WROV-FM
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| Broadcast area | Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia New River Valley Southside Virginia |
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| Frequency | 96.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 96.3 ROV Rocks |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock[1] |
| Subchannels | HD2: Black Information Network |
| Affiliations | John Boy and Billy Performance Racing Network (PRN Radio) Sixx Sense |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WJJS, WROV-HD2, WJJX, WSTV, WYYD | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1950[2] |
Former call signs | WMVA-FM (1950–1989) |
Call sign meaning | W Rock Of Virginia |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 37747 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 14,000 watts |
| HAAT | 633 meters (2,077 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°7′0.0″N 80°0′58.0″W / 37.116667°N 80.016111°W |
| Translator(s) | HD2: 96.7 W244AV (Blacksburg, etc.) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | WROV-FM Webstream |
| Website | WROV-FM Online |
WROV-FM (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia. WROV-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia[4] and airs a classic rock radio format. WROV-FM's signal covers the Roanoke-Lynchburg media market, including the New River Valley and the Southside of Virginia.
WROV-FM has studios and offices on Brandon Avenue in Roanoke and its transmitter is in Boones Mill, Virginia.
WROV-FMHD2
[edit]WROV-FMHD2 carries an African-American-oriented news/talk format under the branding "Roanoke's BIN 96.7".[5]
On November 18, 2020, WROV-FMHD2 and W244AV changed their format from alternative rock to programming from the Black Information Network, branded as "Roanoke's BIN 96.7". The alternative rock format continues on WSTV-HD2 and W245BG.[6]
History of call letters
[edit]WROV-FM first signed on the air in January 1950 as WMVA-FM.[7] It was a sister station to WMVA and served Martinsville. In 1989, new ownership purchased WMVA-FM and WROV (now WGMN), and undertook a move of WMVA-FM to Roanoke.
The call letters WROV-FM were previously assigned to a station in Roanoke, Virginia. It began broadcasting on 103.7 MHz in 1948. It was a sister station of WROV and duplicated that station's programming.[8] In 1955, WROV radio's ownership had decided to leave broadcasting altogether after the disastrous effort to start WROV-TV; new management saw the FM station as a money pit and turned in the license in June 1957.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nielsen Station Information Profiles".
- ^ American Radio History [dead link]
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WROV-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WROV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447 HD Radio Guide for Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia
- ^ Black Information Network Expands To Blacksburg Radioinsight - November 18, 2020
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
- ^ "WROV-FM Roanoke Va., Starts Program Service" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "For the record" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 15, 1957. p. 108.
- ^ "The Levines Buy WROV". The 1240 WROV History Site.
External links
[edit]- 96.3 WROV Online
- Facility details for Facility ID 37747 (WROV-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WROV-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database