WROV-FM
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WROV-FM (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia. WROV-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia[1] and airs a classic rock radio format. WROV-FM's signal covers the Roanoke-Lynchburg media market, including the New River Valley and the Southside of Virginia.
WROV-FM has studios and offices on Brandon Avenue in Roanoke and its transmitter is in Boones Mill, Virginia.
WROV-FMHD2
WROV-FMHD2 carries an African-American-oriented news/talk format under the branding "Roanoke's BIN 96.7".[2] Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
On November 18, 2020, WROV-FMHD2 and W244AV changed their format from alternative rock to programming from the Black Information Network, branded as "Roanoke's BIN 96.7". The alternative rock format continues on WSTV-HD2 and W245BG.[3]
History of call letters
WROV-FM first signed on the air in January 1950 as WMVA-FM.[4] It was a sister station to WMVA and served Martinsville. In 1989, new ownership purchased WMVA-FM and WROV (now WGMN), and undertook a move of WMVA-FM to Roanoke.
The call letters WROV-FM were previously assigned to a station in Roanoke, Virginia. It began broadcasting on 103.7 MHz in 1948. It was a sister station of WROV and duplicated that station's programming.[5] In 1955, WROV radio's ownership had decided to leave broadcasting altogether after the disastrous effort to start WROV-TV; new management saw the FM station as a money pit and turned in the license in June 1957.[6][7]
References
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- ↑ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447 HD Radio Guide for Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia
- ↑ Black Information Network Expands To Blacksburg Radioinsight - November 18, 2020
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
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External links
- 96.3 WROV Online
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- Template:Show by date&band=fm&callLetter=WROV-FM WROV-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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