WVEP

WVEP
City Martinsburg, West Virginia
Broadcast area Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
Northern Shenandoah Valley
Branding "West Virginia Public Broadcasting"
Slogan "Telling West Virginia's Story"
Frequency 88.9 FM MHz
First air date February 15, 1984
Format Public Radio
Power 3,600 Watts
HAAT 495 meters (1,624 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 70643
Transmitter coordinates 39°8′38.0″N 78°26′9.0″W / 39.143889°N 78.435833°W / 39.143889; -78.435833
Callsign meaning West Virginia Eastern Panhandle
Affiliations American Public Media
National Public Radio
Public Radio International
Owner West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority
Sister stations WVBL, WVBY, WVDS, WVNP, WVPG, WVPM, WVPB, WVPW, WVWS, WVWV
Webcast WVEP Webstream
Website WVEP Online

WVEP is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia, serving the Eastern Panhandle and the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia and the Northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.[1] WVEP is owned and operated by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, through licensee West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority.[2] The station's main transmitter is located atop Pinnacle Mountain in the Cacapon Mountain ridge, east of Capon Lake, West Virginia.

Booster station

In addition to the main station, WVEP is relayed by a co-channel FM booster station to widen its broadcast area.[3] The booster is also owned and operated by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and broadcasts from a site south of Bardane, West Virginia.[3]

Call signFrequency
(MHz)
City of licenseFacility
ID
ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
ClassFCC info
WVEP-FM188.9 FMCharles Town, West Virginia161967210 watts63 m (207 ft)DFCC

References

  1. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  2. "WVEP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "WVEP-FM1 Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 12, 2014.


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