WROV-FM

WROV-FM

City	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	37°7′0.0″N 80°0′58.0″W / 37.116667°N 80.016111°W / 37.116667; -80.016111
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]

Main article: WROV-HD2

History of call letters

WROV-FM first signed on the air in January 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

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf
↑ http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=FA15&band=fm&callLetter=WROV
↑ "WROV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=79
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
↑ "WROV-FM Roanoke Va., Starts Program Service" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 14, 1948. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

External links

96-3 WROV Online

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Radio-Locator information on WROV

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Radio stations in the Southside Virginia market

By AM frequency	730 900 970 1000 1050 1080 1160 1230 1250 1270 1330 1370 1400 1450 1530 1560 1570 1580

By FM frequency	89.9 90.1 90.5 90.9 95.3 95.7 96.3 98.3 99.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 105.5 106.3

By callsign	W279AO W282BH WAJL WAKG WBTM WCBX WDVA WFFC WFIC WFLO WGFC WHEE WHEO WHLF WKBY WKDE WKDE-FM WLUS-FM WMNA WMNA-FM WMPW WMVA WMVE WODI WODY WPEX WPIM WROV-FM WSBV WWDN WYTI WZBB

Defunct	WXRE-LP (97.9 FM)

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Radio stations in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market

By AM frequency	580 610 880 910 930 960 1000 1050 1230 1240 1320 1350 1390 1410 1420 1480 1550 1570

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.5 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.3 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.9 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.5 101.7 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.9 104.9 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.550

By callsign	W204BH W209AG W227BG W237CL W245BG W247AD W253BT WAMV WBLT WBRG WBRW WBZS WEQP WFFC WFIR WFJX WGMN WHTU WIQO-FM WJJS WJJX WKBA WKDE WKDE-FM WKHF WKPA WLLL WLNI WLVA WNRS-FM WODI WPAR WPLY WQLU WQMR-LP WRKE-LP WRMV-LP WROV-FM WRTZ WRVL WRXT WSFF WSLC-FM WSLK WSLQ WSNV WSNZ WSWE-LP WTOY WTTX-FM WUVT-FM WVBB WVBE-FM WVGM WVMP WVTF WXLK WYTI WYYD WZBB WZZI WZZU

Defunct	WOWZ (1280 AM)

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Radio stations in Blacksburg/Christiansburg/Radford/Pulaski

By AM frequency	610 710 810 890 1260 1340 1430 1460

By FM frequency	89.9 90.7 91.5 96.3 96.7 100.7 101.7 102.5 102.5 104.5 105.3 107.1

By callsign	W244AV WBLB WBRW WBZS WFNR WHAJ WKEX WKNV WNMX WPIN WPIN-FM WPSK-FM WRAD WROV-FM WUVT-FM WVBE WVRU WWBU WWVT

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

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