virginia slogan student radio at vcu frequency 102.9 fm format variety callsign meaning the v and c stand for virginia commonwealth former callsigns wjrb owner virginia commonwealth university webcast listen live website official website wvcw s origins began in 1968 in the basement of the millheiser house as a carrier current am radio station known as wjrb which stood for james river broadcasting . after a successful run as wjrb the station changed its call letters in the late 1970s to wvcw . at the time the student staff was trying to expand wjrb from a club into a real radio station and tried to change the call letters to wvcu . after being told that they station could not be called wvcu the station asked the fcc for permission to change its call letters to wvcw double u as a way to stick it to the man . in 1976 wvcw was named one of the top college radio stations in the country by billboard magazine 12 25 76 issue . wvcw continued on carrier current am at both 850 am and later 640 am until the early 2000s . in 1991 the station relocated to the new t. edward temple building and began broadcasting on continental cable fm . the relationship with cable fm lasted for over a decade despite the difficulties of connecting to a cable fm station . in 2001 wvcw began its next chapter as an internet only radio station first broadcasting on wvcw.cc before moving to the wvcw.org site it uses today . wvcw began to simulcast it s programming on whan . 1 wtju owned by the university of virginia will begin operating the ashland based whan beginning february 1 . 2 wvcw broadcasts on whan from 6pm to 1am monday thursday and from 9pm to 1am on fridays . 1 notable alumni edit debbie matenopoulos robb spewak references edit a b baldwin brent january 13 2015 . u.va . owned station to take over whan . style weekly . richmond virginia landmark media enterprises . retrieved january 28 2015 . venta lance january 28 2015 . wtju adds richmond rimshot . radiobb networks . retrieved january 28 2015 . external links edit station website wjrb am alumni history page v t e virginia commonwealth university academics colleges college of humanities & sciences school of mass communications school of world studies medical college of virginia schools allied health professions arts business dentistry education engineering humanities & sciences medicine nursing people president michael rao notable alumni presidents buildings mcv egyptian building athletics athletics a10 vcu rams varsity teams men s baseball basketball cross country golf soccer tennis track & field women s basketball field hockey lacrosse soccer tennis track & field volleyball club teams men s football lacrosse ice hockey rugby rivalries vcu odu rivalry gmu vcu rivalry richmond vcu rivalry facilities siegel center sports backers stadium the diamond thalhimer center student life residence halls brandt hall student organizations the commonwealth times wvcw category misc . expansion carver the fan oregon hill brandcenter commons category v t e virginia college radio stations wcwm college of william & mary wdce university of richmond wehc emory & henry college wemc eastern mennonite university whov hampton university wise fm virginia tech wlur washington and lee university wmlu longwood university wmra james madison university wmrl james madison university wmry james madison university wmwc mary washington college wnrs sweet briar college wnsb norfolk state university wodu old dominion university wqlu liberty university wrke roanoke college wrvl liberty university wswe lp sweet briar college wtju university of virginia wuva university of virginia wuvt virginia tech wvaw virginia wesleyan college wvcw virginia commonwealth university wvru radford university wvst virginia state university wvtf virginia tech wwvt virginia tech wxjm james madison university wxtj lp university of virginia see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other 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