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WVIA-FM

WVIA-FM
WVIA899FM.PNG
City Scranton, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Northeastern Pennsylvania
Frequency 89.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s) See § Simulcasts and translators
Repeater(s) See § Simulcasts and translators
First air date 1973
Format Analog/HD1: Public Radio/Classical/Jazz
HD2: NPR/AAA
HD3: Jazz ("The Chiaroscuro Channel")
Language(s) English
ERP 7,400 watts
HAAT 381 meters (1,250 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 49436
Transmitter coordinates 41°10′55.0″N 75°52′17.0″W / 41.181944°N 75.871389°W / 41.181944; -75.871389 (WVIA-FM) (NAD27)
Owner Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
Sister stations WVIA-TV
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.wvia.org

WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania and 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. Studios are based in Jenkins Township, near Pittston, and the broadcast tower shared by the stations is located on Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top at (41°10′55.0″N 75°52′16.0″W / 41.181944°N 75.871111°W / 41.181944; -75.871111).

WVIA-FM uses HD Radio. The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 channel with a jazz format.

WVIA-FM signed on for the first time in 1973.

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


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