WVAS

WVAS (90.7 FM) is a jazz-music formatted radio station in the Montgomery, Alabama, market licensed to the Alabama State University. WVAS is a member-supported non-commercial, educational station featuring news and other programming from National Public Radio and Public Radio Exchange. National programming produced by WVAS includes Café Jazz, distributed nationally by the African-American Public Radio Consortium.^[3]

WVAS

Montgomery, Alabama
Broadcast area	Montgomery, Alabama
Frequency	90.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format	Jazz
Subchannels	HD2: Bama State Radio (Urban Contemporary) HD3: ASU Radio (Old School R&B/Gospel)
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner	Alabama State University
History
First air date	June 15, 1984
Call sign meaning	W Voice of Alabama State[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	727
Class	C1
ERP	80,000 watts
HAAT	106 meters (348 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3)
Website	wvasfm.org

WVAS began broadcasting on June 15, 1984, from the fifth floor of the Levi Watkins Learning Center. Two years later, the station moved to its current location at Thomas Kilby Hall. Broadcasting from its transmitter on campus, WVAS has a signal that spans 18 counties, reaching a total population of more than 651,000.

In September 2007, WVAS received a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to assist in its conversion from analog to digital broadcasting.^[4] WVAS was one of just two radio stations in Alabama to receive such a grant.^[4]

See also

• List of jazz radio stations in the United States