WLVR-FM

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WLVR-FM

| logo = WLVR-FM Logo.png

| city = Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

| area = Lehigh Valley

| branding = WLVR-FM

| frequency = 91.3 MHz {{HD Radio}}

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = 1948

| format = News/Talk

| language = English

| subchannels = HD2: Variety

| power =

| erp = 40 watts horizontal polarization
200 watts vertical

| haat = {{convert|170|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C

| facility_id = 36984

| coordinates = {{coord|40|36|4.00|N|75|21|34.00|W|region:US-PA_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = "Lehigh Valley Radio"

| former_callsigns = WLRN

| former_frequencies = 640 kHz

| affiliations = National Public Radio

| operator = Lehigh Valley Public Media

| owner = Lehigh University

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [http://128.180.57.74:554/wlvr/stream/streamwlvr.html Listen Live]

| website = {{ubl

| {{URL|http://www.wlvr.org/}}

|HD2: {{URL|https://go.wlvr.org/}}

}}

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WLVR-FM (91.3 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is owned by Lehigh University, and co-operated, with the university, by Lehigh Valley Public Media, licensee and operator of PBS affiliate WLVT-TV.[https://wlvr.org/about-us/ "About Us - WLVR"] WLVR-FM is supported in part by listener donations. With a focus on local news coverage, WLVR features Lehigh Valley Public Media’s Reporter Corps®, a team of multimedia journalists who cover the Lehigh Valley with in-depth local reporting. Overseeing the station is Christine Dempsey, Senior VP of Radio. Christine has over 30 years of experience in radio and is a current member of the Public Radio Program Directors Association’s board of directors.

WLVR-FM has an effective radiated power of 40 watts horizontal polarization and 200 watts vertical polarization. The transmitter is on the campus of Lehigh University, off Research Drive.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wlvr&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WLVR] Its studios are co-located with WLVT-TV on the SteelStacks Campus in south Bethlehem. WLVR-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.

Programming

WLVR-FM’s weekday program schedule includes some of the country’s most listened-to news programs from National Public Radio (NPR): Morning Edition and All Things Considered. In addition, Marketplace (from American Public Media), 1A, The World and BBC World Service are also part of the line-up. Weekends feature shows such as Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, The Moth Radio Hour, Ask Me Another and You Bet Your Garden.

A digital subchannel, WLVR-HD-2, carries Lehigh University’s college radio station, programmed by students under the management of current WLVR-FM Chief Operator and Station Manager, Al Fritzinger Jr. Shows feature active rock, alternative rock, hip hop, jazz, world music and other genres.

Both WLVR 91.3 and Lehigh University 91.3 WLVR-HD-2 can be streamed online at WLVR.org

Awards

WLVR-HD2 (Lehigh University) has won the Lehigh Valley Music Award for best College/Community Radio Station three consecutive years running. Popular DJ A.J. Fritz has also won the Lehigh Valley Music Award for Best College/Community Radio Personality six consecutive years running.

In 1972, the station's Program Director, Jim Cameron, received a Major Armstrong Award from Columbia University for his documentary "Old Friends". The award is named after the inventor of FM radio.

See also

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