WVXR
Radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont
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WVXR (102.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont. The station is owned by Vermont Public. It is a classical music station, serving as the central Vermont outlet for Vermont Public Classical.[2][3]
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| Frequency | 102.1 MHz |
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| Branding | Vermont Public Classical |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classical and opera |
| Network | Vermont Public Classical |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | October 25, 1982 (as WCVR-FM) |
Former call signs | WCVR-FM (1982–2010) |
Former frequencies | 102.3 MHz (1982–1990s) |
Call sign meaning | see WOXR; Vermont |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 63473 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 11,000 watts |
| HAAT | 133 meters (436 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°57′20.2″N 72°36′13.9″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | Vermont Public Classical |
History
The station signed on October 25, 1982 as WCVR-FM.[4] Originally owned by Stokes Communications and broadcasting at 102.3, the station carried a country music format, at times simulcast on sister AM station WCVR/WWWT.[4][5][6] It moved to 102.1 in the early 1990s.
Stokes sold WCVR-FM and WWWT to Excalibur Media in 1999;[6] Excalibur, in turn, was sold to Clear Channel Communications the following year.[7] Clear Channel dropped the country format on January 23, 2003, replacing it with a simulcast of classic rock station WCPV from the Champlain Valley.[8]
In January 2008, Clear Channel agreed to sell its Vermont stations to Vox Communications[9] as part of Clear Channel's plan to divest itself of most of its smaller market radio stations. The sale was completed on July 25, 2008.[10] Vox soon concluded that it had no interest in retaining WCVR-FM and what had become WTSJ, and reached a deal to sell the stations to Great Eastern Radio in September 2008.[2] Great Eastern replaced the WCPV simulcast with a separate classic rock format.[11] However, it never closed on the deal, and a year later Vox retook the station.[2]
In March 2010, another deal to sell WCVR-FM, this time to Vermont Public Radio (VPR), was reached;[12] Vox then shut the station down on April 1 for financial reasons.[13] VPR returned the station to the air July 30[14] as WVXR,[15] carrying the VPR Classical service.[2][3]