WVXS is a Classic Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Romney, West Virginia, United States, serving Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia.[1][5] WVXS is owned and operated by South Branch Career and Technical Center.[6][7]
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| Broadcast area | Hampshire County, West Virginia Mineral County, West Virginia |
| Frequency | 104.1 FM MHz |
| Branding | Maverick Rock 104 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Rock[1] |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio Weatherology Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | South Branch Career and Technical Center |
| History | |
First air date | March 30, 1973[2] |
Former call signs | WJGF (1973-2000) WVSB (2000-2018)[3] |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71665 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 100 Watts |
| HAAT | 238 meters (781 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°18′56.0″N 78°43′4.0″W / 39.315556°N 78.717778°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | WVXS Webstream |
| Website | WVXS Online |
Change in ownership
editGeorge Park, Jr., the "longtime engineer and teacher" of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind's broadcasting education class filed for retirement after 47 years with the school.[8] The school donated the station to the South Branch Career and Technical Center, located in nearby Petersburg, West Virginia.[6][9] The school and Park cited "declining student interest and increasing standards" as other reasons for the station's donation.[6][8] The station rebranded as "104.1 The Maverick" and later "Maverick Country 104".[6] South Branch Career and Technical Center changed the station's callsign on October 19, 2018, to WVXS from its previous WVSB, which had stood for "West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-591. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVXS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WVXS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Venta, Lance (August 17, 2018). "Station Sales Week Of 8/17". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ "WVXS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ a b King, Jim (March 28, 2018). "Retirement dialing up change for WVSB radio". Hampshire Review. Romney, West Virginia. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ DeWitt, Ed (July 3, 2018). "Familiar, improved 104.1 is on the way". Hampshire Review. Ogden Newspapers. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
External links
edit- Maverick Rock 104 Online
- Facility details for Facility ID 71665 (WVXS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WVXS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database