Broadcast area |
Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
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Frequency | 94.7 FM MHz |
Branding | 94.7 WPVC |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct (formerly
Progressive Talk Radio (weekdays) Electronic Dance Music (weekends)) [1] [2] |
Affiliations | Pacifica Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Promise Land Communications |
History | |
First air date | September 20, 2015 [1] |
Former call signs | WPVC-LP (2014-2020) [3] |
Call sign meaning | W Progressive Voice (of) Charlottesville |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 192897 |
Class | L1 |
Power | 21 Watts |
HAAT | 64.6 meters (212 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°4′39.0″N 78°28′21.0″W / 38.077500°N 78.472500°W |
WPVC-LP was a Progressive Talk Radio and Electronic Dance Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia. [2] WPVC-LP was owned and operated by Promise Land Communications. [4]
On June 17, 2020, the station ceased broadcasting. Promise Land Communications cited in a Facebook post "the ongoing legal challenge...by the out of state giant Saga Communications". [5] In late 2019, Saga accused Promise Land, along with four other Charlotteville area low-power FM stations, of operating as a "de facto cluster". [6] Saga owns six stations in the Charlottesville market. [6] [7] Saga has accused low-power stations of licensure violations in the past. [8]
On June 16, 2020, station president Jeffrey Lenert turned in the license for deletion stating "As a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and recent increased costs of station ownership and operation, it has become impossible to operate station WPVC-LP in the manner that I wish." [9] The station's license was deleted and its pending renewal dismissed on July 7 of the same year. [10]