WRVV
iHeartMedia, Inc. | |
History | |
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First air date | June 1946 | (as WHP-FM)
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 43.5 MHz (1945) (CP) |
Call sign meaning | "River" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 15324 |
Class | B |
ERP | |
HAAT | 260 meters (850 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°20′43.3″N 76°52′7.9″W / 40.345361°N 76.868861°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Website | theriver973 |
WRVV (97.3
WRVV has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 15,000 watts. The transmitter antenna is on the WHP-TV broadcast tower on Blue Mountain in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County at (40°20′43.1″N 76°52′8.3″W / 40.345306°N 76.868972°W).[4][5] It uses the slogan is "Real. Rock. Variety." WRVV broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel simulcasts the talk radio programming on sister station WHP (580 AM).[6]
History
WHP-FM
On January 10, 1945, WHP, Inc. applied to the
WHP, Inc operated the station under
In the 1960s, WHP-FM's programming split entirely from WHP 580. Its format evolved to
WXBB
In February 1990, the station switched its call letters to WXBB, and flipped to
In March 1992, WHP-AM-FM were sold to Pennsylvania Broadcasting Associates, a division of Dame Media, which separated the stations from WHP-TV.[14] Studios were moved out of the WHP-TV building to their current location at 600 Corporate Circle in Harrisburg. The FM station went through numerous changes following the sale.
WRVV
The call sign was changed to WRVV in March 1992.[15] The station's branding was switched to The River 97.3. It was the first station in the country to be branded as The River.[16] WRVV's slogan was changed to "Rock and Roll without the Hard Edge". The station changed format to "rock adult contemporary".[14][17]
The format played tracks from popular rock albums released over the previous 15 years intended for a general rock listener not interested in current titles.[18] The station's Operations Manager at the time, Chris Tyler, created the format.[19]
iHeartMedia ownership
In August 1998, the Dame Media stations, including WHP and WRVV, were sold to Clear Channel Communications, the forerunner to
after the sale. In the mid-2000s, the station changed its slogan to "Real. Rock. Variety."In 2004, WRVV and Cumulus Media's WNNK-FM were the first stations in Harrisburg to begin using HD Radio.[22] Since the mid-1990s, WRVV and WNNK frequently trade the number one spot in Nielsen Audio's Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle radio market.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRVV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Digital Radio Notification [WRVV]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. August 11, 2010. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "THE RIVER 97.3 Contact Info: Number, Address, Advertising & More". iheart.com. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ "FM Query Results for WRVV". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ "TV Query Results for WHP-TV". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=65HD Radio Guide for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "History Cards for WRVV". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ "In the Matter of Allocation of Frequencies to the Various Class of Non-Governmental Services in the Radio Spectrum from 10 Kilocycles to 30,000,000 Kilocycles (Docket No. 6651)" (PDF). fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. June 27, 1945. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ISBN 9780738575070.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 256, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ YouTube.com "WHP-FM Harrisburg - Three Hours of Beautiful Music - Feb. 19, 1978" Retrieved Jan. 22, 2024.
- ^ "WHP 97.3 Harrisburg Survey 03/07/88".
- ^ "Call Sign History, WRVV". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ a b Broadcasting Yearbook 1994 page B-313, Broadcasting & Cable
- ISBN 9780738575070.
- ^ "Clear Channel Cuts Chris Tyler In Harrisburg". mediaconfidential.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ "WTPA Faithful: Unwilling To "Bid" Adieu as Deadline Approaches". radioinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ "Radio Station Format Guide". nyradioguide.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ^ "The River's (WRVV) Morning Man: Chris Tyler". harrisburgpa.com. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2001 page D-381
- ^ "COMPANY NEWS; OUTDOOR ADVERTISER BUYING DAME MEDIA, A BROADCASTER". Bloomberg News. June 17, 1998. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ISBN 9780738575070.
External links
- WRVV Official Website
- WRVV in the FCC FM station database
- WRVV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database