WROV-HD2

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WROV-HD2

| logo =

| city = Martinsville, Virginia

| area = Main Signal:
New River Valley
Southside Virginia
Translator: Blacksburg, Virginia

| branding = Roanoke's BIN 96.7

| frequency = Main Signal: {{Frequency|96.3 FM|MHz}}
Translator: {{Frequency|96.7 FM|MHz}}

| airdate =

| format = Black-oriented news

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| haat =

| class =

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| coordinates =

| callsign_meaning = W Rock Of Virginia

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = Black Information Network

| owner = iHeartMedia

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| sister_stations = WROV-FM, WJJS, WJJX, WSTV, WYYD

| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/roanokes-bin-967-5321/ WROV-HD2 Webstream]

| website = [https://roanoke.binnews.com WROV-HD2 Online]

}}

WROV-HD2 (96.3 MHz) is an all-news radio station, aimed at African-American listeners and licensed to Martinsville, Virginia. It carries the Black Information Network and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WROV|title=WROV Facility Record|access-date=December 8, 2014|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} The HD-2 digital subchannel feeds 250-watt FM translator W244AV at 96.7 MHz in Blacksburg, Virginia.

History

On February 8, 2018, WROV-HD2 rebranded as "Alt 96".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/122985/alt-name-woody-show-come-roanoke/ Alt name and Woody Show Come to Roanoke] Radioinsight - February 8, 2018

On November 18, 2020, WROV-HD2 and W244AV changed their format from alternative rock to African-American-oriented news, branded as "Roanoke's BIN 96.7." Programming comes from the Black Information Network. The alternative rock format continues on 104.9 WSTV-HD2 and W245BG.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/201448/black-information-network-expands-to-blacksburg/ Black Information Network Expands To Blacksburg] Radioinsight - November 18, 2020

Translator

WROV-HD2 is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=W244AV|title=W244AV Facility Record|access-date=December 8, 2014|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}

{{RadioTranslators

| call1 = W244AV

| freq1 = 96.7

| fid1 = 37748

| watts1 = 250

| haat1 = 180

| class1 = D

| city1 = Blacksburg, Virginia{{!}}Blacksburg, etc., Virginia

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