WPVC-LP explained

WPVC-LP
City:Charlottesville, Virginia
Area:Charlottesville, Virginia
Albemarle County, Virginia
Branding:94.7 WPVC
Airdate:September 20, 2015
Format:Defunct (formerly Progressive Talk Radio (weekdays)
Electronic Dance Music (weekends))
Power:21 Watts
Haat:64.6m (211.9feet)
Class:L1
Facility Id:192897
Coordinates:38.0775°N -78.4725°W
Callsign Meaning:W Progressive Voice (of) Charlottesville
Former Callsigns:WPVC-LP (2014–2020)
Owner:Promise Land Communications
Licensing Authority:FCC

WPVC-LP was a Progressive Talk Radio and Electronic Dance Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia. WPVC-LP was owned and operated by Promise Land Communications.

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On June 17, 2020, the station ceased broadcasting. Promise Land Communications cited in a Facebook post "the ongoing legal challenge...by the out of state giant Saga Communications". In late 2019, Saga accused Promise Land, along with four other Charlotteville area low-power FM stations, of operating as a "de facto cluster". Saga owns six stations in the Charlottesville market. Saga has accused low-power stations of licensure violations in the past.

On June 16, 2020, station president Jeffrey Lenert turned in the license for deletion stating "As a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and recent increased costs of station ownership and operation, it has become impossible to operate station WPVC-LP in the manner that I wish." The station's license was deleted and its pending renewal dismissed on July 7 of the same year.