WROV-FM

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WROV-FM
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City of license Martinsville, Virginia
Broadcast area Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia
New River Valley
Southside Virginia
Branding 96-3 ROV Rocks
Slogan "The Rock of Virginia"
Frequency 96.3 MHz
(also on HD Radio)
First air date January 1950[1]
Format HD1: Classic rock[2]
HD2: Alternative rock
ERP 14,000 Watts
HAAT 633 Meters
Class C1
Facility ID 37747
Transmitter coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Callsign meaning W Rock Of Virginia
Former callsigns WMVA-FM
Affiliations John Boy and Billy
Performance Racing Network (PRN Radio)
Sixx Sense
Owner iHeartMedia
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations WJJS, WJJX, WSFF, WSNV, WSFF, WSNZ, WYYD
Webcast WROV-FM Webstream
Website WROV-FM Online

WROV-FM (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia. WROV-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia[3] 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-HD2

WROV-HD2 carries an Alternative Rock format under the branding "96.7 and 96.9 The Alt Project".[4]

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History of call letters

WROV-FM first signed on the air in January of 1950 as WMVA-FM.[5] It was a sister station to AM 1450 WMVA and served Martinsville and its neighboring communities. When it got a power boost, 96.3 could target the larger Roanoke-Lynchburg market and was bought by 1240 WROV (now WGMN) as a companion FM station.

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 (now WGMN) and initially duplicated that station's programming.[6]

References

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External links

  1. ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=FA15&band=fm&callLetter=WROV
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=79
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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