WVIA-FM

WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The station is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister television station, WVIA-TV, with studios in Jenkins Township, near Pittston. It airs a mix of NPR news and talk shows, classical music in middays, jazz at night and the BBC World Service overnight.

WVIA-FM

Scranton, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Northeastern Pennsylvania
Frequency	89.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format	Public Radio: News - Talk - Classical - Jazz
Subchannels	HD2: Arts Radio (Classical Music and Classical 24) HD3: The Chiaroscuro Channel (Jazz)
Affiliations	National Public Radio BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner	Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
Sister stations	WVIA-TV
History
First air date	April 23, 1973; 52 years ago (April 23, 1973)
Call sign meaning	The World Via Radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	49436
Class	B
ERP	7,400 watts (analog) 295 watts (digital)[2]
HAAT	381 meters (1,250 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°10′55.3″N 75°52′15.7″W
Translator(s)	See § Simulcasts and translators
Repeater(s)	See § Simulcasts and translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wvia.org

WVIA-FM is a Class B station. Its transmitter tower is on Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top at (41°10′55.0″N 75°52′16.0″W).^[3][4] WVIA-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.^[5][6] Its HD2 digital subchannel is "Arts Radio," airing classical music. The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 subchannel with a jazz format.^[7]

History

WVIA-FM signed on the air on April 23, 1973; 52 years ago (April 23, 1973). It joined its television counterpart, WVIA-TV 44, which went on the air in 1966.

The building housing the transmitters for WVIA-FM and WVIA-TV was destroyed by fire on February 12, 2010.^[8] WVIA-FM resumed broadcasting at low power on February 17, 2010,^[9] and returned to full-power at Noon on August 3, 2010.^[10]

WVIA-FM has operated a translator at 89.3 FM in Williamsport since the late 1970s. In 2002, WVIA-FM's owners signed on WVYA, a full-power Class A station, to provide better coverage in that area. In 2010, a third full-power station, WTIO in Mainesburg, was brought online, taking over from a translator that had served the Tioga Valley.^[11] A fourth station joined the group in 2012, when WPAU signed on from Palmyra Township to serve the far northeastern corner of the state.^[12]

Simulcasts and translators

Four full-power stations are licensed to simulcast the programming of WVIA-FM full-time:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	Facility ID	Class	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Transmitter coordinates	Service contour
WVBU-FM	90.5 FM	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	7722	A	225	−10 m (−33 ft)	40°57′18.0″N 76°52′55.0″W	Covers Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
WTIO	88.3 FM	Mainesburg, Pennsylvania	177089	A	48	258.6 m (848 ft)	41°45′34.2″N 76°55′29.8″W	Covers Mansfield, Pennsylvania
WPAU	91.5 FM	Palmyra Township, Pennsylvania	173824	A	400	167 m (548 ft)	41°24′43.3″N 75°09′49.6″W	Covers Hawley and the Lake Wallenpaupack area
WVYA	89.7 FM (HD)	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	92638	A	3,300 (analog) 132 (digital)[13]	−5 m (−16 ft)	41°14′54.2″N 77°01′50.8″W	—

WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators:

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	Rebroadcasts
W257AI	99.3	Allentown, Pennsylvania	49456	WVIA-FM
W289AH	105.7	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	77210	WVIA-FM
W212AT	90.3	Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania	49461	WVIA-FM
W261CA	100.1	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	49424	WVIA-FM
W235AD	94.9	Pottsville, Pennsylvania	84035	WVIA-FM
W232AM	94.3	Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	49448	WVIA-FM
W289AI	105.7	Sunbury, Pennsylvania	49460	WVIA-FM
W278AO	103.5	Wellsboro, Pennsylvania	141552	WTIO
W207AA	89.3	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	49418	WVIA-FM