WVXS

WVXS is a Classic Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Romney, West Virginia, United States, serving Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia.^[1][5] WVXS is owned and operated by South Branch Career and Technical Center.^[6][7]

WVXS

Romney, West Virginia United States
Broadcast area	Hampshire County, West Virginia Mineral County, West Virginia
Frequency	104.1 FM MHz
Branding	Maverick Rock 104
Programming
Format	Classic Rock[1]
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Weatherology Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	South Branch Career and Technical Center
History
First air date	March 30, 1973[2]
Former call signs	WJGF (1973-2000) WVSB (2000-2018)[3]
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71665
Class	A
ERP	100 Watts
HAAT	238 meters (781 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°18′56.0″N 78°43′4.0″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WVXS Webstream
Website	WVXS Online

Change in ownership

George Park, Jr., the "longtime engineer and teacher" of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind's broadcasting education class filed for retirement after 47 years with the school.^[8] The school donated the station to the South Branch Career and Technical Center, located in nearby Petersburg, West Virginia.^[6][9] The school and Park cited "declining student interest and increasing standards" as other reasons for the station's donation.^[6][8] The station rebranded as "104.1 The Maverick" and later "Maverick Country 104".^[6] South Branch Career and Technical Center changed the station's callsign on October 19, 2018, to WVXS from its previous WVSB, which had stood for "West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind".^[3]

References

1. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
2. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-591. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
4. "Facility Technical Data for WVXS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
5. "WVXS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
6. Venta, Lance (August 17, 2018). "Station Sales Week Of 8/17". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
7. "WVXS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
8. King, Jim (March 28, 2018). "Retirement dialing up change for WVSB radio". Hampshire Review. Romney, West Virginia. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
9. DeWitt, Ed (July 3, 2018). "Familiar, improved 104.1 is on the way". Hampshire Review. Ogden Newspapers. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

External links

• Maverick Rock 104 Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 71665 (WVXS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WVXS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database