WWLB

Radio station in Virginia, United States

37°16′21.5″N 77°33′58″W / 37.272639°N 77.56611°W / 37.272639; -77.56611Links

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WWLB (93.1 FM) is a non-commercial broadcast radio station licensed to Ettrick, Virginia, serving the Petersburg–Richmond area. WWLB is owned and operated by VPM Media Corporation.^[2] Along with sister station WBBT-FM in Powhatan, the station is branded as VPM Music, and is a companion service of the area's flagship NPR station, WCVE-FM. WWLB serves the southern portion of the Richmond market, while WBBT serves the northern portion.

History

On October 20, 2014, WLFV changed their format from country (as "The Wolf"), which moved to sister station WWLB (98.9 FM), to classic country, branded as "93.1 Hank FM".^[3] The following day, the FCC authorized a swap of callsigns between the stations at 93.1 FM (now WWLB) and 98.9 FM (now WLFV).

On December 20, 2017, Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation announced that they would acquire WWLB and WBBT-FM from Alpha Media, with the intention of moving WCVE-FM's music programming to the stations.^[4]^[5] The purchase closed on February 15, 2018. On June 1, 2018, WWLB and WBBT-FM switched to a new format, "WCVE Music", which assumes and augments the prior music programming of WCVE-FM. On August 5, 2019, WWLB and WBBT-FM were both rebranded as "VPM Music".

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WWLB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WWLB Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Alpha Reboots Richmond Cluster
^ Jones, Gabrielle (2017-12-19). "Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Acquires Two Radio Stations". Community Idea Stations. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
^ Alpha Media Sells Richmond Pair To Commonwealth Public Broadcasting

External links

WWLB in the FCC FM station database
WWLB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the Richmond, Virginia, metropolitan area

This region also includes Petersburg.

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LPFM	93.7 97.3 105.3
Translators	88.5 91.7 92.5 92.7 92.9 94.1 94.9 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.5 101.3 101.7 102.5 102.7 102.9 103.1 103.3 104.1 104.3 105.1 106.1

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Defunct

WBBL
WBDB-LP
WHCK-LP
WLEE (1480 AM)

Radio stations in Southside Virginia: Farmville; Lynchburg; Petersburg; South Hill
Elsewhere in the region: Southside

Other nearby regions: Charlottesville; Elizabeth City–Nags Head; Fredericksburg; Hampton Roads; Northern Neck; Washington DC

See also: List of radio stations in Virginia

v t e NPR member stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Radio IQ stations	Roanoke WVTF Charles City WRIQ Lexington WIQR Wise WISE-FM Lexington WLUR Spotsylvania WQIQ Marion WVTR Charlottesville WVTU Charlottesville WVTW
VPM News stations	Richmond WCVE-FM Heathsville WCNV Chase City WMVE
VPM Music stations	Powhatan WBBT-FM Ettrick WWLB
WHRO stations	Norfolk WHRO-FM Belle Haven WHRF Gloucester Courthouse WHRJ
WHRV stations	Norfolk WHRV Eastville WHRE Gloucester Point WHRG Emporia WHRL Nassawadox WHRX
WMRA stations	Harrisonburg WMRA Farmville WMLU Lexington WMRL Crozet WMRY
WNRN-FM stations	Charlottesville WNRN-FM Richmond WNRN Ashland WHAN Sweet Briar WNRS-FM Claremont WRJR
WVTF Music stations	Ferrum WWVT-FM Christiansburg WWVT
Other stations	Arlington WETA Emory WEHC Harrisonburg WEMC Radford WVRU
See also List of NPR stations
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia