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— WVWR Audio Board
Inside WVWR's production studio, likely 1973
Image courtesy Virginia Western Community College
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— WVWR Logo
WVWR logo
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— WVWR Studio
Gary Anderson works inside WVWR's production studio, 1973
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— WVWR Studio 3
Inside the WVWR studio, 1973
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— WVWR Studio 2
Gary Anderson works inside WVWR's production studio, 1973
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— WVWR Tower
In 1975, WVWR installed a more powerful transmitter and colocated it on WBRA public television's tower on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County.
Image courtesy Virginia Western Community College
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— Hopper WVWR Radio Reading Service
Virginia Western Community College President Harold Hopper begins the first radio reading service broadcast on July 27, 1979.
Image courtesy Virginia Western Community College
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— WVTF Transmitter
Climbers work on WVWR's transmitter on Poor Mountain.
Wayne Michie
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— Wayne Michie
WVWR engineer Wayne Michie checks the station's transmitter on Poor Mountain.
Wayne Michie
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— Dan Smith Essay
Dan Smith (center) and Elizabeth Montgomery record a radio essay.
Dan Smith
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— Bart Prater
Operations manager & engineer Bart Prater works on a piece of equipment in 1999.
Paxton Durham
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— Grand news control
News director Rick Mattioni works in the news production studio in 1999.
Paxton Durham
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— Hotel Roanoke broadcast
A live broadcast from Hotel Roanoke; l to r: Rick Mattioni, Charlie Perkinson, Paul Colley, Jim Cook
Paxton Durham
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— Ben Martin
Ben Martin works in a production studio in 1999.
Paxton Durham
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— WVTF Kingsbury Opening 1.jpg
WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner speaks at a celebration of the station's new facility on Kingsbury Lane in Roanoke on Sept. 19, 2003.
WVTF archives
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— WVTF Kingsbury Opening 2.jpg
(L to R) Virginia Tech Vice President Larry Hincker, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Roanoke Mayor Ralph Smith, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger and WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner cut a ceremonial ribbon at the new broadcast facility on Sept. 19, 2003.
WVTF archive
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— Paxton Durham
Chief engineer Paxton Durham in a studio in the Kingsbury Lane broadcast center.
Paxton Durham
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— Charlottesville Studio 2009
A satellite studio and newsroom opened in downtown Charlottesville in 2009.
Paxton Durham
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— Rick Mattioni at board
Program and news director Rick Mattioni in a studio in 2005.
Paxton Durham
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— Steve Brown
Music host Steve Brown works in a studio in 2013.
Paxton Durham
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— Performance Studio Bluegrass
A band performs in the performance studio in 2005
Paxton Durham
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— Station Sign for history gallery
Signage at our Roanoke studios was updated in 2023.
David Seidel / Radio IQ