WHRV is a Public Radio formatted broadcast

Broadcasting

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

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, serving Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...

. WHRV is owned and operated by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., which is operated by 18 public school systems in Eastern Virginia.

History

The station began in the late 1960s as WTGM. Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association bought the then-financially troubled station in 1974 and changed the calls to WHRO-FM in 1978. In 1990, the WHRO-FM

WHRO-FM

WHRO-FM is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WHRO-FM is owned and operated by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunictns Association, Inc.-History:...

 callsign was moved to 90.3 FM with a new classical music format. NPR news, jazz and alternative music stayed on 89.5 FM under the newly created WHRV callsign. Starting in 2009, multiple new full-power FM affiliate stations were signed-on to form a network of NPR affiliates serving Eastern Virginia.

HD Radio

Channel	Format Radio format A radio format or programming format not to be confused with broadcast programming describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve...	Branding Brand management Brand management is the application of marketing techniques to a specific product, product line, or brand.The discipline of brand management was started at Procter & Gamble as a result of a famous memo by Neil H...
HD-1	Public Radio	"89.5 WHRV"
HD-2	Talk	"SpeakEasy"
HD-3	Adult Album Alternative Adult album alternative Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....	"AltRadio"

Repeaters

WHRV operates a number of full-powered repeater stations to serve areas not covered by the main signal.

Callsign	Frequency	City of license	Area served	Notes
WHRE WHRE WTPC-TV is a religious television station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, broadcasting locally on channel 21 as a TBN owned-and-operated station.-History:...	91.9 Mhz	Eastville Eastville, Virginia Eastville is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 203 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County.-Geography:Eastville is located at ....	Eastville Eastville, Virginia Eastville is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 203 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County.-Geography:Eastville is located at .... /Cape Charles Cape Charles, Virginia Cape Charles is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,134 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cape Charles is located at ....
WHRX	90.1 Mhz	Nassawadox Nassawadox, Virginia Nassawadox is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The town, with an area of , is located on U.S. Route 13 on Virginia's Eastern Shore, approximately five miles south of Exmore and north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel....	Nassawadox Nassawadox, Virginia Nassawadox is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The town, with an area of , is located on U.S. Route 13 on Virginia's Eastern Shore, approximately five miles south of Exmore and north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.... /Exmore Exmore, Virginia Exmore is a town in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 1,136 at the 2000 census. Exmore was named after the number of railroad stops left until reaching Cape Charles, the southernmost point of the Eastern Shore peninsula...	Formerly Contemporary Christian station WJCN
WHRF WHRF WHRF is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Belle Haven, Virginia, serving the Onancock/Accomac area. WHRF is owned and operated by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc, and is a repeater of sister station WHRV....	98.3 Mhz	Belle Haven Belle Haven, Virginia Belle Haven is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Virginia:*Belle Haven, Accomack County, Virginia*Belle Haven, Fairfax County, Virginia...	Onancock Onancock, Virginia Onancock is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,525 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Onancock is located at .... /Accomac Accomac, Virginia Accomac is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Accomack County.-General information:* ZIP Code: 23301* Area Code: 757* Local Phone Exchange: 787...
WHRG WHRG WHRG is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Gloucester Point, Virginia, serving the Mathews area. WHRG is owned and operated by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.-External links:*...	88.5 Mhz	Gloucester Point Gloucester Point, Virginia Gloucester Point is a census-designated place in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,429 at the 2000 census. It is also home to The College of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a graduate school for the study of oceanography.-Geography:Gloucester...	Mathews Mathews, Virginia Mathews is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Mathews County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 555. Established around 1700, the small town of Westville was designated as the county seat in 1791. In modern times, it is variously known as Mathews...
WHRJ WHRJ WHRJ is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Gloucester, Virginia. WHRJ is owned and operated by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.-Call sign history:...	89.9 Mhz	"Washington Court House"	Gloucester

External links

• 89.5 WHRV Online