WVLR-FM
{{Short description|Radio station in Lyndonville, Vermont, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WVLR-FM
| logo =
| city = Lyndonville, Vermont
| country = US
| area = Northern Caledonia County, Vermont
| branding =
| airdate = {{start date|1977|2|4}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-457|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
| frequency = 91.5 MHz
| format = Classical music
| network = Vermont Public Classical
| licensing_authority = FCC
| erp = 3,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|-23.0|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 6123
| coordinates = {{coord|44|32|2.1|N|72|1|43.3|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_frequencies = 91.7 MHz (1977–1981)
| former_callsigns = WWLR (1976–2023)
| owner = Vermont Public Co.
| licensee =
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WVLR-FM (91.5 FM) is a station that broadcasts a classical music format. Licensed to Lyndonville, Vermont, United States, the station is owned by Vermont Public Co.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WVLR-FM |title=WVLR-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
From 1977 to 2023, the station operated as WWLR, the college radio station at Lyndon State College and its successor, Northern Vermont University—Lyndon.
History
WVLR-FM began broadcasting as WWLR on February 4, 1977,{{r|by1999}} as a 10-watt outlet broadcasting on 91.7 MHz. In 1981, the station moved to 91.5 MHz as part of a power increase to 3,000 watts. However, three years later, the station was almost shut down when Lyndon State College teachers complained about electromagnetic radiation, though administration kept it on the air; WWLR had been forced off the air earlier in 1984 in order to rectify interference to the meteorology equipment in the college's atmospheric sciences program.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40659744/|date=December 14, 1984|first=Kathleen M.|last=Norton|work=Burlington Free Press|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=December 16, 2019|title=Lyndon Faculty Worried About Waves|page=1B}} As a result, the WWLR tower was relocated,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40659950/|date=February 15, 1985|page=10B|title=Lyndon State College Will Move Offending Radio Tower|first=Kathleen M.|last=Norton|work=Burlington Free Press|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=December 16, 2019}} and the station temporarily operated at half-power until the tower was moved.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40660061/|work=Rutland Daily Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=May 17, 1985|accessdate=December 16, 2019|title=Fear of Radio Waves Leads to Agreement About Transmitter|page=11}}
Vermont Public announced its acquisition of the WWLR license from Northern Vermont University—Lyndon on December 16, 2022, with the intent of adding the station to its classical music network; the student-run programming would continue as an Internet radio station. The trustees of the Vermont State Colleges had voted to put WWLR up for sale in October 2022, after having earlier approved a plan to relinquish the license in December 2021.{{cite news |last1=D'Auria |first1=Peter |title=Northern Vermont University to sell campus radio station to Vermont Public |url=https://vtdigger.org/2022/12/20/northern-vermont-university-to-sell-campus-radio-station-to-vermont-public/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |work=VTDigger |date=December 20, 2022}} The purchase, at a price of $80,000, was consummated on April 25, 2023. Vermont Public took the station silent on May 1 to prepare for changes required to transmit its signal. The call sign was changed to WVLR-FM on October 30, 2023;{{cite web |last1=Tymecki |first1=Joseph |title=Form 380 - Change Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff388029c1401880b561bab0870&id=25076ff388029c1401880b561bab0870&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=October 30, 2023 |date=October 24, 2023}} on November 6, it resumed broadcasting at reduced power under special temporary authority{{cite web |last1=Tymecki |first1=Joseph |title=Full Power FM Engineering STA Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f918bac08b5018bac3fe7260013&id=25076f918bac08b5018bac3fe7260013&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=May 21, 2024 |date=November 8, 2023}} as part of Vermont Public Classical.{{cite web |last1=Owens |first1=Michelle |title=Vermont Public Classical stations now broadcasting in Lyndonville and West Rutland |url=https://www.vermontpublic.org/about-us/2023-11-14/vermont-public-classical-stations-now-broadcasting-in-lyndonville-and-west-rutland |website=Vermont Public |access-date=May 21, 2024 |language=en |date=November 14, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|6123|WVLR}}
- {{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=70841 |title= History Cards for WVLR-FM|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)
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Category:Radio stations established in 1977
Category:1977 establishments in Vermont
Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States
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