WVIA-FM

WVIA-FM

City	Scranton, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Northeastern Pennsylvania
Frequency	89.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	See tables below
First air date	1973
Format	Analog/HD1: Public Radio/Classical/Jazz HD2: NPR/AAA HD3: Jazz ("The Chiaroscuro Channel")
Language(s)	English
ERP	7,400 watts
HAAT	381 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	49436
Transmitter coordinates	41°10′55.0″N 75°52′17.0″W / 41.181944°N 75.871389°W / 41.181944; -75.871389 (NAD27)
Owner	Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
Sister stations	WVIA-TV
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	http://www.wvia.org/

WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania and is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The station is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister television station, WVIA-TV. Studios are based in Jenkins Township, near Pittston, and the broadcast tower shared by the stations is located south of Wilkes-Barre at (41°10′55.0″N 75°52′16.0″W / 41.181944°N 75.871111°W / 41.181944; -75.871111),^[1]^[2] near the community of Mountain Top.

WVIA-FM uses HD Radio.^[3]^[4] The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 channel with a jazz format.^[5]

History

WVIA-FM signed on for the first time in 1973.

The building housing the transmitters for WVIA-FM and WVIA-TV was destroyed by fire on February 12, 2010.^[6] WVIA-FM resumed broadcasting at low power on February 17, 2010,^[7] and returned to full-power at 12PM on August 3, 2010.^[8]

WVIA-FM has operated a translator at 89.3 FM in Williamsport since the late 1970s. In 2001, WVIA-FM's owners signed on WVYA, a full-power Class A station, to provide better coverage in that area.

Stations

Three full-power stations are licensed to simulcast the programming of WVIA-FM full-time:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	Facility ID	ERP/Power W	Height m (ft)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	Notes
WPAU	91.5 FM	Palmyra Township, Pennsylvania	173824	400	167 m (548 ft)	A	41°24′43.0″N 75°09′51.0″W / 41.411944°N 75.164167°W / 41.411944; -75.164167 (WPAU) (NAD27)	Service Contour covers Hawley and the Lake Wallenpaupack area
WTIO	88.3 FM	Mainesburg, Pennsylvania	177089	48	258.6 m (848 ft)	A	41°45′34.0″N 76°55′31.0″W / 41.759444°N 76.925278°W / 41.759444; -76.925278 (WTIO) (NAD27)	Service Contour covers Mansfield, Pennsylvania
WVYA	89.7 FM (HD)	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	92638	3300	−5 m (−16 ft)	A	41°14′54.0″N 77°01′52.0″W / 41.248333°N 77.031111°W / 41.248333; -77.031111 (WVYA) (NAD27)

Translators

WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators:

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W257AI	99.3	Allentown, Pennsylvania	4	D	FCC
W289AH	105.7	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	75	D	FCC
W212AT	90.3	Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania	2	D	FCC
W261CA	100.1	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	250	D	FCC
W235AD	94.9	Pottsville, Pennsylvania	120	D	FCC
W232AM	94.3	Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	250	D	FCC
W289AI	105.7	Sunbury, Pennsylvania	11	D	FCC
W278AO	103.5	Wellsboro, Pennsylvania	55	D	FCC
W207AA	89.3	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	10	D	FCC

References

↑ "FM Query Results for WVIA-FM, Federal Communications Commission". Retrieved 2016-05-11.
↑ "FM Query Results for WVIA-TV, Federal Communications Commission". Retrieved 2016-05-11.
↑ "Radio - WVIA". wvia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
↑ "Station Search Details for WVIA-FM, Federal Communications Commission". Retrieved 2016-05-11.
↑ "Listen Live - Radio - WVIA". wvia.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
↑ Gaydos, Kristen (February 13, 2010). "Fire destroys WVIA building, knocks out signal". The Citizens' Voice. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
↑ "WVIA Back Following Transmitter Fire". TV New Check, The Business of Broadcasting. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
↑ "WVIA FM returns to Full Power after February Transmitter Fire". publicbroadcasting.net. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2016-05-11.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVIA

Radio-Locator information on WVIA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVIA

Query the FCC's FM station database for WTIO

Radio-Locator information on WTIO

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WTIO

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVYA

Radio-Locator information on WVYA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVYA

Radio stations in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market

By AM frequency	590 630 730 750 800 910 980 1240 1280 1300 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1550 1590 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.5 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.1 100.3 100.5 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	W205AG W235AA W262AI W282BK W291AP WARM WAZL WBAX WBHT WBHD WBSX WBWX WBZU WCDL WCIG WCIN WCLH WEJL WEJL-FM WEZX WPZX WFTE WFUZ WGGY WGMF WICK WILK WILK-FM WITK WKRF WKRZ WKZN WLKA WMGS WMQX WPEL WPEL-FM WPNX700 WPSN WQOR WRGN WRKC WSBG WSJR WTRW WUSR WVIA-FM WVMW-FM WWRR WXL43 WYCK WZZH WZMF

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.7 91.7 92.1 93.3 94.9 95.5 96.3 97.7 99.3 99.9 102.7 103.9 105.1 107.9

By AM frequency	1050 1200 1340 1400 1600

By callsign	WBYL WBZD WDYS WEJS WCRG WILQ WJSA WKSB WLMY WLYC WPTC WQBR WQSU WRAK WRKK WRLC WSQV WVRT WVYA WWPA WZXR

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	790 1100 1160 1230 1320 1400 1470 1600 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 89.3 89.5 90.3 91.3 91.7 92.7 93.1 93.7 93.9 94.7 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.1 99.3 99.5 99.9 100.7 102.5 103.5 104.1 104.9 (Easton) 104.9 (North Whitehall Township) 105.7 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4

By callsign	W224AU W226AA W229AO W230AG W234AX W245AC W246AA W257AI W258BM W278AI W285DH W289AH WAEB WAEB-FM WBYN WBYN-FM WCTO WDIY WEEX WEST WGPA WHOL WJCS WJRH WLEV WLHI WLVR-FM WMUH WODE-FM WPNX700 WRFY-FM WSAN WTKZ WWPJ WWYY WXL39 WZZO

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

NPR member stations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Penn State University stations	Kane WPSX State College WPSU

Temple University stations	Jackson Township WRTY Ephrata WRTL Philadelphia WRTI Summerdale WJAZ Coatesville WRTJ

WQED stations	Johnstown WQEJ Pittsburgh WQED

WVIA stations	Scranton WVIA Williamsport WVYA

Other stations	Allentown WDIY Erie WQLN Harrisburg WITF Philadelphia WHYY Philadelphia WXPN Pittsburgh WESA Pittsburgh WYEP

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

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