Radio IQ

Radio IQ
Branding Radio IQ
Country United States
First air date
 WWVT: 1954
Area Southwest Virginia
Owner Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Affiliation BBC World Service
National Public Radio
Webcast Radio IQ Webstream
Official website
 Radio IQ

Radio IQ is a radio network broadcasting news and talk programming from NPR and the BBC World Service. Owned and operated by Virginia Tech, it is a sister network to the region's flagship NPR network, WVTF, and is operated out of WVTF's studios in Roanoke.

Radio IQ's programming is heard on WWVT AM 1260 in Christiansburg, Virginia, WFFC, 89.9 FM in Ferrum, Virginia, WVTW 88.5 in Charlotteville, Virginia, WQIQ 88.3 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, WRIQ 88.7 in Lexington, Virginia, and a handful of low-power translators across central and western Virginia. Their combined power brings Radio IQ programming from the New River Valley through Richmond all the way to Fredericksburg.

History

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s WWVT 1260 AM was WJJJ and broadcast beautiful music and later '60s oldies music. From 1995 to 1998, the station had the callsign of WNNI. WWVT acquired its current call sign after the station was donated to Virginia Tech by Bocephus Broadcasting in 1998.[1][2] Radio IQ was launched in January 2003.

WFFC was formerly the student radio station of Ferrum College before joining Radio IQ in 2003. Although Radio IQ is officially a partnership of Virginia Tech and Ferrum College, WFFC's license is now held by the Virginia Tech Foundation, licensee of WWVT.

In 2009 WVTW was retasked by Virginia Tech Foundation to broadcast the Radio IQ program stream. Also around that time, Virginia Tech Foundation entered the religious broadcasting scene by placing the programming of Liberty University's WRVL on the WVTW HD-3 channel. WRVL was founded by the now-deceased Jerry Falwell and programs Contemporary Christian Music.

On July 12, 2011 WRIQ signed on, broadcasting at 88.7, serving Rockbridge County and northern Botetourt County.[3]

In October 2012, WQIQ signed on, broadcasting at 88.3, serving the Fredericksburg area. WQIQ's sign-on brings a clear NPR signal to the area for the first time ever.[4]

HD radio

In addition to the main format on HD-1, Radio IQ rebroadcasts sister station WVTF on an HD-2 channel on its full power FM stations. WWVT-AM is not an HD station.[5]

Radio IQ full power affiliates

Call sign Frequency City of license ERP/Power
W 		Class FCC info
WVTW 88.5 FM Charlottesville, Virginia 1,000 B1 FCC
WFFC 89.9 FM Ferrum, Virginia 1,100 A FCC
WQIQ 88.3 FM Spotsylvania, Virginia 3,500 A FCC
WRIQ 88.7 FM Lexington, Virginia 3,900 A FCC
WWVT 1260 AM Christiansburg, Virginia 5,000 day
25 night 		D FCC

Radio IQ low power translators

Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license ERP
W 		Class FCC info
W223AZ 92.5 Richmond, Virginia 10 D FCC
W209AG 89.7 Roanoke, Virginia 20 D FCC
W208AP 89.5 Lynchburg, Virginia 10 D FCC
W201CN 88.1 Afton, Virginia 10 D FCC

W201CN is owned by Stu-Comm, Inc. W223AZ is fed locally by SummitMedia's WURV-HD3.

Radio IQ also broadcasts part-time on WLUR, 91.5 FM, a Class A station licensed to Lexington, Virginia, and on WEHC, 90.7 FM, a Class A station licensed to Emory, Virginia.

References

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  3. ↑ RADIO IQ in Rockbridge County Radio IQ. July 12, 2011. Accessed January 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Larson, Susan. NPR Comes to Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Patch. October 2, 2012. Accessed January 10, 2013
  5. ↑ "HD (Digital) Radio". wvtf.org. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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