WVIA-FM

WVIA-FM
City Scranton, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Northeastern Pennsylvania
Frequency 89.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s) See § Simulcasts and translators
Repeater(s) See § Simulcasts and translators
First air date April 23, 1973
Format Analog/HD1: Public Radio/Classical/Jazz
HD2: NPR/AAA
HD3: Jazz ("The Chiaroscuro Channel")
Language(s) English
ERP 7,400 watts
HAAT 381 meters (1,250 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 49436
Transmitter coordinates 41°10′55.0″N 75°52′17.0″W / 41.181944°N 75.871389°W / 41.181944; -75.871389 (WVIA-FM) (NAD27)
Owner Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
Sister stations WVIA-TV
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.wvia.org

WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania and 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. Studios are based in Jenkins Township, near Pittston, and the broadcast tower shared by the stations is located on Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top at (41°10′55.0″N 75°52′16.0″W / 41.181944°N 75.871111°W / 41.181944; -75.871111).[1][2]

WVIA-FM uses HD Radio.[3][4] The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 channel with a jazz format.[5]

History

WVIA-FM signed on for the first time on April 23, 1973.

The building housing the transmitters for WVIA-FM and WVIA-TV was destroyed by fire on February 12, 2010.[6] WVIA-FM resumed broadcasting at low power on February 17, 2010,[7] and returned to full-power at Noon on August 3, 2010.[8]

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.[9] A fourth station joined the group in 2012, when WPAU signed on from Palmyra Township to serve the far northeastern corner of the state.[10]

Simulcasts and translators

Three full-power stations are licensed to simulcast the programming of WVIA-FM full-time:

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W		 Height
m (ft)		 Class Transmitter coordinates Service contour
WPAU91.5 FMPalmyra Township, Pennsylvania173824400167 m (548 ft)A41°24′43.0″N 75°09′51.0″W / 41.411944°N 75.164167°W / 41.411944; -75.164167 (WPAU) (NAD27)Covers Hawley and the Lake Wallenpaupack area
WTIO88.3 FMMainesburg, Pennsylvania17708948258.6 m (848 ft)A41°45′34.0″N 76°55′31.0″W / 41.759444°N 76.925278°W / 41.759444; -76.925278 (WTIO) (NAD27)Covers Mansfield, Pennsylvania
WVYA89.7 FM (HD)Williamsport, Pennsylvania926383,300−5 m (−16 ft)A41°14′54.0″N 77°01′52.0″W / 41.248333°N 77.031111°W / 41.248333; -77.031111 (WVYA) (NAD27)

WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators:

Broadcast translators of WVIA-FM
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
W		ClassFCC info
W207AA89.3Williamsport, Pennsylvania10DFCC
W212AT90.3Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania2DFCC
W232AM94.3Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania250DFCC
W235AD94.9Pottsville, Pennsylvania120DFCC
W257AI99.3Allentown, Pennsylvania4DFCC
W261CA100.1Lewisburg, Pennsylvania250DFCC
W289AH105.7Bethlehem, Pennsylvania75DFCC
W289AI105.7Sunbury, Pennsylvania11DFCC
Broadcast translators of WTIO
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
W		ClassFCC info
W278AO103.5Wellsboro, Pennsylvania55DFCC

References

  1. ↑ "FM Query Results for WVIA-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. ↑ "FM Query Results for WVIA-TV". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  3. ↑ "Radio - WVIA". wvia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Station Search Details for WVIA-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  5. ↑ "Listen Live - Radio - WVIA". wvia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  6. ↑ Gaydos, Kristen (February 13, 2010). "Fire destroys WVIA building, knocks out signal". The Citizens' Voice. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ "WVIA Back Following Transmitter Fire". TV New Check, The Business of Broadcasting. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  8. ↑ "WVIA FM returns to Full Power after February Transmitter Fire". publicbroadcasting.net. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  9. ↑ WVIA station history
  10. ↑ Promo announcing WPAU's sign-on

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