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WVIA-FM

Scranton, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Northeastern Pennsylvania
Frequency	89.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format	Public Radio: News - Talk - Classical - Jazz
Subchannels	HD2: Arts Radio (Classical Music and Classical 24) HD3: The Chiaroscuro Channel (Jazz)
Affiliations	National Public Radio BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner	Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
Sister stations	WVIA-TV
History
First air date	April 23, 1973; 51 years ago (April 23, 1973)
Call sign meaning	The World Via Radio
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	49436
Class	B
ERP	7,400 watts (analog) 295 watts (digital)
HAAT	381 meters (1,250 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°10′55.3″N 75°52′15.7″W / 41.182028°N 75.871028°W / 41.182028; -75.871028 (WVIA-FM)
Translator(s)	See § Simulcasts and translators
Repeater(s)	See § Simulcasts and translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wvia.org

WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It 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, with studios in Jenkins Township, near Pittston. It airs a mix of NPR news and talk shows, classical music in middays, jazz at night and the BBC World Service overnight.

WVIA-FM is a Class B station. Its transmitter tower is 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). WVIA-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel is "Arts Radio," airing classical music. The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 subchannel with a jazz format.

History

WVIA-FM signed on the air on April 23, 1973; 51 years ago (April 23, 1973). It joined its television counterpart, WVIA-TV 44, which went on the air in 1966.

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

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

Simulcasts and translators

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

WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators:

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WVIA-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Digital Radio Notification [WVIA-FM]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. August 17, 2010. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
3. "FM Query Results for WVIA-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
4. "FM Query Results for WVIA-TV". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
5. "Radio - WVIA". wvia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
6. "Station Search Details for WVIA-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
7. "Listen Live - Radio - WVIA". wvia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
8. Gaydos, Kristen (February 13, 2010). "Fire destroys WVIA building, knocks out signal". The Citizens' Voice. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
9. "WVIA Back Following Transmitter Fire". TV New Check, The Business of Broadcasting. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
10. "WVIA FM returns to Full Power after February Transmitter Fire". publicbroadcasting.net. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
11. WVIA station history
12. Promo announcing WPAU's sign-on
13. "Digital Radio Notification [WVYA]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. August 17, 2010. Retrieved 2018-11-19.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 49436 (WVIA-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WVIA-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• HD Radio stations
• Radio stations in Pennsylvania
• NPR member stations
• Radio stations established in 1973
• 1973 establishments in Pennsylvania