WRVV

WRVV
City	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	South Central Pennsylvania
Branding	The River 97.3
Slogan	"Real. Rock. Variety."
Frequency	97.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1946
Format	Analog/HD1: Classic Rock HD2: Talk radio (WHP simulcast)
ERP	15,000 watts
HAAT	260 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	15324
Transmitter coordinates	40°20′43.3″N 76°52′7.9″W / 40.345361°N 76.868861°W / 40.345361; -76.868861 (NAD27)
Callsign meaning	W (Susquehanna) RiVer V
Former callsigns	WHP-FM (1946-1990) WXBB (1990) WHP-FM (1990-1992)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WRBT, WHKF, WHP, WTKT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	theriver973.iheart.com

WRVV (97.3 FM, "The River 97.3") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The station's studios are located at 600 Corporate Circle, Harrisburg and its antenna is on the WHP-TV broadcast tower located on Blue Mountain in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County at (40°20′43.1″N 76°52′8.3″W / 40.345306°N 76.868972°W / 40.345306; -76.868972).^[1]^[2] Its slogan is "Real. Rock. Variety." The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts a classic rock format.

History

The station signed on for the first time in 1946 under ownership of WHP, Inc, who also owned WHP-AM. As such, it rebroadcast WHP-AM programming about 50% of the time, with the remainder of the broadcast day devoted to musical instrumentals and other "Musak" type material. The station's format evolved to Beautiful music, which would continue until 1990.

In February 1990, the station switched call signs to WXBB^[3] and its format to Contemporary Hit Radio as "B97.3". The station switched call signs back to WHP-FM and the format back to Beautiful music in December 1990.

In 1992 the station was sold to Dame Media along with sister station WHP-AM and studios were moved out of the WHP-TV building to a new location at 600 Corporate Circle, Harrisburg. The call sign was changed to WRVV, the station's branding to "The River 97.3", the format to Adult Album Alternative and the slogan to "Rock and Roll without the Hard Edge".

The Dame Media stations including WRVV were sold to Clear Channel Communications in 1999. The format changed to classic rock after the sale. In the mid-2000s, the station changed its slogan to "Real. Rock. Variety."

WRVV and WNNK frequently trade the number one spot in the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle Radio Market Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) Ratings since the mid-1990s.

On-air staff

Weekdays

Glenn & Bob (Glenn Hamilton & Bob Hauer): mornings (5am-10am)
Chris Andree: mid-days (10am-2pm)
Matt Meyer: afternoons (2pm-7pm)
Michael Anthony Smith: evenings (7pm-midnight)

Weekends

J.C. Floyd

Features

Mini-Concerts: A set of three songs played by a particular artist every weekday morning at 10. The set starts off with the sound of a concert crowd cheering, although the songs are played as their regular album versions. The station also occasionally features mini-concert weekends, which are played at the bottom half of every hour from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening.
8:00 '80s Thing: Rock music played exclusively from that decade every weeknight at 8.
Wednesday CD: A classic rock & roll album played in its entirety without interruption every Wednesday night at 11.
Thursday Night Theme Set: A set of three songs that fit a particular theme, played every Thursday night at 9. The selection is picked and submitted by local residents.
Friday Flashback: Rock from the 1970s and 1980s to kick off the weekend, played every Friday at 5p

Notes

↑ "FM Query Results for WRVV, Federal Communications Commission". Retrieved 2014-08-04.
↑ "TV Query Results for WHP-TV, Federal Communications Commission". Retrieved 2014-08-04.
↑ "Call Sign History". Retrieved 2014-07-26.

References

1948 Broadcasting Yearbook, pg B-139

External links

WRVV Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRVV

Radio-Locator information on WRVV

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WRVV

Radio stations in the Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle, Pennsylvania, market

By AM frequency	580 720 960 1000 1230 1270 1400 1460 1600 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.7 93.5 94.9 95.3 96.5 97.3 98.9 99.3 100.1 101.3 101.7 102.3 104.1 105.7 106.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KFX305 W211AA W237DE W243BR W269AS WCAT-FM WGTY WHKF WHGB WHP WHYF WHYL WIOO WITF-FM WJAZ WKBO WNNK WONN-FM WPDC WPFG WQIC WQLV WQXA WRBT WROZ WRVV WTKT WTPA WXL40 WWKL WXPH WZCY-FM WZXM

Defunct	WISL (1480 AM)

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Classic Hits radio stations in Pennsylvania

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By callsign	WABT WAPY WCDW WGMF WHJB WHNA WKPL WKQL WLSW WOGL WOWY WPHD WPKL WQKY WQTW WRVV WSOX WTTC-FM WWRR WWSW-FM WYCY WZMF

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See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania See also Oldies Classic Hits

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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