WHRV

WHRV

City of license	Norfolk, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Branding	see profile
Frequency	89.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	Late 1960s
Format	see profile
ERP	34,000 watts
HAAT	181.7 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	25933
Transmitter coordinates	36°48′31.0″N 76°30′13.0″W / 36.808611°N 76.503611°W / 36.808611; -76.503611
Callsign meaning	from WHRO-TV "Home Room One"
Former callsigns	WTGM (1960s-1974) WHRO-FM (1974-1990)
Affiliations	American Public Radio National Public Radio Public Radio International altradio.org
Owner	Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Sister stations	WHRE, WHRO-FM, WHRO-TV, WHRX, WHRG, WHRJ, WHRF
Webcast	WHRV Webstream
Website	WHRV Online

WHRV is the flagship National Public Radio station serving Hampton Roads. Licensed to Norfolk, Virginia; WHRV is owned and operated by the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, a consortium of 18 public school systems in Eastern Virginia that also owns the area's PBS member station, WHRO-TV.^[1]

History

The station began in the late 1960s as WTGM. Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association bought the then-financially troubled station in 1974 and changed the calls to WHRO-FM in 1978. In 1990, the WHRO-FM callsign was moved to 90.3 FM, a newly created all-classical music station. NPR news, jazz and alternative music stayed on 89.5 FM under the newly created WHRV callsign.

WHRV's coverage area is not as large as other Hampton Roads stations due to its relatively modest 34,000 watt signal. Starting in 2009, however, multiple new full-power FM affiliate stations were signed-on to form a network of NPR affiliates serving Eastern Virginia.

HD Radio

Repeaters

WHRV operates a number of full-powered repeater stations to serve areas not covered by the main signal.

References

External links

• 89.5 WHRV Online
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WHRV
• Radio-Locator information on WHRV
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHRV