WVXS

WVXS is a Classic Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Romney, West Virginia, United States, serving Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia.[2][4] WVXS is owned and operated by South Branch Career and Technical Center, and licensed to the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind.[5][6]

WVXS
CityRomney, West Virginia
Broadcast areaHampshire County, West Virginia
Mineral County, West Virginia
Branding"Maverick Rock 104"
Frequency104.1 FM MHz
First air dateMarch 30, 1973[1]
FormatClassic Rock[2]
Power100 Watts
HAAT238 meters (781 ft)
ClassA
Facility ID71665
Transmitter coordinates39°18′56.0″N 78°43′4.0″W
Former call signsWJGF (1973-2000)
WVSB (2000-2018)[3]
AffiliationsCBS News Radio
Westwood One
OwnerSouth Branch Career and Technical Center
(West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind)
WebcastWVXS Webstream
WebsiteWVXS Online

Change in ownership

George Park, Jr., the "longtime engineer and teacher" of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind's broadcasting education class filed for retirement after 47 years with the school.[7] The school donated the station to the South Branch Career and Technical Center, located in nearby Petersburg, West Virginia.[5][8] The school and Park cited "declining student interest and increasing standards" as other reasons for the station's donation.[5][7] The station rebranded as "104.1 The Maverick" and later "Maverick Country 104".[5] South Branch Career and Technical Center changed the station's callsign on October 19, 2018 to WVXS from its previous WVSB, which had stood for "West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind".[3]

References
  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-591. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  2. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  4. "WVXS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. Venta, Lance (August 17, 2018). "Station Sales Week Of 8/17". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  6. "WVXS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  7. King, Jim (March 28, 2018). "Retirement dialing up change for WVSB radio". Hampshire Review. Romney, West Virginia. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  8. DeWitt, Ed (July 3, 2018). "Familiar, improved 104.1 is on the way". Hampshire Review. Ogden Newspapers. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
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