WHRO-FM

Norfolk, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Frequency	90.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	WHRO-FM
Programming
Format	Public radio[1] Classical music
Subchannels	HD2: Big band/old time radio HD3: WRVL simulcast "The Journey" (Christian contemporary)
Affiliations	American Public Radio NPR Public Radio International
Ownership
Owner	Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association
Sister stations	WFOS, WHRE, WHRF, WHRG, WHRJ, WHRL, WHRO-TV, WHRV, WHRX
History
First air date	1990[2]
Former call signs	WHRV (1989-1990)[3]
Call sign meaning	A dual meaning of Homeroom One (reflecting WHRO-TV's instructional beginnings), and the Hampton Roads region
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25940
Class	B
Power	8,800 watts
HAAT	350.3 meters (1,149 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°48′31.0″N 76°30′13.0″W / 36.808611°N 76.503611°W / 36.808611; -76.503611
Translator(s)	96.9 W245BB (Newport News)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WHRO-FM Online

WHRO-FM (90.3 MHz) is a public radio broadcast radio station, broadcasting a classical music format. WHRO is licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads.^[1] WHRO-FM is owned and operated by the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association.^[5]

As early as 1983, a feasibility study indicated that Hampton Roads could support a second public radio station alongside HRETA's existing station, WHRO-FM at 89.5. However, it took until 1989 to obtain a construction permit for the second frequency, on 90.3. The new station signed on in 1990 and took all classical music programming from 89.5, as well as the WHRO-FM call letters. NPR programming remained on 89.5 under new calls, WHRV.^[6]

Radio reading service

WHRO Voice, a radio reading service for the blind, is broadcast on a subcarrier of WHRO. In addition, WHRO Voice is streamed online.^[7]

WHRO HD Radio

As of June 2021, WHRO-HD2 broadcasts the Time Machine Radio Network, a channel dedicated to early-20th century Dixieland, swing, blues, and big band music, nostalgia, and old time radio, on its HD-2 channel. The Time Machine Radio Network is also simulcast on full power station WFOS and translator station W257BV. Previously, WHRO aired the independently produced and similarly programmed 1920's Radio Network on the channel^[8]

WHRO-HD3 hosts Liberty University's The Journey network (originating from WRVL/Lynchburg), a statewide CCM network, which feeds four analog FM translator stations across Hampton Roads and repeats full-power WVRL/Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Repeaters

WHRO-FM operates two full-powered repeater stations to serve areas not covered by the main signal.