WMVQ (90.5
FM) is a
radio station
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licensed to
State University of New York
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as part of the
WRVO
WRVO Public Media is a non-profit public radio network in Oswego, New York licensed to the State University of New York at Oswego, operating from studios in the Penfield Library on the SUNY Oswego campus. Its multi-station network serves more than ...
network. WMVQ is licensed to
Fenner, New York
Fenner is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 1,726 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Fenner is in the north-central part of the county. The town is east of Cazenovia Lake.
History
The area was settled around ...
, which is a rural community in
Madison County, in-between the communities of Cazenovia, Chittenango and Canastota, in the
Syracuse metropolitan area
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.
History
WMVQ was originally WXXE, owned by Syracuse Community Radio (SCR), which put the station on the air December 21, 1998,
and first licensed the station with the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) on February 11, 2000. SCR had been founded in 1994 to apply for a license to bring
community radio
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to Syracuse's FM dial. The project grew out of organizing by the Westcott Nation Music Association that included micro-radio in the
Westcott neighborhood (1990–91) and a community television audio feed on
Time Warner Cable
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. The organization was active for two years before incorporating in 1994.
Effective December 28, 2015, SCR sold WXXE to the
State University of New York
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so they could instead operate
WSPJ-LP
WSPJ-LP is an FCC licensed community non-commercial educational LPFM radio station in Syracuse, New York, owned by local non-profit group Syracuse Community Radio, Inc. and branded as "Spark!". They also operate translator W229CU on 93.7 FM to ...
(103.3 FM), which puts a listenable signal over central and northern Onondaga County, unlike WXXE. Syracuse Community Radio, Inc., was not allowed by FCC regulations to own both stations. WSPJ-LP broadcasts local news and commentary, local music, youth programming and other content. "SCR has consistently provided this programming in the past," it told the FCC, "but over a very limited signal area at the outer fringe of the Syracuse area, resulting in greatly hampered listenership and participation."
Because the 103.3 FM signal primarily covers the northern suburbs of Onondaga County, WSPJ-LP is rebroadcast for listeners in the City of Syracuse on 93.7 FM from a
translator
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, W229CU, atop the Westcott Community Center in Syracuse.
WXXE changed its call sign to WMVQ on June 13, 2016.
See also
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List of community radio stations in the United States
This is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States.
See also
List of Pacifica Radio stations and affiliates
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References
External links
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Radio stations established in 2000
MVQ
2000 establishments in New York (state)
State University of New York at Oswego
NPR member stations