WVBB
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| Simulcasts WVBE-FM, Lynchburg, VA | |
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Broadcast area | Roanoke metropolitan area |
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 97.7 MHz |
| Branding | The Vibe 100.1 & 97.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mel Wheeler, Inc. |
| WFIR, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WPLI, WPLY, WVBE-FM, WXLK, WZZU | |
| History | |
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Call sign meaning | Vibe |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 54597 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 260 watts |
| HAAT | 470 meters (1,540 ft) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | vibe100.com |
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WVBB (97.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Elliston-Lafayette, Virginia, United States, and serving the Roanoke metropolitan area. Owned by Mel Wheeler, Inc., the station airs an urban adult contemporary format simulcast with WVBE-FM in Lynchburg, with studios on Electric Road in Roanoke.[2]
WVBB's transmitter is sited off Mountain Park Drive in Salem, Virginia, on Fort Lewis Mountain.
History
The station signed on the air in 1983. Its original call sign was WRON-FM.
All Access reported on September 20, 2007 that Todd P. Robinson, Inc.'s WKCJ would be swapped to Radio Greenbrier, Inc. for WRON-FM (now on 103.1). The swap took place on August 1, 2008. WKCJ applied to move its city of license south to Elliston-Lafayette, and put its tower on Fort Lewis Mountain, about 10 miles east of Roanoke.
The swap ensured that when Todd P. Robinson, Inc. moved the 97.7 frequency, WRON-FM 103.1 would continue to serve Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Roanoke, Virginia–based Mel Wheeler, Inc. agreed to purchase the station for $675,000. A new application was filed to move the signal to Elliston-Lafayette, on Fort Lewis Mountain, broadcasting 260 watts, but from a height of 1542 feet.
On December 2, 2011, Mel Wheeler, Inc. took ownership and control of WKCJ and began simulcasting the Urban Adult Contemporary format also on WVBE-FM 100.1 in Lynchburg, Virginia. On December 9, 2011, the call sign on 97.7 was changed to WVBB. The station has been an almost fulltime simulcast of WVBE since then. It breaks off to serve as the Roanoke-area network affiliate for Virginia Cavaliers football and men's basketball.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WVBB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WVBB Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- The Vibe Online
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- WVBB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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