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Radio station in Martinsville, Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WROV-FM (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia. WROV-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia[4] 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.
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Broadcast area | Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia New River Valley Southside Virginia |
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Frequency | 96.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 96.3 ROV Rocks |
Programming | |
Format | Classic rock[1] |
Subchannels | HD2: Black Information Network |
Affiliations | John Boy and Billy Performance Racing Network (PRN Radio) Sixx Sense |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WJJS, WROV-HD2, WJJX, WSTV, WYYD | |
History | |
First air date | January 1950[2] |
Former call signs | WMVA-FM (1950–1989) |
Call sign meaning | W Rock Of Virginia |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 37747 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 14,000 watts |
HAAT | 633 meters (2,077 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°7′0.0″N 80°0′58.0″W |
Translator(s) | HD2: 96.7 W244AV (Blacksburg, etc.) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | WROV-FM Webstream |
Website | WROV-FM Online |
WROV-FM has studios and offices on Brandon Avenue in Roanoke and its transmitter is in Boones Mill, Virginia.
WROV-FMHD2 carries an African-American-oriented news/talk format under the branding "Roanoke's BIN 96.7".[5]
On November 18, 2020, WROV-FMHD2 and W244AV changed their format from alternative rock to programming from the Black Information Network, branded as "Roanoke's BIN 96.7". The alternative rock format continues on WSTV-HD2 and W245BG.[6]
WROV-FM first signed on the air in January 1950 as WMVA-FM.[7] It was a sister station to WMVA and served Martinsville. In 1989, new ownership purchased WMVA-FM and WROV (now WGMN), and undertook a move of WMVA-FM to Roanoke.
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 and duplicated that station's programming.[8] In 1955, WROV radio's ownership had decided to leave broadcasting altogether after the disastrous effort to start WROV-TV; new management saw the FM station as a money pit and turned in the license in June 1957.[9][10]
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