WVHC
| City | Herkimer, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Utica, New York |
| Frequency | 91.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Variety, Jazz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Herkimer County Community College |
| History | |
First air date | October 1993 |
Former call signs | WHCR |
Call sign meaning | W the Voice of Herkimer County |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 27032 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 435 watts |
| HAAT | -35.0 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°1′58.00″N 75°0′31.00″W / 43.0327778°N 75.0086111°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | http://radio.herkimer.edu:8000/live |
| Website | http://www.herkimer.edu/experience/wvhc-radio |
WVHC (91.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Herkimer, New York, United States, the station is owned by Herkimer County Community College and operated by the college's Radio/TV Department.[1]
WVHC was established in 1973 under the name of WHCR as a public address system, only providing a signal to the Robert McLaughlin College Center building. In 1986, WHCR began simulcasting on the college's television station HCTV, a Public-access television cable TV channel airing on Group W Cable (now Charter Spectrum), the authorized cable provider for Herkimer County. The station applied for a FCC license in the early 1990s. Since the WHCR call letters were already taken by WHCR-FM in New York City, the station applied for the call letters WVHC. The application was granted in February 1993, and WVHC began operations that October.[2]
Initially, programming was presented during class hours (7am-10pm), but in 1999 WVHC began full-time 24-hour operations. The station is best known for its jazz and blues programming, the only non-commercial station broadcasting such programming in the Mohawk Valley. It also airs a mix of student-produced programs during the fall and spring semesters. Student-produced programs are usually heard in the early afternoon, with further programs broadcast on Fridays.
The station also streams its broadcast signal, which can be heard at www.herkimer.edu/wvhc.
References[]
- ^ "WVHC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ http://www.cnyradio.com/wiki/index.php?title=WVHC[dead link]
External links[]
- WVHC in the FCC FM station database
- WVHC on Radio-Locator
- WVHC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- WVHC website
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