WRHV (88.7
FM) is a
classical music
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-formatted
radio station
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licensed to
Poughkeepsie, New York
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and serving the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York state. The station is owned by WMHT Educational Telecommunications and is a satellite of
Schenectady
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's
WMHT-FM
WMHT-FM (89.1 MHz) is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station licensed to Schenectady, and serving the Capital District of New York. It has a classical music radio format, with most programming originating in-house, but with some s ...
. WRHV transmits from the main
Illinois Mountain tower in the town of
Lloyd, New York
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.
WRHV, which signed on in November
1989 as WMHX-FM (sharing the calls of WMHT's
secondary television station for the first year of its existence), is involved in one of the few remaining timeshare arrangements on radio in the United States. The 88.7 frequency is shared between WRHV and
SUNY New Paltz-owned
WFNP. Currently, WRHV is on the air at the following times from September 1 to December 1, and February 1 to May 1:
* Weekdays: 5:00 a.m-7:00 p.m.
* Saturdays: 5:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
* Sundays: 5:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
When SUNY New Paltz is either not in session, in exams, or in start-of-semester preparation, WRHV is heard around the clock. Nevertheless, the timeshare arrangement has had its critics on both sides and as a result WFNP-FM has proposed a move to 98.9 MHz where its programming would be heard full-time with WRHV becoming the sole occupant of the 88.7 MHz frequency.
See also
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Defunct
* W8XH
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Classical music radio stations in the United States
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