WVXU

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WVXU

City	Cincinnati
Broadcast area	Cincinnati, Ohio
Frequency	91.7 MHz
Branding	Cincinnati Public Radio
Slogan	Connecting You To A World Of Ideas
Programming
Format	News/Talk (Public)
Affiliations	NPR American Public Media Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner	Cincinnati Public Radio
History
First air date	August 5, 1970
Call sign meaning	Voice of Xavier University (former licensee)
Technical information
Facility ID	74302
Class	B
ERP	26,000 watts
HAAT	208 meters (682 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°07′31″N 84°29′57″W / 39.12528°N 84.49917°W / 39.12528; -84.49917
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	91.7 WVXU

WVXU (91.7 FM) is a public radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Cincinnati Public Radio, which also operates station WGUC and WMUB. It airs public radio news/talk syndicated programming from National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio Exchange.

History, union with WGUC[]

The station was originally licensed to Xavier University; it featured primarily a jazz format. It became an NPR member when the network's Morning Edition debuted, circa 1979-1980. The original NPR member for the Cincinnati area, WGUC, did not want to replace its popular morning drive-time classical music show with the newsmagazine, so WVXU started carrying Morning Edition and other NPR programs. WGUC continued carrying NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine, All Things Considered. Over time, WVXU added more news and spoken-word programs to supplement its music schedule, coinciding with the expansion of NPR's schedule in the 1980s. While WGUC and WVXU between them provided most of the NPR programs available to a single market, the two NPR flagship newsmagazines aired separately.

On August 22, 2005, Xavier transferred WVXU and its "X-Star Network" of translator stations to CPRI, bringing the station and WGUC under the same licensee. This permitted elimination of program duplication and a realignment of formats. WGUC transferred nearly all of its remaining spoken-word programming, including All Things Considered, to WVXU. WGUC now airs classical music almost exclusively, while WVXU carries news and information programs, including both NPR flagship newsmagazines, along with some jazz and blues music programs on weekend evenings.

On March 1, 2009, Cincinnati Public Radio took over management of WMUB, which is licensed to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As part of the deal, Miami retained ownership of the station serving southwestern Ohio and southeastern Indiana, though it is now a full-time satellite of WVXU. WMUB brings WVXU's programming to areas north of Cincinnati where the main signal is weak.

Programming[]

91.7 WVXU/88.5 WMUB carries many of the top rated public radio programs from program providers such as NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International and PRX. In addition, a locally produced talk show, Cincinnati Edition, airs each weekday at 12:00pm. This show covers a wide range of topics from health, education, arts, politics and more. Listeners are encouraged to engage with the program by calling in, emailing, or via Facebook and Twitter.

News team[]

WVXU has a news team of five who report and host. The five are: Maryanne Zeleznik (News Director and main Morning Host), Jay Hansleman (Host/Reporter) Ann Thompson (Main Afternoon Host), Tana Weingartner (Host/Reporter), Bill Rinehart (Main Late Afternoon/Evening Host), and Ambriehl Crutchfield (Reporter). The station's website is augmented by Howard Wilkinson (Blogger and Politics Reporter), and John Kiesewetter (Media blogger.)

Community events[]

Since beginning operation of WVXU in August 2005, the station has brought in a variety of public radio hosts and programs and acts as media sponsor for various community-wide events.

Examples of shows and hosts who have visited Cincinnati: live broadcasts of "A Prairie Home Companion," "Whad'ya Know," and "Talk of the Nation." Recorded episode of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," Visits from Ira Glass ("This American Life"), Lynne Rossetto Kasper ("The Splendid Table"), Terry Gross ("Fresh Air"), Diane Rehm ("The Diane Rehm Show"), and Carl Kasell (NPR News and "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me").

Media sponsor/partner for: Books by the Banks, On the Same Page, various theater production and events.

Former translator network[]

Shortly after CPRI acquired WVXU, it sold the network of translator stations ("X-Star") that Xavier had built in rural parts of Ohio and Michigan during the 1990s [1] to provide service to those outside the clear signal of another NPR affiliate. The Ohio frequencies were acquired by an evangelical Christian broadcaster, while the Michigan stations were sold to commercial interests.

The X-Star network included:

• WVXA Rogers City, Michigan (now 96.7 WRGZ)
• WVXC Chillicothe, Ohio (now 89.3 WZCP)
• WVXH Harrison, Michigan (now 92.1 WTWS)
• WVXM West Union, Ohio/Maysville, Kentucky: Later, WVXM was assigned to the Manistee, Michigan, translator and the West Union translator was given the WVXW call letters (now 89.5 WZWP)
• WVXM Manistee, Michigan (now 97.7 WMLQ)
• WVXR New Paris, Ohio/Richmond, Indiana (now 89.3 WKRT)
• W237CF Mackinaw City, Michigan

HD radio[]

In addition to airing its regular programming in digital sound on HD Radio, WVXU airs Radio Artifact, a local music service owned and produced by Northside's Urban Artifact on its second (HD2) sideband channel.

See also[]

• Cincinnati Public Radio
• WMUB

References[]

http://www.wvxu.org/radio-artifact-wvxu-hd2

External links[]

• 91.7 WVXU
• WVXU in the FCC FM station database
• WVXU on Radio-Locator
• WVXU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database