WEMC
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Broadcast area | Harrisonburg, Virginia Rockingham County, Virginia |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 91.7 MHz |
| Branding | WEMC 91.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classical music[1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Board of Trustees of Eastern Mennonite University |
| Operator | James Madison University |
| History | |
First air date | 1955[2] |
Call sign meaning | Eastern Mennonite College |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 4308 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,850 watts |
| HAAT | 58 meters (190 ft) |
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| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | WEMC Webstream |
| Website | WEMC Online |
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WEMC (91.7 FM) is a classical music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia.[1] WEMC is owned by Eastern Mennonite University.[4]
Due to declining listenership and low student involvement, James Madison University's WMRA (90.7 FM) took over operation of WEMC on January 14, 2008.[5] WMRA moved its morning, midday, and late-night classical music blocks to WEMC in exchange for NPR's Talk of the Nation and Fresh Air, which had been heard on WEMC as WMRA was unable to fit them into its schedule. Both stations preserved their evening schedules, as WMRA was hesitant to eliminate its evening music programming due to WEMC's inferior signal.[6]
WEMC dropped its last remaining information programs, Democracy Now! and rebroadcasts of the BBC World Service, on August 11, 2014. The station now broadcasts classical music throughout the week. There are local hosts only on Monday and Tuesday evening ("Bob's Record Shelf" and "Air Play", the latter featuring regional orchestras), with the rest of the music largely coming from the syndicated Classical 24.[7] The only exceptions to the format are the local Mennonite music show "Mostly Mennonite, Mostly Acapella", and the service from Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg live on Sunday morning.[8]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-565. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WEMC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WEMC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Centennial Stories: WEMC, Virginia's first noncommercial radio station, was founded on campus in 1954". emu.edu. December 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Programming". WMRA. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WEMC Weekly Schedule". Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WEMC unveils new programming, rebrands as region's home for classical music – EMU News". emu.edu. August 8, 2014.
External links
- WEMC 91.7 Online
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- WEMC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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