WRHV-FM

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WRHV-FM

City of license	Poughkeepsie, New York
Broadcast area	Mid-Hudson Valley
First air date	1989
Frequency	88.7 MHz
Format	Classical music (simulcast of WMHT-FM Schenectady)
Power	230 watts
ERP	6 kW
Class	A
Callsign meaning	W RHV=Phonetic spelling of (Hudson) River
Former callsigns	WMHX-FM (1989-90)
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	WMHT Educational Telecommunications

WRHV-FM is the callsign of a classical music radio station licenced to Poughkeepsie, New York and serving the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York state. The station is owned by WMHT Educational Telecommunications and is a satellite of Schenectady's WMHT-FM. WRHV-FM broadcasts at 88.7 MHz at a power of 6 kilowatts ERP from the main Illinois Mountain tower in Marlborough.

WRHV-FM, which signed on in November 1989 as WMHX-FM (sharing the calls of WMHT's secondary television station for the first year of its existance), is involved in one of the few remaining timeshare arrangements on radio in the United States. The 88.7 frequency is shared between WRHV and SUNY New Paltz-owned WFNP-FM. Currently, WRHV is on the air at the following times from September 1st to December 1st and February 1st to May 1st.

• Weekdays: 5:00 a.m-7:00 p.m.
• Saturdays: 5:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
• Sundays: 5:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

When SUNY New Paltz is either not in session, in exams, or in start-of-semester preparation, WRHV-FM is heard around the clock. Nevertheless, the timeshare arrangement has had its critics on both sides and as a result WFNP-FM has proposed a move to 98.9 MHz where its programming would be heard full time with WRHV-FM becoming the sole occupant of the 88.7 MHz frequency.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WRHV