york broadcast area syracuse new york frequency 90.5 mhz first air date december 21 1998 1998 12 21 format silent to be public radio erp 49 watts haat 126.0 meters class a facility id 87460 transmitter coordinates 42 58 12.00 n 75 47 7.00 w 42.9700000 n 75.7852778 w 42.9700000 ; 75.7852778 former callsigns wxxe 1998 2016 owner state university of new york sister stations wrvo website official website wmvq 90.5 fm is a radio station licensed to state university of new york as part of the wrvo network but currently silent by fcc permission . 1 2 wmvq is licensed to fenner new york which is a rural community in madison county in between the communities of cazenovia chittenango and canastota in the syracuse metropolitan area . fenner is probably best known for its extensive windmill project . history edit wmvq was originally wxxe owned by syracuse community radio scr which put the station on the air december 21 1998 3 and first licensed the station with the federal communications commission fcc on february 11 2000 . scr had been founded in 1994 to apply for a license to bring community radio to syracuse s fm dial . the project grew out of organizing by the westcott nation music association that included micro radio in the westcott neighborhood 1990 91 and a community television audio feed on time warner cable . the organization was active for two years before incorporating in 1994 . effective december 28 2015 scr sold wxxe to the state university of new york so they could instead operate wspj lp 103.3 fm which will actually put a strong signal over syracuse unlike wxxe . they were not allowed by fcc regulations to own both stations . 4 wspj lp plans local news and commentary local music youth programming and other content . scr has consistently provided this programming in the past it told the fcc but over a very limited signal area at the outer fringe of the syracuse area resulting in greatly hampered listenership and participation . 5 scr has also been approved for an fm translator that will rebroadcast the wspj lp signal on 93.5 fm over the city of syracuse while the 103.3 fm signal will primarily cover the northern suburbs . wxxe changed its call sign to wmvq on june 13 2016 . references edit wmvq facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wxxe station information profile . arbitron . fybush scott december 26 1998 . albany jams . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 24 2016 . new syracuse lpfm will replace our existing fenner signal . wspj lp . retrieved november 30 2014 . wxxe plans move to lpfm . radio world . october 10 2014 . external links edit query the fcc s fm station database for wmvq radio locator information on wmvq query nielsen audio s fm station database for wmvq v t e radio stations in the syracuse new york market by am frequency 570 620 1050 1070 1200 1260 1300 1340 1390 1440 1490 1540 1570 by fm frequency 87.71 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.9 by callsign w231cs w237ay w243ab w249bc w252ac w254ci w256ac w267al w278ah waer waqx fm wbbs wbxl wcio wcis fm wcit fm wcny fm werw wfbl wfrg wgkv when wiii wjpz fm wkll wkrh wkrl fm wkvu wlzw wmhr wmvn wmvq wndr wntq wnyo wolf wolf fm wosw wrvd wrvo wscp wsen wsen fm wsgo wsiv wsko wsyr wsyr fm wtkv wtkw wtla wtmi wumx wwht fm wxtl wyyy wzun new york radio markets albany schenectady troy binghamton buffalo niagara falls elmira corning hudson valley nassau suffolk long island new york city olean plattsburgh poughkeepsie rochester syracuse utica rome watertown other new york radio regions ithaca jamestown dunkirk north country saratoga see also list of radio stations in new york 1 audio for tv channel 6 wvoa lp ind retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wmvq & oldid 740267740 categories radio stations established in 2000radio stations in syracuse new yorkcommunity radio stations in the united states2000 establishments in new yorkstate university of new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 01 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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