WVXR

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title: "WVXR" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-vermont", "radio-stations-established-in-1982", "classical-music-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "npr-member-stations", "1982-establishments-in-vermont", "randolph,-vermont"] description: "Radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVXR" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	WVXR
city	Randolph, Vermont
country	US
branding	Vermont Public Classical
frequency	102.1 MHz
airdate	(as WCVR-FM)
format	Classical and opera
erp	11,000 watts
haat	133 m
class	C3
facility_id	63473
coordinates
callsign_meaning	see WOXR; Vermont
former_callsigns	WCVR-FM (1982–2010)
former_frequencies	102.3 MHz (1982–1990s)
network	Vermont Public Classical
affiliations
owner	Vermont Public
licensee	Vermont Public Co.
licensing_authority	FCC
webcast
website
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| name = WVXR | logo = | city = Randolph, Vermont | country = US | area = | branding = Vermont Public Classical | frequency = 102.1 MHz | airdate = (as WCVR-FM) | format = Classical and opera | erp = 11,000 watts | haat = 133 m | class = C3 | facility_id = 63473 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = see WOXR; Vermont | former_callsigns = WCVR-FM (1982–2010) | former_frequencies = 102.3 MHz (1982–1990s) | network = Vermont Public Classical | affiliations = | owner = Vermont Public | licensee = Vermont Public Co. | sister_stations = | licensing_authority = FCC | webcast = | website =

WVXR (102.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Randolph, Vermont. The station is owned by Vermont Public. It is a classical music station, serving as the central Vermont outlet for Vermont Public Classical.

History

The station signed on October 25, 1982 as WCVR-FM. Originally owned by Stokes Communications and broadcasting at 102.3, the station carried a country music format, at times simulcast on sister AM station WCVR/WWWT. It moved to 102.1 in the early 1990s.

Stokes sold WCVR-FM and WWWT to Excalibur Media in 1999; Excalibur, in turn, was sold to Clear Channel Communications the following year. Clear Channel dropped the country format on January 23, 2003, replacing it with a simulcast of classic rock station WCPV from the Champlain Valley.

In January 2008, Clear Channel agreed to sell its Vermont stations to Vox Communications as part of Clear Channel's plan to divest itself of most of its smaller market radio stations. The sale was completed on July 25, 2008. Vox soon concluded that it had no interest in retaining WCVR-FM and what had become WTSJ, and reached a deal to sell the stations to Great Eastern Radio in September 2008. Great Eastern replaced the WCPV simulcast with a separate classic rock format. However, it never closed on the deal, and a year later Vox retook the station.

In March 2010, another deal to sell WCVR-FM, this time to Vermont Public Radio (VPR), was reached; Vox then shut the station down on April 1 for financial reasons. VPR returned the station to the air July 30 as WVXR, carrying the VPR Classical service.

References

References

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