WVXR

WVXR (102.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont. The station is owned by Vermont Public. It is a classical music station, serving as the central Vermont outlet for Vermont Public Classical.^[2][3]

WVXR

Randolph, Vermont United States
Frequency	102.1 MHz
Branding	Vermont Public Classical
Programming
Format	Classical and opera
Network	Vermont Public Classical
Affiliations	American Public Media National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner	Vermont Public (Vermont Public Co.)
History
First air date	October 25, 1982 (as WCVR-FM)
Former call signs	WCVR-FM (1982–2010)
Former frequencies	102.3 MHz (1982–1990s)
Call sign meaning	see WOXR; Vermont
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	63473
Class	C3
ERP	11,000 watts
HAAT	133 meters (436 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	43°57′20.2″N 72°36′13.9″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Vermont Public Classical

History

The station signed on October 25, 1982 as WCVR-FM.^[4] Originally owned by Stokes Communications and broadcasting at 102.3, the station carried a country music format, at times simulcast on sister AM station WCVR/WWWT.^[4][5][6] It moved to 102.1 in the early 1990s.

Stokes sold WCVR-FM and WWWT to Excalibur Media in 1999;^[6] Excalibur, in turn, was sold to Clear Channel Communications the following year.^[7] Clear Channel dropped the country format on January 23, 2003, replacing it with a simulcast of classic rock station WCPV from the Champlain Valley.^[8]

In January 2008, Clear Channel agreed to sell its Vermont stations to Vox Communications^[9] as part of Clear Channel's plan to divest itself of most of its smaller market radio stations. The sale was completed on July 25, 2008.^[10] Vox soon concluded that it had no interest in retaining WCVR-FM and what had become WTSJ, and reached a deal to sell the stations to Great Eastern Radio in September 2008.^[2] Great Eastern replaced the WCPV simulcast with a separate classic rock format.^[11] However, it never closed on the deal, and a year later Vox retook the station.^[2]

In March 2010, another deal to sell WCVR-FM, this time to Vermont Public Radio (VPR), was reached;^[12] Vox then shut the station down on April 1 for financial reasons.^[13] VPR returned the station to the air July 30^[14] as WVXR,^[15] carrying the VPR Classical service.^[2][3]