WVIA-FM

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Public radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania

title: "WVIA-FM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-pennsylvania", "npr-member-stations", "classical-music-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-established-in-1973", "1973-establishments-in-pennsylvania", "radio-stations-in-elmira-and-corning,-new-york"] description: "Public radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVIA-FM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Public radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania ::

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Field	Value
name	WVIA-FM
logo	WVIA899FM.PNG
city	Scranton, Pennsylvania
country	US
area	Northeastern Pennsylvania
frequency
translators	See
repeaters	See
airdate
format	Public radio; news-talk; classical; jazz
subchannels
erp
haat	381 m
class	B
facility_id	49436
coordinates
callsign_meaning	The World Via Radio
affiliations
owner	Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
sister_stations	WVIA-TV
webcast
website
licensing_authority	FCC
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WVIA-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is the National Public Radio member station for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The station is owned by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association along with its sister television station, WVIA-TV, with studios in Jenkins Township, near Pittston and a secondary studio inside the Community Arts Center on West 4th Street in downtown Williamsport. It airs a mix of NPR news and talk shows, classical music in middays, jazz at night and the BBC World Service overnight.

WVIA-FM is a Class B station. Its transmitter tower is on Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top at (). WVIA-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel is "Arts Radio", airing classical music. The station owns Chiaroscuro Records and broadcasts "The Chiaroscuro Channel" on its HD3 subchannel with a jazz format.

History

WVIA-FM signed on the air on April 23, 1973. It joined its television counterpart, WVIA-TV, which went on the air in 1966.

The building housing the transmitters for WVIA-FM and WVIA-TV was destroyed by fire on February 12, 2010. WVIA-FM resumed broadcasting at low power on February 17, 2010, and returned to full-power at Noon on August 3, 2010.

WVIA-FM has operated a translator at 89.3 FM in Williamsport since the late 1970s. In 2002, WVIA-FM's owners signed on WVYA, a full-power Class A station, to provide better coverage in that area. In 2010, a third full-power station, WTIO in Mainesburg, was brought online, taking over from a translator that had served the Tioga Valley. A fourth station joined the group in 2012, when WPAU signed on from Palmyra Township to serve the far northeastern corner of the state.

Simulcasts and translators

Four full-power stations are licensed to simulcast the programming of WVIA-FM full-time:

::data[format=table] | Call sign | Frequency | City of license | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) | Height (m (ft)) | Transmitter coordinates | Service contour | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | WVBU-FM | 90.5 FM | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | | A | 225 | -10 m | | |Covers Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | | | WTIO | 88.3 FM | Mainesburg, Pennsylvania | | A | 48 | 258.6 m | | Covers Mansfield, Pennsylvania | | | WPAU | 91.5 FM | Palmyra Township, Pennsylvania | | A | 400 | 167 m | | Covers Hawley and the Lake Wallenpaupack area | | | WVYA | 89.7 FM (HD) | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | | A | 3,300 (analog) 132 (digital) | -5 m | | | ::

WVIA-FM programming is broadcast on the following translators:

::data[format=table] | Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | Rebroadcasts | |---|---|---|---|---| | | W257AI | 99.3 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W289AH | 105.7 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W212AT | 90.3 | Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W261CA | 100.1 | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W235AD | 94.9 | Pottsville, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W232AM | 94.3 | Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W289AI | 105.7 | Sunbury, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | | | W278AO | 103.5 | Wellsboro, Pennsylvania | | WTIO | | | W207AA | 89.3 | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | | WVIA-FM | ::

References

(August 17, 2010). "Digital Radio Notification [WVIA-FM]". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
"FM Query Results for WVIA-FM". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
"FM Query Results for WVIA-TV". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
"Radio - WVIA".
"Station Search Details for WVIA-FM". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
"Listen Live - Radio - WVIA".
Gaydos, Kristen. (February 13, 2010). "Fire destroys WVIA building, knocks out signal". [[The Citizens' Voice]].
. (2010-02-17). ["WVIA Back Following Transmitter Fire"](http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/39937/wvia-back-following-transmitter-fire). *TV New Check, The Business of Broadcasting*.
. (2010-07-29). ["WVIA FM returns to Full Power after February Transmitter Fire"](http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wvia/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1681891/press.releases/WVIA.FM.returns.to.Full.Power.after.February.Transmitter.Fire).
[http://www.wvia.org/about/history/ WVIA station history]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jmr26i4Wbw Promo] announcing WPAU's sign-on
(August 17, 2010). "Digital Radio Notification [WVYA]". [[Federal Communications Commission]].

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