City Scranton, Pennsylvania | First air date 1973 | |
Broadcast area Northeastern Pennsylvania Frequency 89.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) Translator(s) See § Simulcasts and translators Repeater(s) See § Simulcasts and translators | ||
WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania and is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The station is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister television station, WVIA-TV. Studios are based in Jenkins Township, near Pittston, and the broadcast tower shared by the stations is located on Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top at (41°10′55.0″N 75°52′16.0″W).
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WVIA-FM uses HD Radio. The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 channel with a jazz format.
History
WVIA-FM signed on for the first time in 1973.
The building housing the transmitters for WVIA-FM and WVIA-TV was destroyed by fire on February 12, 2010. WVIA-FM resumed broadcasting at low power on February 17, 2010, and returned to full-power at 12PM on August 3, 2010.
WVIA-FM has operated a translator at 89.3 FM in Williamsport since the late 1970s. In 2001, WVIA-FM's owners signed on WVYA, a full-power Class A station, to provide better coverage in that area.
Simulcasts and translators
Three full-power stations are licensed to simulcast the programming of WVIA-FM full-time:
WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators: