WHRV

WHRV
Broadcast areaHampton Roads
Frequency89.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWHRV 89.5
Programming
FormatPublic Radio - News - Talk - Jazz - Americana
SubchannelsHD2: Adult Album Alternative (AAA) "AltRadio"
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerHampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association
WFOS, WHRE, WHRF, WHRG, WHRJ, WHRL, WHRO-FM, WHRO-TV, WHRX
History
First air date
July 15, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-07-15)
Former call signs
  • WTGM (1973–1978)
  • WHRO-FM (1978–1990)[1]
Call sign meaning
Hampton Roads Virginia
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25933
ClassB
ERP34,000 watts
HAAT181.7 meters (596 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°48′32.0″N 76°30′13.0″W / 36.808889°N 76.503611°W / 36.808889; -76.503611
Translator(s)101.7 W269BQ (Virginia Beach)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
WebsiteWHRV.org/radio

WHRV (89.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia.[3] It is the flagship NPR member station for the Hampton Roads section of Virginia, and is a sister station to the area's PBS member, WHRO-TV 15. They are owned by the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, a consortium of 19 school districts in Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.[4] Studios are in the Public Telecommunications Center on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

WHRV is a Class B FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 34,000 watts. The transmitter is on Nansemond Parkway in Suffolk.[5] Programming is also heard on four repeater stations and an FM translator. WHRV broadcasts using HD Radio (hybrid) technology.[6] Its HD2 digital subchannel plays adult album alternative (AAA) music and is known as "AltRadio."

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AnnualReport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHRV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  4. ^ "WHRV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WHRV
  6. ^ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=40 Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News