WVXU
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| Broadcast area | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Slogan | Connecting You To A World Of Ideas |
| Frequency | 91.7 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | August 5, 1970 |
| Format |
NPR Talk radio |
| ERP | 26,000 watts |
| HAAT | 208 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 74302 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°07′31″N 84°29′57″W / 39.12528°N 84.49917°W |
| Callsign meaning |
Voice of Xavier University (former licensee) |
| Owner | Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 91.7 WVXU |
WVXU is a public radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Cincinnati Public Radio, which also operates station WGUC and WMUB. It broadcasts at 91.7 FM and airs public radio news/talk syndicated programming from National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio International.
The station was originally licensed to Xavier University; it featured primarily a jazz format. It became an NPR affiliate when the network's Morning Edition debuted, circa 1979-1980. The existing NPR affiliate at the time, WGUC (which had carried the afternoon newsmagazine All Things Considered since the program debuted), did not want to replace its popular morning drive-time classical music show with the newsmagazine, so WVXU started carrying Morning Edition and other NPR programs. Over time, WVXU added more news and spoken-word programs to supplement its music schedule, coinciding with the expansion of NPR's schedule in the 1980s. While WGUC and WVXU between them provided most of the NPR programs available to a single market, the two NPR flagship newsmagazines aired separately.
On August 22, 2005, Xavier transferred WVXU and its "X-Star Network" of translator stations to CPRI, bringing the station and WGUC under the same licensee. This permitted elimination of program duplication and a realignment of formats; WGUC now broadcasts classical music almost exclusively, while WVXU carries news and information programs, including both NPR flagship newsmagazines, along with some jazz and blues music programs on weekend evenings.
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