WROV-FM
Radio station in Martinsville, Virginia
37°7′0.0″N 80°0′58.0″W / 37.116667°N 80.016111°W / 37.116667; -80.016111WROV-FM (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia. WROV-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia[3] and airs a classic rock radio format. WROV-FM's signal covers the Roanoke-Lynchburg media market, including the New River Valley and the Southside of Virginia.
WROV-FM has studios and offices on Brandon Avenue in Roanoke and its transmitter is in Boones Mill, Virginia.
WROV-FMHD2
WROV-FMHD2 carries an African-American-oriented news/talk format under the branding "Roanoke's BIN 96.7".[4]
On November 18, 2020, WROV-FMHD2 and W244AV changed their format from alternative rock to programming from the Black Information Network, branded as "Roanoke's BIN 96.7". The alternative rock format continues on WSTV-HD2 and W245BG.[5]
History of call letters
WROV-FM first signed on the air in January 1950 as WMVA-FM.[6] It was a sister station to WMVA and served Martinsville. In 1989, new ownership purchased WMVA-FM and WROV (now WGMN), and undertook a move of WMVA-FM to Roanoke.
The call letters WROV-FM were previously assigned to a station in Roanoke, Virginia. It began broadcasting on 103.7 MHz in 1948. It was a sister station of WROV and duplicated that station's programming.[7] In 1955, WROV radio's ownership had decided to leave broadcasting altogether after the disastrous effort to start WROV-TV; new management saw the FM station as a money pit and turned in the license in June 1957.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Nielsen Station Information Profiles".
- ^ American Radio History [dead link]
- ^ "WROV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447 HD Radio Guide for Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia
- ^ Black Information Network Expands To Blacksburg Radioinsight - November 18, 2020
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
- ^ "WROV-FM Roanoke Va., Starts Program Service" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "For the record" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 15, 1957. p. 108.
- ^ "The Levines Buy WROV". The 1240 WROV History Site.
External links
- 96.3 WROV Online
- WROV in the FCC FM station database
- WROV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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Radio stations in Southside Virginia
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by frequency & subchannel
- 96.3-1
- 96.3-2
- WMVA (1450 AM)
- WODI (1230 AM)
- WPEX (90.9 FM)
- WXRE-LP (97.9 FM)
- Radio stations in Southside Virginia
- Farmville
- Lynchburg
- Petersburg
- South Hill
- Elsewhere in the region
- Southside
- Other nearby regions
- Elizabeth City–Nags Head
- Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point
- Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville
- Hampton Roads
- Raleigh-Durham
- Rocky Mount-Wilson
- Southwest Virginia
- See also
- List of radio stations in Virginia
