WISE-FM is a

public radio Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive ...

station licensed to

Wise, Virginia Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia. The population was 2,970 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924, after Hen ...

, serving Norton, Coeburn and Clintwood in

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

. WISE-FM is owned and operated by

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

. The station rebroadcasts the

programming of

Emory and Henry College Emory & Henry University (E&H or Emory) is a private university in Emory, Virginia, United States. The campus comprises of Washington County, which is part of the Appalachian highlands of Southwest Virginia. Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry U ...

radio station WEHC full-time. It also broadcasts in

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WVTF Music WWVT (1260 kHz) and WWVT-FM (89.9 MHz) are non-commercial public radio stations. WWVT is licensed to Christiansburg, Virginia, and WWVT-FM is licensed to Ferrum, Virginia. They broadcast a classical music format and are owned and operated ...

. WISE-FM is one of three stations whose

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s spell out their

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; the others are

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and

WARE WARE (1250 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Ware, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Springfield radio market. The station is currently owned by Success Signal Broadcasting ...

Programming

WISE-FM and its translators were previously full-time repeaters of Virginia Tech's Radio IQ news and public affairs network, based at

WVTF WVTF (89.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Non-commercial educational station, non-commercial educational Radio broadcasting, radio station licensed to serve Roanoke, Virginia, featuring a Public broadcasting, public radio format branded "Radio IQ". ...

in Roanoke. Effective November 12, 2022, the Virginia Tech Foundation and

entered into a deal whereby WISE-FM became a repeater of the college's WEHC, based in

Emory Emory may refer to: Places * Emory, Texas, U.S. * Emory (crater), on the Moon * Emory Peak, in Texas, U.S. * Emory River, in Tennessee, U.S. Education * Emory and Henry College, or simply Emory, in Emory, Virginia, U.S. * Emory University, in Atl ...

. WEHC also carries Radio IQ for part of the day, but breaks from the network in afternoons and evenings (1–4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight) to air its own locally-focused talk, music, and sports programming.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WISE-FM is relayed by FM translators to widen its broadcast area.

References

External links

WVTF Public Radio Online
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