wvxr randolph at 102.1 frequency 102.1 mhz first air date october 25 1982 as wcvr fm format classical and opera erp 11 000 watts haat 133 meters 437 feet class c3 facility id 63473 transmitter coordinates 43 57 20 n 72 36 18 w 43.95556 n 72.60500 w 43.95556 ; 72.60500 former callsigns wcvr fm 1982 2010 former frequencies 102.3 mhz 1982 1990s affiliations vpr classical american public media national public radio public radio international owner vermont public radio sister stations wvps webcast listen live website vpr classical wvxr 102.1 fm is a radio station licensed to serve randolph vermont . the station is owned by vermont public radio vpr . it is currently a classical music station serving as the central vermont outlet for vpr classical . 1 2 history edit the station signed on october 25 1982 as wcvr fm . 3 originally owned by stokes communications and broadcasting at 102.3 the station carried a country music format at times simulcast on sister am station wcvr wwwt . 3 4 5 it moved to 102.1 in the early 1990s . stokes sold wcvr fm and wwwt to excalibur media in 1999 ; 5 excalibur in turn was sold to clear channel communications the following year . 6 clear channel dropped the country format on january 23 2003 replacing it with a simulcast of champlain valley classic rock station wcpv . 7 in january 2008 clear channel agreed to sell its vermont stations to vox communications 8 as part of clear channel s plan to divest itself of most of its smaller market radio stations . the sale was completed on july 25 2008 . 9 vox soon concluded that it had no interest in retaining wcvr fm and what had become wtsj and reached a deal to sell the stations to great eastern radio in september 2008 . 1 great eastern replaced the wcpv simulcast with a separate classic rock format . 10 however it never closed on the deal and a year later vox retook the station . 1 in march 2010 another deal to sell wcvr fm this time to vermont public radio was reached ; 11 vox then shut the station down on april 1 for financial reasons . 12 vpr returned the station to the air july 30 13 as wvxr 14 with the current format . 1 2 references edit a b c d vondrasket sandy march 18 2010 . radio station turnover . randolph herald . retrieved april 10 2010 . a b vpr classical to broadcast from randolph tower in july . randolph herald . may 20 2010 . retrieved may 28 2010 . a b broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1989 pdf . 1989 . p. b 305 . retrieved april 10 2010 . broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1983 pdf . 1983 . p. b 251 . retrieved april 10 2010 . a b fybush scott september 10 1999 . the end of the summer . north east radiowatch . retrieved april 10 2010 . fybush scott november 13 2000 . north east radiowatch . retrieved april 10 2010 . fybush scott january 27 2003 . kb komes back . north east radiowatch . retrieved april 10 2010 . bia financial networks january 13 2008 . deals . broadcasting & cable . retrieved april 10 2010 . application search details . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved april 10 2010 . fybush scott october 13 2008 . boyce out at new york s wabc . northeast radio watch . retrieved april 10 2010 . vermont fm . iowa cluster sold . all access . march 10 2010 . retrieved april 10 2010 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . april 27 2010 . retrieved april 28 2010 . virtue melodie a. july 30 2010 . notice of return to air . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved august 28 2010 . media bureau callsign actions pdf . federal communications commission . may 17 2010 . retrieved may 17 2010 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wvxr radio locator information on wvxr query nielsen audio s fm station database for wvxr v t e radio stations in the lebanon new hampshire rutland vermont market by am frequency 1010 1230 1380 1400 1480 1490 by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 89.5 90.5 91.3 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.3 93.9 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.1 99.3 99.7 100.5 101.3 101.5 102.1 102.7 103.1 103.7 105.3 106.1 106.3 107.1 by callsign wcnl weqx wexp wfrd wftf wfyx wglv wgxl whdq wiuv wjen wjjr wjks wkne wltn fm wmtk wnch wntk fm wool wrjt wrvt wsni wsyb wtsl wtsv wvpr wvtk wvxr wwod wxlf wxxk wykr fm wzlf wzrt defunct radio stations 910 wnhv 970 whwb 1340 wdcr 100.1 wool lp 107.3 wxnd lp vermont radio markets burlington montpelier barre st. johnsbury rutland white river junction other vermont radio regions northeast kingdom new hampshire radio markets concord lakes region lebanon manchester portsmouth dover rochester other new hampshire radio regions northern new hampshire see also list of radio stations in vermont list of radio stations in new hampshire v t e npr member stations in the state of vermont stations bennington wbtn brattleboro wvba burlington wvps colchester wvtx manchester wvnk middlebury woxm norwich wnch rutland wrvt st. johnsbury wvpa windsor wvpr see also list of npr stations see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in vermont retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wvxr & oldid 702045533 categories radio stations in vermontradio stations established in 1982classical music radio stations in the united statesnpr member stations1982 establishments in vermont 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 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