Broadcast area | Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
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Frequency | 94.7 FM MHz |
Branding | 94.7 WPVC |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct (formerly Progressive Talk Radio (weekdays) Electronic Dance Music (weekends))[1][2] |
Affiliations | Pacifica Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Promise Land Communications |
History | |
First air date | September 20, 2015[1] |
Former call signs | WPVC-LP (2014–2020)[3] |
Call sign meaning | W Progressive Voice (of) Charlottesville |
Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 192897 |
Class | L1 |
Power | 21 Watts |
HAAT | 64.6 meters (212 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°4′39.0″N 78°28′21.0″W / 38.077500°N 78.472500°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
WPVC-LP was a Progressive Talk Radio and Electronic Dance Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia.[2] WPVC-LP was owned and operated by Promise Land Communications.[5]
Sign off
[edit]On June 17, 2020, the station ceased broadcasting. Promise Land Communications cited in a Facebook post "the ongoing legal challenge...by the out of state giant Saga Communications".[6] In late 2019, Saga accused Promise Land, along with four other Charlotteville area low-power FM stations, of operating as a "de facto cluster".[7] Saga owns six stations in the Charlottesville market.[7][8] Saga has accused low-power stations of licensure violations in the past.[9]
On June 16, 2020, station president Jeffrey Lenert turned in the license for deletion stating "As a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and recent increased costs of station ownership and operation, it has become impossible to operate station WPVC-LP in the manner that I wish."[10] The station's license was deleted and its pending renewal dismissed on July 7 of the same year.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "If you turn to 94.7 right now in Charlottesville... - 94.7 FM Charlottesville". Promise Land Communications/Facebook. September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPVC-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "DDWPVC-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE - June 17, 2020". Promise Land Communications/Facebook. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ a b "Saga Hits Charlottesville LPFMs for Operating as a Radio Cluster". Insideradio.com. September 11, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Saga Communications - Charlottesville, VA". Saga Communications, Inc. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Provence, Lisa (October 16, 2019). "License to bully?: Local nonprofit stations say Saga is out to bankrupt them". C-Ville Weekly. Charlottesville, Virginia: C-VILLE Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "6-17-20 Letter to J. Bradshaw re License Cancellation (WPVC-LP Charlottesville VA - Promise Land Communications).pdf" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 16, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - WPVC-LP". REC Networks. Retrieved July 9, 2020.