WVBB

WVBB

City of license	Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia
Broadcast area	Roanoke, Virginia Blacksburg, Virginia
Branding	"The Vibe"
Slogan	"Today's Best R&B and Old School"
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	1983
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
Power	260 Watts
HAAT	470 Meters
Class	A
Facility ID	54597
Transmitter coordinates	37°18′30.0″N 80°09′46.0″W / 37.308333°N 80.162778°W / 37.308333; -80.162778
Former callsigns	WRON-FM (1983-2008) WKCJ (2008-2011) WVBB (2011-Present)
Owner	Mel Wheeler, Inc.
Sister stations	WFIR, WLNI, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WPLY, WVBE-FM, WXLK
Website	WVBB Online

WVBB (100.1 FM) is an Urban Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia, serving the Roanoke/Blacksburg area. WVBB is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc.^[1]

Station swap

All Access reported on September 20th, 2007 that Todd P. Robinson, Inc.'s WKCJ would be swapped to Radio Greenbrier, Inc. for WRON-FM (now on 103.1), which took place on August 1st, 2008. WKCJ applied to move south to Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia (which is between Roanoke and Christiansburg).

The swap ensured that when Todd P. Robinson, Inc. moved the 97.7 frequency, WRON-FM would continue to have an FM station serving Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Station sale

On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Roanoke, Virginia based Mel Wheeler, Inc. agreed to purchase the station for $675,000. A new application was filed to move the signal to Elliston-Lafayette, on Fort Lewis Mountain, broadcasting 260 watts, but from a height of 1542 feet.

On December 2, 2011, Mel Wheeler, Inc. took ownership and control of WKCJ and began simulcasting Lynchburg based WVBE-FM. On December 9, 2011, the callsign was changed to WVBB.

References

↑ "WVBB Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

The Vibe Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVBB

Radio-Locator information on WVBB

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVBB

Radio stations in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market

By AM frequency	580 610 880 910 930 960 1000 1050 1230 1240 1320 1350 1390 1410 1420 1480 1550 1570

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 88.7 89.1 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.5 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.3 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.9 99.1 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.5 101.7 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.9 104.9 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.550

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Defunct	WOWZ (1280 AM)

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