WDVX is a

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station in

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. The station, which

broadcasts Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began wi ...

via its main signal at 89.9 FM, also has translators at 93.9 and 102.9 MHz. WDVX plays

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, including bluegrass,

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, alternative country,

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, blues, old-time and traditional mountain music, bluegrass gospel, Celtic, and

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Background

Incorporated in 1991, WDVX is licensed by the

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(FCC) to the Cumberland Communities Communications Corporation, a

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whose main focus is the music,

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

and arts of the southern Appalachian mountains. It broadcasts at 200 watts from a transmitter on Cross Mountain in Campbell County, just outside Lake City, Tennessee. WDVX was named Bluegrass Radio Station of the Year in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and its program hosts have been named Bluegrass DJ of the Year award by the Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA). The listener-supported station's signal is streamed on the Web, attracting a following around the world. For example, in 2006 it was featured in the

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''America Journal''. It is one of few American radio stations to feature almost daily live musical performances. The WDVX Blue Plate Special is a lunch-time concert at the Knoxville Visitor's Center on the city's main downtown shopping street. The Knoxville Tourism Alliance recognized the Blue Plate Special as the Attraction of the Year at its annual awards luncheon in 2006. In August 2005, the ''

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'' magazine, a journal of Southern U.S. culture, called WDVX "probably the best radio station in the world, well, America anyway."Amy Blakely
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass
''Tennessee Alumnus Magazine'', Fall 2007

Translators

In addition to the main station, WDVX is relayed by two additional translators to improve its reception within its coverage area, particularly in the city of Knoxville.
WDVX website, accessed October 6, 2010

References

External links

WDVX Homepage
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Translators

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