WVBE

**WVBE-FM** (100.1 MHz) is a radio station in the Roanoke/Lynchburg media market. It's licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia serving the Lynchburg area. It's transmitter is located east of US-29 in Madison Heights. It is currently relayed on four stations since the main signal can only stay in Lynchburg to avoid interference with Roanoke College's WRKE-LP 100.3 MHz in Salem: WVBE-AM 610 kHz in Roanoke, Virginia (transmitter array of 5 daytime towers and 4 nighttime towers located in Salem, Virginia) had a simulcast of the station from 2002-2016 when it added a sports radio format with the callsign WPLY; WXLK 92.3 MHz HD2 Roanoke (transmitter on Poor Mountain in Windsor Hills), Virginia eventually added a simulcast untill 2016 when 610 flipped to sports; Translator W247AD 97.3 MHz Roanoke (transmitter near Brushy Mountain Train in Salem) began simulcasting WXLK-HD2 when managment acquired the translator in 2012. It has the sports format from 610 AM as well; WVBB-FM 97.7 MHz in Elliston-Lafayette (transmitter on Fort Lewis Mountain) began simulcasting the station in 2011 when it was acquired the same year and moved to Elliston-Lafayette from Greenbrier, West Virginia. It's the only one left with the simulcast. The two stations are owned by Mel Wheeler, Inc. and brand themselves as "Vibe 100.1 & 97.7" (with "Vibe" stylized as "ViBE") and broadcast an Urban Adult Contemporary format.

## Technical Information

### WVBE-FM

Broadcast Station Class: C3

Effective Radiated Power: 20,000 Watts

Transmitter Height Above Average Terrain: 100 Meters (328 feet)

Transmitter Height Above Ground Level: 100 Meters (328 feet)

Transmitter Height Above Sea Level: 326 Meters (1,070 feet)

HD Radio: Yes

### WVBB-FM

Broadcast Station Class: A

Effective Radiated Power: 260 Watts

Transmitter Height Above Average Terrain: 470 Meters (1,542 feet)

Transmitter Height Above Ground Level: 49 Meters (161 feet)

Transmitter Height Above Sea Level: 1,036 Meters (3,399 feet)

HD Radio: No

### HD Radio Operations

Besides being available on WXLK-HD2, WVBE-FM started HD Radio operations on 100.1 on January 20th, 2016. WVBE-HD2 carries the simulcast of WPLY that WXLK-HD2 has. WVBB-FM hasn't started HD Radio operations as of yet.

## Personalities and programming

### DJs

As of September 2015 (this is the most recent we could find), current DJs and jocked programs include:

The Tom Joyner Morning Show (syndicated)

Kianna Price Wade

Tim Steele

Lady Inez

J. May

Gospel Traxx with Walt "Baby" Love (Syndicated? Unknown if still heard on the sation(s))

### Jockless Programming

Programs on the station(s) that run without DJs or might run without DJs (were not so certain for all of them) include:

Inspiration Sundays (Sundays 5:00 am-2:00 pm, features gospel R&B and soul)

Smooth ViBEs (Sundays-Thursdays 10:00 pm-2:00 am, features smoother R&B songs)

Friday Night Ol' School (Fridays 5:00 pm-Midnight, features Old School Hip Hop and R&B as well as less contemporary songs from those genres from at least the last few years. However, we think those might be automation errors)

Saturday Night Ol' School (Saturdays 7:00 pm-Midnight, same as Friday nights just at a later time)

## Call sign and format history

### WVBE-FM

WWOD-FM (1948 or 1978, source pending-1979): Religious (note: station originally Class A, operated at a power of 940 watts during this time)

WKZZ-FM (1979-1991): Country (1979-1984), Locally-programmed CHR (1984-1991) (note: station originally Class A, operated at a power of 940 at this time)

WLYK (1991-2001): CHR (simulcast of WXLK) (note: station upgraded to it's current Class C3 20,000 watt power in 1992)

WVBE-FM (2001-present, "-FM" added in 2002): Urban AC (2001-present)

### WVBB-FM

WRON-FM (1982-2008): Unknown (note: the station was probably in Greenbrier, WV during this time)

WKCJ-FM (2008-2011): Uknown, probably country (note: the station was probably in Greenbrier, WV during this time)

WVBB-FM (2011-present): Urban AC (2011-present) (note: the station moved to it's current city of license at this time)