WVXU
public radio station
WVXU (91.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, serving the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Owned by Cincinnati Public Radio (CPRI), it is a member of NPR and features a news, talk and information format. The studios and offices are located in the Cincinnati Public Radio building on Dana Avenue in the Evanston neighborhood.
The transmitter is on Symmes Street in Cincinnati, also near Interstate 71. WVXU's programming is simulcast on 88.5 WMUB in Oxford.
History
Xavier University radio
WVXU signed on the air on August 5, 1970. It was originally licensed to Xavier University, primarily airing a progressive rock format with some specialty programming including jazz and R&B.
WVXU was a college radio station, set up to give students exposure to the broadcasting industry and as a service to Xavier's surrounding community. As a Jesuit Catholic university, Xavier also aired some religious broadcasts on WVXU. It was originally powered at 630 watts, a fraction of its current output. After it got a power boost the university decided to make it more of a public radio station.
NPR membership
WVXU became an NPR member station when the network's wake-up newsmagazine Morning Edition was added to the schedule in 1981.
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