Vermont Public Radio, was reached[11]; Vox then shut the station down on April 1 for financial reasons.[12] VPR returned the station to the air July 30[13] as WVXR[14] with the current format.[1][2]

Translators

Call sign MHz City of license Power
(W)		 Class
 Additional Information
W272AU 102.3 Hanover, New Hampshire 10 D FCC

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vondrasket, Sandy (March 18, 2010). "Radio Station Turnover". Randolph Herald. http://www.rherald.com/news/2010-03-18/Front_Page/f01.html. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "VPR Classical To Broadcast From Randolph Tower in July". Randolph Herald. May 20, 2010. http://www.rherald.com/news/2010-05-20/Arts/a02.html. Retrieved May 28, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b (PDF) Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1989. 1989. p. B-305. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1989/B-2%20Radio%20Neb%20to%20Terr%201989-5.pdf. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  4. ^ (PDF) Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983. 1983. p. B-251. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1983/B%20Radio%20Neb-Terr%201983%20YB%20No%20Cover-4.pdf. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  5. ^ a b Fybush, Scott (September 10, 1999). "The End of the Summer". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990910.html. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  6. ^ Fybush, Scott (November 13, 2000). "North East RadioWatch". http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-001113.html. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  7. ^ Fybush, Scott (January 27, 2003). "KB Komes Back". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-030127.html. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  8. ^ BIA Financial Networks (January 13, 2008). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/111947-Deals.php. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  9. ^ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1226964&prefix=BAL&arn=20080104ADQ&group=A. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  10. ^ Fybush, Scott (October 13, 2008). "Boyce Out at New York's WABC". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/081013/nerw.html. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  11. ^ "Vermont FM. Iowa Cluster Sold". All Access. March 10, 2010. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/71963/vermont-fm-iowa-cluster-sold. Retrieved April 10, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 27, 2010. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1365416&Service=FM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=63473. Retrieved April 28, 2010. 
  13. ^ Virtue, Melodie A. (July 30, 2010). "Notice of Return to Air". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=20513. Retrieved August 28, 2010. 
  14. ^ "Media Bureau Callsign Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. May 17, 2010. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-298120A1.pdf. Retrieved May 17, 2010. 

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