WVIA-FM
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| Broadcast area | Northeastern Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 89.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio; news-talk; classical; jazz |
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| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association |
| WVIA-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | April 23, 1973 |
Call sign meaning | The World Via Radio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49436 |
| Class | B |
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| HAAT | 381 meters (1,250 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Translator | See § Simulcasts and translators |
| Repeater | See § Simulcasts and translators |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The station is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister television station, WVIA-TV, with studios in Jenkins Township, near Pittston and a secondary studio inside the Community Arts Center on West 4th Street in downtown Williamsport. It airs a mix of NPR news and talk shows, classical music in middays, jazz at night and the BBC World Service overnight.
WVIA-FM is a Class B station. Its transmitter tower is on Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top at (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[3][4] WVIA-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.[5][6] Its HD2 digital subchannel is "Arts Radio", airing classical music. The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 subchannel with a jazz format.[7]
History
[edit | edit source]WVIA-FM signed on the air on April 23, 1973. It joined its television counterpart, WVIA-TV, which went on the air in 1966.
The building housing the transmitters for WVIA-FM and WVIA-TV was destroyed by fire on February 12, 2010.[8] WVIA-FM resumed broadcasting at low power on February 17, 2010,[9] and returned to full-power at Noon on August 3, 2010.[10]
WVIA-FM has operated a translator at 89.3 FM in Williamsport since the late 1970s. In 2002, WVIA-FM's owners signed on WVYA, a full-power Class A station, to provide better coverage in that area. In 2010, a third full-power station, WTIO in Mainesburg, was brought online, taking over from a translator that had served the Tioga Valley.[11] A fourth station joined the group in 2012, when WPAU signed on from Palmyra Township to serve the far northeastern corner of the state.[12]
Simulcasts and translators
[edit | edit source]Four full-power stations are licensed to simulcast the programming of WVIA-FM full-time:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
Transmitter coordinates | Service contour |
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| WVBU-FM | 90.5 FM | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | 7722 | A | 225 | −10 m (−33 ft) | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Covers Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
| WTIO | 88.3 FM | Mainesburg, Pennsylvania | 177089 | A | 48 | 258.6 m (848 ft) | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Covers Mansfield, Pennsylvania |
| WPAU | 91.5 FM | Palmyra Township, Pennsylvania | 173824 | A | 400 | 167 m (548 ft) | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Covers Hawley and the Lake Wallenpaupack area |
| WVYA | 89.7 FM (HD) | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | 92638 | A | 3,300 (analog) 132 (digital)[13] |
−5 m (−16 ft) | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | — |
WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators:
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID | Rebroadcasts |
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| W257AI | 99.3 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 49456 | WVIA-FM |
| W289AH | 105.7 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 77210 | WVIA-FM |
| W212AT | 90.3 | Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania | 49461 | WVIA-FM |
| W261CA | 100.1 | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | 49424 | WVIA-FM |
| W235AD | 94.9 | Pottsville, Pennsylvania | 84035 | WVIA-FM |
| W232AM | 94.3 | Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 49448 | WVIA-FM |
| W289AI | 105.7 | Sunbury, Pennsylvania | 49460 | WVIA-FM |
| W278AO | 103.5 | Wellsboro, Pennsylvania | 141552 | WTIO |
| W207AA | 89.3 | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | 49418 | WVIA-FM |
References
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- ^ WVIA station history
- ^ Promo announcing WPAU's sign-on
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 49436 (WVIA-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WVIA-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database