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.
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.