WPVC-LP
Broadcast areaCharlottesville, Virginia
Albemarle County, Virginia
Frequency94.7 FM MHz
Branding94.7 WPVC
Programming
FormatDefunct (formerly Progressive Talk Radio (weekdays)
Electronic Dance Music (weekends))[1][2]
AffiliationsPacifica Radio
Ownership
OwnerPromise Land Communications
History
First air date
September 20, 2015[1]
Former call signs
WPVC-LP (2014-2020)[3]
Call sign meaning
W Progressive Voice (of) Charlottesville
Technical information
Facility ID192897
ClassL1
Power21 Watts
HAAT64.6 meters (212 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°4′39.0″N 78°28′21.0″W / 38.077500°N 78.472500°W / 38.077500; -78.472500

WPVC-LP was a Progressive Talk Radio and Electronic Dance Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia.[2] WPVC-LP was owned and operated by Promise Land Communications.[4]

Sign off

On June 17, 2020, the station ceased broadcasting. Promise Land Communications cited in a Facebook post "the ongoing legal challenge...by the out of state giant Saga Communications".[5] In late 2019, Saga accused Promise Land, along with four other Charlotteville area low-power FM stations, of operating as a "de facto cluster".[6] Saga owns six stations in the Charlottesville market.[6][7] Saga has accused low-power stations of licensure violations in the past.[8]

On June 16, 2020, station president Jeffrey Lenert turned in the license for deletion stating "As a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and recent increased costs of station ownership and operation, it has become impossible to operate station WPVC-LP in the manner that I wish."[9] The station's license was deleted and its pending renewal dismissed on July 7 of the same year.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "If you turn to 94.7 right now in Charlottesville... - 94.7 FM Charlottesville". Promise Land Communications/Facebook. September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "DDWPVC-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  5. ^ "PRESS RELEASE - June 17, 2020". Promise Land Communications/Facebook. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Saga Hits Charlottesville LPFMs for Operating as a Radio Cluster". Insideradio.com. September 11, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Saga Communications - Charlottesville, VA". Saga Communications, Inc. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. ^ Provence, Lisa (October 16, 2019). "License to bully?: Local nonprofit stations say Saga is out to bankrupt them". C-Ville Weekly. Charlottesville, Virginia: C-VILLE Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "6-17-20 Letter to J. Bradshaw re License Cancellation (WPVC-LP Charlottesville VA - Promise Land Communications).pdf" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 16, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - WPVC-LP". REC Networks. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

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Radio stations in the Charlottesville, Virginia, metropolitan area
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