First air date 1969 Class B Frequency 89.9 MHz Format Public broadcasting Slogan Your source for NPR News. | HAAT 134 metres (440 feet) Facility ID 63115 City of license Oswego Area Oswego | |
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Translator(s) W222AT 92.3, HamiltonW223BR 92.5, IthacaW260BE 99.9, WatertownW214BR 90.7, GenevaW210BL 89.9, Norwich | ||
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 20 counties in central and northern New York from flagship WRVO in Oswego, repeaters WRVD in Syracuse, WRVH in Clayton WRVN in Utica and WRVJ in Watertown. Low-power translators serve Geneva, Hamilton, Ithaca, Norwich and Watertown.
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Programming
WRVO programming includes regional news and public affairs and programming from NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, the BBC World Service and other networks. WRVO currently broadcasts Morning Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, Fresh Air, Q, Here & Now, All Things Considered, As It Happens, The Capitol Pressroom and Tuned to Yesterday during the weekdays. On the weekend, WRVO broadcasts Marketplace Money, Only A Game, Weekend Edition, Car Talk, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Says You!, This American Life, Snap-Judgment, On The Media, Day Six, All Things Considered, A Prairie Home Companion, The Moth Radio Hour, Selected Shorts, The Changing World, Inside Europe, Prime Time Radio, Studio 360, The Splendid Table, TED Radio Hour, Campbell Conversations, Take Care, Public Radio Presents, HealthLink On Air, and Big Picture Science.
From 10:00 pm to midnight every day, WRVO broadcasts Tuned to Yesterday, which consists of radio dramas from the 1930s onward. BirdNote, a two-minute show about the lives of birds, airs on weekdays at 9:58 a.m. StarDate (radio program), a two-minute segment with a focus of astronomy and the night sky is heard weekdays at 6:58 p.m.
Fundraising/Support
WRVO Public Media is a non-profit, public radio station which relies on the voluntary contributions of our listeners. WRVO accepts donations online every day of the year, and focuses on listener contributions twice a year during annual fundraisers. On air fundraisers generally occur in the fall and spring.
Listeners who contribute $500 or more during a year are members of WRVO's Cornerstone Society Cornerstone members receive special benefits including exclusive event invitations and on-air recognition.
Local businesses and organizations support WRVO Public Media by underwriting WRVO programming. Underwriters reach as many as 100,000 listeners each week in central and northern New York. More information on tax-deductible underwriting opportunities can be found on the WRVO website.
Translators
Programming may also be heard on WRCU 90.1 FM in Hamilton and WSUC-FM 90.5 FM in Cortland during drive time, off-hours, and during school breaks.
These stations are collectively known as the WRVO Stations.