WISE-FM

WISE-FM is a public radio station licensed to Wise, Virginia, serving Norton, Coeburn and Clintwood in Virginia.^[1] WISE-FM is owned and operated by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.^[5] The station rebroadcasts the public radio programming of Emory and Henry College radio station WEHC full-time. It also broadcasts in HD Radio; HD1 rebroadcasts the analog signal while HD2 is a feed of WVTF Music.

WISE-FM

Wise, Virginia United States
Broadcast area	Norton, Virginia Coeburn, Virginia Clintwood, Virginia
Frequency	90.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Radio IQ
Programming
Format	Public radio[1]
Subchannels	HD2: WVTF Music (classical music)
Affiliations	American Public Media National Public Radio
Ownership
Owner	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.)
History
First air date	August 1, 1999[2]
Former call signs	WCVC-FM (1997–1999)[3]
Call sign meaning	Wise, Virginia
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	85287
Class	A
ERP	220 watts
HAAT	204 meters (669 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°57′39.0″N 82°30′56.0″W
Translator(s)	§ Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wvtf.org

WISE-FM is one of three stations whose call signs spell out their city of license; the others are WACO-FM and WARE.

Programming

WISE-FM and its translators were previously full-time repeaters of Virginia Tech's Radio IQ news and public affairs network, based at WVTF in Roanoke. Effective November 12, 2022, the Virginia Tech Foundation and Emory and Henry College entered into a deal whereby WISE-FM became a repeater of the college's WEHC, based in Emory. WEHC also carries Radio IQ for part of the day, but breaks from the network in afternoons and evenings (1–4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight) to air its own locally-focused talk, music, and sports programming.^[6][7]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WISE-FM is relayed by FM translators to widen its broadcast area.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
W211BF	90.1 FM	Big Stone Gap, Virginia	92702	8	341.3 m (1,120 ft)	D	LMS
W212BP	90.3 FM	Clintwood, Virginia	121853	1	128.4 m (421 ft)	D	LMS
W217BF	91.3 FM	Pound, Virginia	121793	1	332.9 m (1,092 ft)	D	LMS
W219CJ	91.7 FM	Norton, Virginia	92894	50	53 m (174 ft)	D	LMS

See also

• WVTF — Radio IQ flagship
• WWVT-FM — WVTF Music flagship