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WVTF A National Public Radio affiliate, WVTF provides public radio services via 13 transmitters to much of Virginia and portions of North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
In 1975, WVWR's transmitter was moved from Fishburn Hall on the VWCC campus to Poor Mountain, where most of Roanoke's major radio and television stations have their transmitters.
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Owned and operated by Virginia Tech through its fundraising arm, the Virginia Tech Foundation, the station is licensed to Roanoke and operates a large satellite and translator network.
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WVTF began broadcasting in August 1973 as WVWR (Virginia Western Radio) and was licensed to Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke.