WRVO
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| City of license | Oswego, New York |
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| Slogan | Your source for NPR News. |
| Frequency | 89.9 MHz |
| Translator(s) | W222AT 92.3, Hamilton W260BE 99.9, Watertown W292DQ 106.3, Geneva W293BE 106.5, Norwich |
| First air date | 1970 |
| Format | Public radio |
| ERP | 50,000 watts horizontal 49,010 watts vertical |
| HAAT | 134 metres (440 feet) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 63115 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°25′14.00″N 76°32′39.00″W / 43.4205556°N 76.5441667°W |
| Callsign meaning | WRVO: Radio Voice of Oswego |
| Owner | State University of New York at Oswego (State University of New York) |
| Sister stations | WRVD 90.3, Syracuse WRVH 89.3, Clayton WRVJ 91.7, Watertown WRVN 91.9, Utica WRCU 90.1, Hamilton WSUC-FM 90.5, Cortland |
| Webcast | Listen Live DTFX |
| Website | www.wrvo.org |
WRVO Public Media is a non-profit public radio station in Oswego, New York licensed to the State University of New York at Oswego,[1] it operates from studios in the Penfield Library on the SUNY Oswego campus. It's multi-station network serves more than 15 counties in central and northern New York from transmitters in Clayton, Oswego, Syracuse, Utica and Watertown. Low-power translators serve Geneva, Hamilton, Norwich and North Watertown.
Programming
WRVO programming includes regional news and public affairs and programming from NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, the BBC World Service, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Deutsche Welle and other networks. [2] WRVO currently broadcasts Morning Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, Fresh Air, Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, As It Happens, The Capitol Pressroom and Tuned to Yesterday during the weekdays. On the weekend, WRVO broadcasts The State We're In, Marketplace Money, Only A Game, Weekend Edition, Car Talk, Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Says You!, This American Life, Snap-Judgment, On The Media, The Campbell Conversations, New York Now, All Things Considered, A Prairie Home Companion, Selected Shorts, The Changing World, Inside Europe, Prime Time Radio, Studio 360, The Splendid Table, Public Radio Presents, Sound Opinions, Sound Medicine, Big Picture Science and Earth Beat. [2]
From 9:00 pm to midnight Tuesday through Sunday, WRVO broadcasts Tuned to Yesterday, which consists of radio dramas from the 1930s onward.[3]BirdNote, a two-minute show about the lives of birds, airs on weekdays at 9:58 am.
Affiliates
| Location | Frequency | Call sign |
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| Syracuse | 90.3 FM | WRVD |
| Clayton | 89.3 FM | WRVH |
| Watertown | 91.7 FM | WRVJ |
| Utica | 91.9 FM | WRVN |
Translators
| Call sign | Frequency MHz |
City of license | Power W |
FCC info |
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| W222AT | 92.3 | Hamilton (town), New York | 27 | FCC |
| W293BE | 89.9 | Norwich, New York | 19 | FCC |
| W214BR | 90.7 | Geneva, New York | 10 | FCC |
| Call sign | Frequency MHz |
City of license | Power W |
FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W260BE | 99.9 | Watertown, New York | 19 | FCC |
Programming may also be head on WRCU 90.1 FM in Hamilton and WSUC-FM 90.5 FM in Cortland during drive time, off-hours, and during school breaks.[4][5]
These stations are collectively known as the WRVO Stations.
References
- ^ "WRVO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ a b "WRVO Programming". Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- ^ "Tuned to Yesterday". Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "The WRVO Stations". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
- ^ "WRVO Stations Coverage Map". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WRVO
- Radio-Locator information on WRVO
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WRVO
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