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| Broadcast area | Colchester andBurlington |
| Frequency | 92.5MHz |
| Branding | 92.5 The Mike |
| Programming | |
| Format | College radio/Variety |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Saint Michael's College |
| History | |
First air date | September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15) |
Call sign meaning | Winooski Park Vermont[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 196089 |
| Class | L1 |
| ERP | 100watts |
| HAAT | 24 meters (79 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°29′38.1″N73°09′49.4″W / 44.493917°N 73.163722°W /44.493917; -73.163722 |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Webcast | |
| Website | wwpv |
WWPV-LP (92.5FM) is aradio stationlicensed to serve the community ofColchester, Vermont. The station is owned bySaint Michael's College. It airs avariety radio format. This station is the successor toWWPV-FM, the college's prior radio station on 88.7 FM.
In 1973, Saint Michael's College signed on WWPV-FM 88.7, originally a 10-watt outlet broadcasting from the Sloan Fine Arts Center on campus.[1] WWPV-FM was the successor to WSSE, acarrier current outlet that had been established in the 1950s. It operated from the North Campus until moving to St. Edmund's Hall in 1988.[3]
Vermont Public Radio, the state's public broadcaster, had expressed interest as early as 2007 in acquiring WWPV-FM to obtain a second FM frequency for classical music.[4] When word of a potential buyout circulated, it prompted students and the community to rally, and the college ruled out a sale.[5]
On February 12, 2014, Saint Michael's College was granted aconstruction permit for alow-power FM station on 92.5 FM in Colchester.[6] UnderFederal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, the college was required to divest its existing 88.7 FM facility upon constructing the new station;[7] on April 8, 2015, it agreed to donate the WWPV-FM license to Vermont Public Radio.[8] On September 14, 2015, WWPV's programming moved to the new WWPV-LP;[9] WWPV-FM went silent the next day and becameWVTX, which returned to the air as a VPR-owned classical music station.
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