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| Frequency | 90.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Radio IQ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio[1] |
| Subchannels | HD2: WVTF Music (classical music) |
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| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1999[2] |
Former call signs | WCVC-FM (1997–1999)[3] |
Call sign meaning | Wise, Virginia |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 85287 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 220 watts |
| HAAT | 204 meters (669 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°57′39.0″N 82°30′56.0″W / 36.960833°N 82.515556°W / 36.960833; -82.515556 |
| Translator(s) | § Translators |
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Public license information |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WISE-FM is a public radio station licensed to Wise, Virginia, serving Norton, Coeburn and ClintwoodinVirginia.[1] WISE-FM is owned and operated by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.[5] The station rebroadcasts the public radio programming of Emory and Henry College radio station WEHC full-time. It also broadcasts in HD Radio; HD1 rebroadcasts the analog signal while HD2 is a feed of WVTF Music.
WISE-FM is one of three stations whose call signs spell out their city of license; the others are WACO-FM and WARE.
WISE-FM and its translators were previously full-time repeaters of Virginia Tech's Radio IQ news and public affairs network, based at WVTFinRoanoke. Effective November 12, 2022, the Virginia Tech Foundation and Emory and Henry College entered into a deal whereby WISE-FM became a repeater of the college's WEHC, based in Emory. WEHC also carries Radio IQ for part of the day, but breaks from the network in afternoons and evenings (1–4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight) to air its own locally-focused talk, music, and sports programming.[6][7]
In addition to the main station, WISE-FM is relayed by FM translators to widen its broadcast area.[8][9][10][11][12]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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| W211BF | 90.1 FM | Big Stone Gap, Virginia | 92702 | 8 | 341.3 m (1,120 ft) | D | LMS |
| W212BP | 90.3 FM | Clintwood, Virginia | 121853 | 1 | 128.4 m (421 ft) | D | LMS |
| W217BF | 91.3 FM | Pound, Virginia | 121793 | 1 | 332.9 m (1,092 ft) | D | LMS |
| W219CJ | 91.7 FM | Norton, Virginia | 92894 | 50 | 53 m (174 ft) | D | LMS |
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