WVHC (91.5
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
variety format. Licensed to
Herkimer, New York
Herkimer is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States, southeast of Utica. It is named after Nicholas Herkimer. The population was 10,175 at the 2010 census.
The town contains a village also called Herkimer. Herkimer County Community ...
, United States, the station is owned by
Herkimer County Community College and operated by the college's Radio/TV Department.
WVHC was established in 1973 under the name of WHCR as a public address system, only providing a signal to the Robert McLaughlin College Center building. In 1986, WHCR began simulcasting on the college's television station HCTV, a
public-access cable TV
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channel airing on
Group W Cable
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(now
Charter Spectrum), the authorized cable provider for
Herkimer County. The station applied for an
FCC license in the early 1990s. Since the WHCR call letters were already taken by
WHCR-FM
WHCR-FM (90.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to New York City. The station is currently owned by City College of New York.
Signal
Despite its small wattage and only crediting Harlem in its branding, the station covers all of upper Manhattan ...
in New York City, the station applied for the call letters WVHC. The application was granted in February 1993, and WVHC began operations that October.
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Initially, programming was presented during class hours (7am-10pm), but in 1999 WVHC began full-time 24-hour operations. The station is best known for its jazz and blues programming, the only non-commercial station broadcasting such programming in the Mohawk Valley. It also airs a mix of student-produced programs during the fall and spring semesters. Student-produced programs are usually heard in the early afternoon, with further programs broadcast on Fridays.
The station also streams its broadcast signal, which can be heard at www.herkimer.edu/wvhc.
References
External links
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WVHC website
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Jazz radio stations in the United States
Blues radio stations
Radio stations established in 1993
1993 establishments in New York (state)
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