WLVR-FM
horizontal polarization 200 watts vertical | |
| HAAT | 170 meters (560 ft) |
|---|---|
Transmitter coordinates | 40°36′4.00″N 75°21′34.00″W / 40.6011111°N 75.3594444°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official Site |
WLVR-FM (91.3
radio station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is owned by Lehigh University, and co-operated, with the university, by Lehigh Valley Public Media, licensee and operator of PBS affiliate WLVT-TV.[1]
WLVR-FM is supported in part by listener donations. With a focus on local news coverage, WLVR features Lehigh Valley Public Media’s Reporter Corps®, a team of multimedia journalists who cover the Lehigh Valley with in-depth local reporting. Overseeing the station is Christine Dempsey, Senior VP of Radio. Christine has over 30 years of experience in radio and is a current member of the Public Radio Program Directors Association’s board of directors.
WLVR-FM has an effective radiated power of 40
horizontal polarization and 200 watts vertical polarization. The transmitter is on the campus of Lehigh University, off Research Drive.[2] Its studios are co-located with WLVT-TV on the SteelStacks Campus in south Bethlehem. WLVR-FM broadcasts using HD Radio
technology.
Programming
WLVR-FM’s weekday program schedule includes some of the country’s most listened-to news programs from
You Bet Your Garden
.
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hip hop, jazz, world music
and other genres.
Both WLVR 91.3 and Lehigh University 91.3 WLVR-HD-2 can be streamed online at WLVR.org
Awards
WLVR-HD2 (Lehigh University) has won the Lehigh Valley Music Award for best College/Community Radio Station three consecutive years running. Popular DJ A.J. Fritz has also won the Lehigh Valley Music Award for Best College/Community Radio Personality six consecutive years running.
In 1972, the station's Program Director, Jim Cameron, received a Major Armstrong Award from Columbia University for his documentary "Old Friends". The award is named after the inventor of FM radio.
See also
References
External links
- WLVR official website
- WLVR in the FCC FM station database
- WLVR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database