Due to declining listenership and low student involvement, James Madison University's WMRA (90.7 FM) took over operation of WEMC on January 14, 2008.[4] WMRA moved its morning, midday, and late-night classical music blocks to WEMC in exchange for NPR's Talk of the Nation and Fresh Air, which had been heard on WEMC as WMRA was unable to fit them into its schedule. Both stations preserved their evening schedules, as WMRA was hesitant to eliminate its evening music programming due to WEMC's inferior signal.[5]
WEMC dropped its last remaining information programs, Democracy Now! and rebroadcasts of the BBC World Service, on August 11, 2014. The station now broadcasts classical music throughout the week. There are local hosts only on Monday and Tuesday evening ("Bob's Record Shelf" and "Air Play", the latter featuring regional orchestras), with the rest of the music largely coming from the syndicated Classical 24.[6] The only exceptions to the format are the local Mennonite music show "Mostly Mennonite, Mostly Acapella", and the service from Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg live on Sunday morning.[7]
wemc, classical, music, formatted, broadcast, radio, station, licensed, harrisonburg, virginia, serving, harrisonburg, rockingham, county, virginia, owned, eastern, mennonite, university, harrisonburg, virginiabroadcast, areaharrisonburg, virginiarockingham, c. WEMC 91 7 FM is a classical music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Harrisonburg Virginia serving Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Virginia 1 WEMC is owned by Eastern Mennonite University 3 WEMCHarrisonburg VirginiaBroadcast areaHarrisonburg VirginiaRockingham County VirginiaFrequency91 7 MHzBrandingWEMC 91 7ProgrammingFormatClassical music 1 OwnershipOwnerEastern Mennonite University Board of Trustees of Eastern Mennonite University OperatorJames Madison UniversityHistoryFirst air date1955 2 Call sign meaningEastern Mennonite CollegeTechnical informationFacility ID4308ClassAPower1 850 wattsHAAT58 meters 190 ft Transmitter coordinates38 28 20 0 N 78 52 57 0 W 38 472222 N 78 882500 W 38 472222 78 882500LinksWebcastWEMC WebstreamWebsiteWEMC Online Due to declining listenership and low student involvement James Madison University s WMRA 90 7 FM took over operation of WEMC on January 14 2008 4 WMRA moved its morning midday and late night classical music blocks to WEMC in exchange for NPR s Talk of the Nation and Fresh Air which had been heard on WEMC as WMRA was unable to fit them into its schedule Both stations preserved their evening schedules as WMRA was hesitant to eliminate its evening music programming due to WEMC s inferior signal 5 WEMC dropped its last remaining information programs Democracy Now and rebroadcasts of the BBC World Service on August 11 2014 The station now broadcasts classical music throughout the week There are local hosts only on Monday and Tuesday evening Bob s Record Shelf and Air Play the latter featuring regional orchestras with the rest of the music largely coming from the syndicated Classical 24 6 The only exceptions to the format are the local Mennonite music show Mostly Mennonite Mostly Acapella and the service from Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg live on Sunday morning 7 References edit a b Arbitron Station Information Profiles Nielsen Audio Nielsen Holdings Retrieved July 10 2015 Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 PDF ProQuest LLC Reed Publishing Nederland B V 2010 p D 565 Retrieved July 10 2015 WEMC Facility Record Federal Communications Commission audio division Retrieved July 10 2015 Centennial Stories WEMC Virginia s first noncommercial radio station was founded on campus in 1954 emu edu December 2015 New Programming WMRA Archived from the original on January 13 2008 WEMC Weekly Schedule WEMC unveils new programming rebrands as region s home for classical music EMU News emu edu August 8 2014 External links editWEMC 91 7 Online WEMC in the FCC FM station database WEMC in Nielsen Audio s FM station database nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Virginia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WEMC amp oldid 1052200218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
