WRVO (89.9 FM) is a non-profit public radio network in Oswego, New York, licensed to the State University of New York at Oswego, operating from studios on the bottom floor of the Penfield Library on the SUNY Oswego campus on SR 104 off Rudolph Road. Its multi-station network serves more than 20 counties in central and northern New York from flagship WRVO in Oswego, repeaters WRVD in Syracuse, WRVH in Clayton, WRVN in Utica, and WRVJ in Watertown. Low-power translators serve Geneva, Hamilton, Ithaca, Norwich and Watertown.

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Programming

WRVO programming includes regional news and public affairs and programming from NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange, the BBC World Service and other networks. WRVO currently broadcasts Morning Edition, 1A, Fresh Air, Here & Now, All Things Considered, As It Happens, The Capitol Pressroom weeknights. and their old-time radio program, Tuned to Yesterday every night. On the weekend, WRVO broadcasts Travel with Rick Steves, Weekend Edition, Hidden Brain, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, This American Life, On The Media, All Things Considered, The Moth Radio Hour, New Yorker Radio Hour, TED Radio Hour, Campbell Conversations, HealthLink On Air, and more.

From 10:00 pm to midnight every day, WRVO broadcasts Tuned to Yesterday, which consists of radio dramas from the 1930s onward. BirdNote, a two-minute show about the lives of birds, airs on weekdays at 9:58 a.m. StarDate, a two-minute segment with a focus of astronomy and the night sky is heard weekdays at 6:32 p.m.

Affiliates

LocationFrequencyCall sign
Syracuse90.3 FMWRVD
Clayton89.3 FMWRVH
Watertown91.7 FMWRVJ
Utica91.9 FMWRVN
Fenner90.5 FMWMVQ
Hamilton90.1 FMWRCU-FM
Cortland90.5 FMWSUC-FM

Translators

Broadcast translators for WRVO
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)FCC info
W210BL89.9 FMNorwich, New York9287119
W214BR90.7 FMGeneva, New York9393910
W205CB88.9 FMIthaca, New York12188410
W283BQ104.5 FMIthaca, New York15718119
W219DY91.5 FMRome, New York138843150

Programming may also be heard on WRCU 90.1 FM in Hamilton and WSUC-FM 90.5 FM in Cortland during drive time, off-hours, and during school breaks.

These stations are collectively known as the WRVO Stations.

External links

  • in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • in Nielsen Audio's FM station database