WVXU

WVXU

Broadcast area	Cincinnati, Ohio
Slogan	Connecting You To A World Of Ideas
Frequency	91.7 (MHz) (also on HD Radio)
First air date	August 5, 1970
Format	NPR Talk radio
ERP	26,000 watts
HAAT	208 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	74302
Transmitter coordinates	39°07′31″N 84°29′57″W / 39.12528°N 84.49917°W / 39.12528; -84.49917
Callsign meaning	Voice of Xavier University (former licensee)
Owner	Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	91.7 WVXU

WVXU is a public radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Cincinnati Public Radio, which also operates station WGUC and WMUB. It broadcasts at 91.7 FM and airs public radio news/talk syndicated programming from National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio International.

History, union with WGUC

The station was originally licensed to Xavier University; it featured primarily a jazz format. It became an NPR affiliate when the network's Morning Edition debuted, circa 1979-1980. The existing NPR affiliate at the time, WGUC (which had carried the afternoon newsmagazine All Things Considered since the program debuted), did not want to replace its popular morning drive-time classical music show with the newsmagazine, so WVXU started carrying Morning Edition and other NPR programs. While the two stations together provided most of the NPR programs available to a single market, the two NPR flagship newsmagazines aired separately. Over time, WVXU added more news and spoken-word programs to supplement its music schedule, reflecting a trend in most of the U.S.

On August 22, 2005, Xavier transferred WVXU and its "X-Star Network" of translator stations to CPRI, bringing the station and WGUC under the same licensee. This permitted elimination of program duplication and a realignment of formats; WGUC now broadcasts classical music almost exclusively, while WVXU carries news and information programs, including both NPR flagship newsmagazines, along with some jazz and blues music programs on weekend evenings.

On March 1, 2009, Cincinnati Public Radio took over management of WMUB which is licensed to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, though Miami has retained ownership of the station serving southwestern Ohio and southeastern Indiana. As part of the deal, WMUB is now a full-time satellite of WVXU, bringing WVXU's programming to areas north of Cincinnati where the main signal is weak.

WVXU Programming

91.7 WVXU/88.5 WMUB carries many of the top rated public radio programs from program providers such as NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International and PRX. In addition, a locally produced talk show, Cincinnati Edition, airs each weekday at 1:00pm. This show covers a wide range of topics from health, education, arts, politics and more. Listeners are encouraged to engage with the program by calling in, emailing, or via Facebook and Twitter.

WVXU News Team

WVXU has a news team of six who report and host. The six are: Maryanne Zeleznik - news director Jay Hansleman Ann Thompson Mark Heyne Tana Weingartner Howard Wilkinson

WVXU in the community

Since beginning operation of WVXU in August 2005, the station has brought in a variety of public radio hosts and programs and acts as media sponsor for various community-wide events.

Examples of shows and hosts who have visited Cincinnati: live broadcasts of "A Prairie Home Companion," "Whad'ya Know," and "Talk of the Nation." Recorded episode of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," Visits from Ira Glass ("This American Life"), Lynne Rossetto Kasper ("The Splendid Table"), Terry Gross ("Fresh Air"), Diane Rehm ("The Diane Rehm Show"), and Carl Kasell (NPR News and "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me").

Media sponsor/partner for: Books by the Banks, On the Same Page, various theater production and events.

Translator network

Shortly after CPRI acquired WVXU, it sold the network of translator stations ("X-Star") that Xavier had built in rural parts of Ohio and Michigan during the 1990s to provide service to those outside the clear signal of another NPR affiliate. The Ohio frequencies were acquired by an evangelical Christian broadcaster, while the Michigan stations were sold to commercial interests.

The X-Star network included:

WVXA Rogers City, Michigan (now 96.7 WRGZ)
WVXC Chillicothe, Ohio (now 89.3 WZCP)
WVXH Harrison, Michigan (now 92.1 WTWS)
WVXM West Union, Ohio/Maysville, Kentucky: Later, WVXM was assigned to the Manistee, Michigan, translator and the West Union translator was given the WVXW call letters (now 89.5 WZWP)
WVXM Manistee, Michigan (now 97.7 WMLQ)
WVXR New Paris, Ohio/Richmond, Indiana (now 89.3 WKRT)
W237CF Mackinaw City, Michigan

HD radio

In addition to airing its regular programming in digital sound on HD Radio, WVXU airs the audio of BBC World Service on its second (HD2) sideband channel.

References

http://www.wvxu.org/hdradio/XPoneNtial_hd2.asp

External links

91.7 WVXU

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVXU

Radio-Locator information on WVXU

Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By callsign	W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

NPR member stations in the state of Ohio

Ohio State University stations	Columbus WOSU-FM Mansfield WOSV Columbus WOSA Coshocton WOSE Marion WOSB Portsmouth WOSP

Ohio University stations	Athens WOUB Athens WOUB-FM Cambridge WOUC Chillicothe WOUH Ironton WOUL Zanesville WOUZ

Kent State University stations	Kent WKSU Norwalk WNRK New Philadelphia WKRJ Thompson WKSV Wooster WKRW

WGTE stations	Bryan WGBE Defiance WGDE Lima WGLE Toledo WGTE

Cincinnati Public Radio stations	Cincinnati WGUC Cincinnati WVXU Oxford WMUB

Other stations	Cleveland WCPN Columbus WCBE Dayton WDPR Greenville WDPG Middletown WNKN New Boston WNKE Wilberforce WCSU Yellow Springs WYSO Youngstown WYSU

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 Ohio

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